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5 available 5 • View allRefusal to pay for the job done
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Q: We are a software company who have signed a contract with a client. The contract expired in Nov. 2015. We continued to work with the client on the project. We received 5 payments out of 7 payments that were due. Each payment was linked to a milestone in the project. Now the client claims the software solution is not up to the quality they want and they want to sue us for damages.
In the contract, we have a clause that says they can sue for a maximum of 50% of the money they paid us. However, each of the 5 payments they made were linked to a milestone of the project contract and the payments that were made were approved by their managers who now claim that the software quality has an issue.
Are they entitled to sue for damages? How can we best protect ourselves?

Jan 30, 2017
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What can be done if your customer is not paying your invoices?
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Q: My firm (based in the UK) is owed $57,500 for providing materials and event management services for a Dubai-based business called International Premier Tennis League.
They have failed to pay my invoice or any of the individual skilled craftsmen and technicians I recommended they hired to deliver the events which we delivered in December 2016.
What I'd like to do is recover my money and possibly make sure that the business behaviour of the IPTL management team is not repeated (it must be a crime to commit business services to a project without ever having the means to pay for it).
Any help or advice appreciated, please.

Jun 13, 2017
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Q: Respected Sir / Ma'am,
I am an IT service provider. I got a project from one of the companies in Abu Dhabi to perform a System Implementation.
I have completed the project and have raised the invoice for the same, but the customer is not paying the amount. It amounts to about 30000 USD.
I am calling for a Steering Committee meeting as per the contract/proposal terms to resolve the issue of not paying me. The IT team, to whom I am reporting is just not letting the Steering Committee meeting to happen.
I have other projects running in parallel with the same client. I have issued a "Credit Hold" and stopped all activities with proper notice and have all details on email communication. Still, they are not calling for a meeting / trying to resolve the issue...
What are my options to recover the amount? If at all I have to hire a lawyer, what will be the costs for the same?
Would appreciate your advice/recommendations greatly.
Thanks and regards,
Raj


May 6, 2018
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Marketing of foreign company services in the UAE

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Q: Am I allowed to market my company's services here in the UAE even my company is registered in Delaware, USA?


Dec 9, 2019
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Protecting a software while making a demo for a potential client
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Q: Hi,
Is there a way to protect my software while making a demo for a potential client in the UAE?

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Laws & Regulations
2 available 2 • View allFederal Law No. (5) of 1985 On the Civil Transactions Law of the United Arab Emirates 96
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.
Dec 15, 1985
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Federal 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
75303

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