Q: I have made a criminal case against a guy and now he has been sentenced to one-year jail by the court. In order to get my money back, should I make a civil case? Also, I happen to hear about a travel ban option of 2-3000 /_ which I can apply from the court. What is the benefit of making a travel ban compared with that of a civil case?

Q: I have a real estate related case in the execution phase, between myself & a real estate developer. The last update I had about my case, about 10 months ago, was trying to cease/ locate assets from the developer. The law firm that was handling my case closed down and I have not had updates on my case as the law firm does not exist anymore. I am currently looking for a lawyer/ law firm who would be able to take on my case to follow up and update me until the closure of the case & supporting in closing related issues with the bank which I have a mortgage with. Looking forward to hearing your proposals on how to proceed.

Q: I have 5 credit card payment issues from 4 banks. Last year, I was detained for 2 days in the police station for one of the banks bouncing a cheque for AED 55,000. I went to the prosecution and paid a fine of AED 5,000 and cleared the cheque bounce case. Now, two banks are saying that they have filed a case, but they have not provided me with any case number or other details regarding the same. I tried to negotiate with the bank as I am having a bad financial situation since December 2017. Until this, all payments were done on time on every card. I wish to know how I can check if the banks filed a civil case directly without bouncing the cheque and filing a criminal complaint. I checked on the Dubai police website to see if any criminal cases are present in my name but it showed nothing. I am in doubt if I can travel in and out of the UAE. All my card limits are under AED 25000. Please suggest what can be done to check if any travel ban or cases exist on my name.

Q: Can proceedings in the civil case be withheld, if there is an existing criminal case pending which is connected to the civil case or regarding the same case? In accordance with Article 28 of the Federal Law No. 35 of 1992 concerning the Criminal Procedural Law of the UAE as amended by Federal Law No. 29 of 2005 (the 'Criminal Procedures Law'): For instance, if there is an existing financial criminal case i.e. cheque bounce case issued by the bank that is pending to be resolved, would that prevent a civil case from being initiated in court?

Q: Just would like to know what is the time period to file a civil case against cheque bounce case after criminal case?

Q: Dear sir, Regarding the bounced cheque, I would like to clarify the following: 1) Once a police complaint is filed for a bounced cheque, within how many years should the case be filed before the court? 2) If a cheque is bounced, within how many years should the police complaint be filed? Please advise!

Q: Hello sir, good afternoon! I have an ongoing criminal case, but according to the information I am getting online, I will not be compensated. If the criminal case is over, can I file a civil case later to ask for damages? Kindly advise!

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.

The law promulgates UAE Criminal Procedural Law (Penal Procedures Law) which governs criminal procedures in the UAE. This law applies to the procedures relating to offences whose punishments are not specified, dogma and punitive offences, and blood money, if they do not violate the Sharia rules.