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3 available 3 • View allEligibility of subcontracting by the head contractor in the UAE
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Q: Hi Hari,
I hope this finds you well.
I have a query regarding subcontracting for the supply of materials to the site, installation, testing and commissioning.
In this regard, I wish to understand whether under the UAE laws an employer can enter into a contract with a subcontractor.
Or can the contractor only enter into a contract with the subcontractor?
Please provide me with your valuable insight on this.
Many thanks.
Regards
Archit Gupta
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Nov 30, 2018
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The rights of a contractor wrongfully accused of stealing
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Q: Hello, my husband is an engineer, and he is in Dubai since November 2, 2016. He is a foreign citizen from London.
He did a contract with a company in Dubai (oil pipes). He got paid the 2nd week of November for the job that is supposed to be finished in 4 or 6 weeks.
However, the job couldn't be done in time because the manager of the company did not provide him with enough employees and equipment to finish the job on time.
This manager does not care if my husband has to remain there forever. Unfortunately, my husband travelled alone with my daughter because it was supposed to be for short time.
On February 2017 my daughter got sick, and she was hospitalized. When my husband went to the offshore to pick up his staff he couldn't find his passport because the manager collected it from the offshore when my husband was in the hospital with my daughter.
When he arrived, the police was waiting for my husband because the manager accused him of stealing money from his office which is not true.

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Q: A Sub-Contractor (SC) holds/stops the work highlighting Article 246 & 247 [UAE Civil Code] due to payment delayed (Advance & Interim Payments) by the Main Contractor (MC).
But the Main Contractor's concern is the document required to process Advance Payment [i.e. Advance Bank Guarantee - ABG] was not submitted on time & LC draft issued to SC was not agreed on time due to several arguments on some of its content.
The MC paid the SC Advance Payment in 90 days from receipt of ABG highlighting the delay in reallocating the fund due to delay in ABG submission & LC draft agreement.
Whose argument will withstand moving forward if MC intends to impose delay penalty on SC?
Please advise.
Thank you

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Laws & Regulations
1 available 1 • View allFederal Law No. (5) of 1985 On the Civil Transactions Law of the United Arab Emirates 96
The provisions of this law, promulgating UAE Civil Code, govern the civil transactions in the United Arab Emirates. The commercial transactions remain subject to the laws and regulations applicable in their regard.
Dec 15, 1985
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