Q: Good day, Do labor appeal court judges review documents submitted at the lower court for the case being appealed? Or do they only consider documents submitted at the appeal court? Or both? Thanks for your kind explanatory response!

Q: I filed a criminal case for physical domestic violence, defamation, and threats made towards me in December 2018. After a long process in the public prosecution and evidence collected as well as witness testimony, the first instance court gave a judgment to the accused of 3 months imprisonment, deportation and a 10K fine in November 2019. The accused appealed the case and, on ALL three charges, he got "innocent". I made the request to the public prosecution to re-appeal the appeal and send it to the cassation court. They sent me a rejection SMS 1 day after I made the request. How can this be? The public prosecution is supposed to be my defender in this case. I do not feel safe as a single woman living here anymore. It is not easy for me to leave because I have children who attend school here and he threatened them as well. I need to know if there are any steps I can take to make the cassation courts take this seriously and look at the file again.

Q: My friend is in Abu Dubai jail for 1 year in a case of foreign documents. How can I get the case copy and how can I appeal to convert the imprisonment into fine? I contact the other party and they are ready to ask anything in court such as this man is not. Does it help?

Q: Hello, There was a criminal order against my wife and me in Ajman for two years, along with a hefty fine and deportation. We appealed, and today was the hearing for the appeal. The judge did not listen to us verbally; he simply stated that we had submitted our defense paper. We confirmed this, but I told him that the previous judge had not read our defense paper and requested that he read it this time. He scheduled a ruling date for next month. What should I expect in the appeal court? Will the judge review my defense paper or ignore it like the first-instance court and issue a similar judgment? If the appeal court reviews our defense paper, we should receive full acquittal. I would appreciate detailed replies on all possible outcomes, what the judges might do, and what to expect next.

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