Q: I am going to purchase a used car in the UAE. I have found a nice car, but the owner says he has purchased it using a bank loan. How can I check whether he has fully paid his loan before buying such a car?

Q: Hi. I paid an advance of AED 5000 to purchase a car. The next day we met at RTA but the car failed the inspection test. The seller also (verbally) committed to me to provide full-service history which he did not bring. I now have too much doubt so I want to cancel the deal, but the seller is refusing to refund my money and saying he can have the identified problem fixed. I do not trust him anymore. Can I get a refund? I have his sms message confirming the advance payment.

Q: Hi, I financed a car from a second-hand dealership in Sharjah. The car is a 2018 Mustang GT! They said the car was fine and had no accidents, it looked fine too. I took the deal and even had a new car screen put in through the dealer for AED 2000. The car has given me problems from the first month. Hazard lights would come on and kill the battery. The dealer told me to give the car to the garage, so they took the car and said a new screen is needed and they made me pay AED 1000 even though it was not my fault. I even paid to have the car delivered there but I paid out of the goodness of my heart. Next month it started dying randomly and would need jump-starts. Now it dies every day after a jump start. Now they are saying to me I need to pay for another fix! Please can someone tell me what to do? Is there any legal way they can take the car back and pay the bank back the money they took?

Q: Dear Lawyers, We bought a new car at a dealership but changed our minds for various reasons. When we purchased it, we signed a 14-day right to withdraw, which we now want to exercise. The dealer claims that we have to reimburse them for the loss of value since they have to buy it back from us (we've had it for a week and driven approximately 20 km, basically just back from the dealer). We see this as canceling our contract, not a buy-back situation. Are we in the right, and what should we do?

With the introduction of the new procedures for obtaining a power of attorney (POA) remotely in the UAE, after it was mandatory to appear in person in front of the notary public as a global rule to ensure the identity and intention of the person requesting a POA, we put between your hands this brief guide for how you get it done.

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.

The provisions of this law On Evidence in Civil and Commercial Transactions (Law of Evidence) govern evidence in civil and commercial disputes in the UAE.

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.