Q: My friend's Dad has taken a lot of debt from Dubai banks and has gone missing from past 1 year. Due to this my friend and his family have moved away from Dubai and he plans to come to Dubai for vacation after 1 year. Is it possible for him to enter the UAE with a tourist/visit visa? His permanent visa is expired. Will there be any problem for him at the immigration or in Dubai? He wants assurance from some official too.

Q: A friend works in Dubai. Their father left the country a few years ago with rent in arrears. They have their own rental property unrelated to the father's property or landlord. Is my friend still liable for this rent if the landlord contacts them? What are their options to stop the landlord from contacting them?

Q: My deceased father has a court mandated outstanding loan payment of roughly 860,000 dirhams given in the name of his company in which he was a partner. Will my mother, my siblings or me have to pay this loan?

Q: To whom this may concern, I returned back to Australia after 10 years in Abu Dhabi in 2015. As I turn 18 this year in November, I plan on visiting friends who are in the UAE for about a month. I would like to travel with them around the country freely without any prosecution from local officials. My father had to leave the UAE in 2016 for health reasons and has unpaid debts in the UAE, Abu Dhabi specifically. I would like to know and have it in writing if I would be able to travel freely to the UAE at the end of the year and that I am not liable for my parents' debts/problems as I have no legal responsibilities for their actions. Kind regards.

Q: Are my children responsible for a bounced cheque issued by me?

Q: I have been told that I have a travel ban from a real estate firm in Ras al Khaimah for a pending FEWA payment which was below AED 8000. My question is, can my wife and kid travel to India as they have an emergency to go this month? I am thinking to close this payment by arranging money from India and deposit it here in my bank which is possible only if my family can go there. Please help me out. Thank you

Q: Dear Sir/Madam, My father used to be in business around 7 or 8 years ago in Dubai, but due to financial problems, he had to close it, and he has pending bank loans and bounced cheques from private parties. I have recently started my own business in Dubai, and his creditors (private parties) have approached me for the money, which I cannot afford to pay. If any of those creditors file a case against him or his company, will I or my company be legally liable to pay? Can they file a court case against me?

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.