Q: Dear Sir/Madam, The apartment contract is under my cousin's name, but the cheques I issued are under my name. Due to losing my job, there is an overdue rent. The landlord called me and said he will file a case against me because of a bounced cheque. I just want to know if I will be in trouble for a bounced cheque.

Q: My landlord informed me that he misplaced one cheque for rent & now he submitted the original & replacement cheques to the bank. One is bounced due to insufficient amount but total rent to owner is paid as per agreed installment. Now the owner again claims that the replacement cheque is missing. How to cancel the cheque from the bank?

Q: Hey I rent an apartment in a building managed by a bank and had a one-year contract. They changed the management after three months of the contract. And then I had a bounced cheque so I went to the bank that was currently managing the building and paid them in cash. They said the old bank will send me my cheque back within a month. But after a few months, I received a message from the police that I have a criminal case so I went to check and found out that I have a travel ban as well. My mom was sick and I was traveling with her on Sunday and this happened on Thursday, 2 days before that. I went to the bank and got to know that they received the email but yet they filed the case by mistake and until this day I haven’t received my cheque back. It’s been 10 months now. Kindly let me know if I have a case.

Q: Hi, My dad gave me a security cheque for the rental and got bounced. He was out of the country for 5 years then. I want to check whether there is a case against him. How can I check that? We are located in Abu Dhabi. Please advise

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In the UAE, cheque bounce is a very frequent problem faced by people during their span in the country. It is covered under the purview of Commercial Transactions Law, and legal implications/penalties can be financially severe and daunting for more “serious” offenses. Bounced cheque issues may arise in a variety of commercial transactions, including but not limited to, companies’ exchanges, bank loans, property rents or purchases, and individual transactions.

An interview-format article covering the topic of residential retail properties pertaining to the liability for property maintenance and the repercussions of defaulting on rent payments in the UAE. This is from the legal podcast of lawyer Ludmila Yamalova, the founder of Lawgical with LYLAW.

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