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4 available 4 • View allGoverning law and jurisdiction
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Q: Can the law of other countries be applied in Dubai Court if the parties in the case are not Emirati?
How to check which law will be implemented in each case? Any specific procedure?

May 31, 2016
2252
Arbitration or regular Courts?
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Q: How much are the arbitration costs usually, in case I have a dispute with a company who refused to pay, is it better to go with arbitration or regular courts?
Mar 27, 2016
1053
Proceedings before the court
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Q: Hi,
I have a company in Dubai, I have received an attorney legal notice from on behalf of a US supplier, for an appx. $200K invoice for the product ordered but unpaid.
I could not attend the hearing and first court session is due on 16 October. I appreciate if you can provide advice on the above.
Hence there is a chance that one of the recipients of this message might be the claimant, I prefer to provide further details once I receive your response.
Regards,
Ali
Managing Director

Sep 24, 2017
646
Enforcement of a foreign court judgement in the UAE
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Q: Hi,
We are UAE FZ Company. A US (Californian) Supplier is threatening to take us to court (in California), over an unpaid invoice, for year 3 of a 3-year service contract.
The UAE end user only used the system for a few months & only paid us for 2 years. We informally cancelled, verbally, the 3rd year.
My question is: if they manage to achieve a judgement against us in the USA, is it enforceable in the UAE?
P.

Nov 15, 2017
3800
Laws & Regulations
1 available 1 • View allFederal Law No. (11) of 1992 Concerning Issuance of the Civil Procedures Code 42
The law promulgates UAE Civil Procedures Code (Civil Procedure Law) which governs civil procedures in the United Arab Emirates, including the prosecution before the courts, litigation and execution.
Feb 24, 1992
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Recovering the unpaid price of items delivered over a year ago 1
Dear Sirs,
I have a Reseller Contract which was signed between us and another party for the sale of 10000 units of Terminal Stations.
The final supply was to be done to the India Telecom over a 5-year period at 2,200 units per year, based on a purchase contract signed between us and another company.
Based on this agreement, we placed an order for 2200 units at a value of AED12,273,400 (Twelve million two hundred seventy-three thousand four hundred).
Based on the purchase order, the other party made a payment of 15% as a deposit and we finalized and handed over, but they didn’t pay since one year.
Kindly let us know if you can guide us how we can recover our funds legally.
Looking forward to hearing from you at your earliest.
Apr 29, 2018
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Obtaining refund from the developer for project delay 11
I booked an off-plan studio in R.E.P. DIP. The developer posts to me the contract to sign. I signed the contract and posted it back to their address.
The texture property In Dubai has been dealing and I transferred 10% to reserve the unit in June 2015. I have paid over 30% until the end of Dec 2016.
I stopped paying the rest of instalments because after viewing 0% construction report through DLD website and neither developer has provided me Oqood.
There is still no construction as per the DLD report for project number 1514. I am considering to get a refund.
The total price of the studio is AED 330000. 10% at the outset, 36 equal instalments during construction, 20% on handover and 18 equal instalments after the handover.
I have paid 10% and 18 equal instalments out of 36 during the construction as per contract. Total AED 109,973.94 paid: AED 109,973.00
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Consequences of filing a criminal case against a debtor by the bank 3
Hi,
I have just found out I have a police case filed by my bank on a credit card payment. I have a credit card with 25k limit and could not do minimum payments for 1 year (due to job loss), nevertheless, the bank filed a case against me for 190k.
I do not understand on what ground and would like to know what to do. As well, how can I find out if I have a travel ban as I would rather try and solve the situation remotely from home than be concerned that I will be jailed here?
Your advice is appreciated.
Jul 20, 2017
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Transfer of labour complaint from free zone to labour court 7
I was working in Free Zone company here in Sharjah. Our total delayed salary is 6 months. Some of my co-workers already complained in Free Zone immigration but no avail.
What is the best we can do where we will complain?
Waiting for your reply.
Jul 20, 2017
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What to do if you have credit card debts 0
Hi,
I am staying in Abu Dhabi with my husband & 7 years old daughter. My husband was working in a big construction company from the year 1996. In October 2015, he got terminated due to which he went in depression.
He got another job but due to depression, he was not going to work regularly. The company terminated him. He doesn't have a job for 2 months & he is not in the position to look for the job as he has depression again.
He was having 3 credit cards. During his first job, he paid regularly without any delays. But after this new job, he didn't pay on time & even for 2 cards we were unable to pay for around 1 year. For the third card after checking with the bank, we had made installments but now for past 3 months, we didn't pay for it.
I really don't know what to do. I am also working but my salary is good enough for the rent only. Nowadays, our friends are helping us for the daily needs even.
Kindly let me know what could be the possible solution for this & can I send my daughter to the home country?
Jul 24, 2017
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