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What are the landlord rights in visiting the rented property with prospective buyers?

Q: Hello We have given a legal notary notice of eviction to our tenant as we intend to sell our property. Viewings are required and we always give a min of 2-hour notice for viewing but our tenant is being difficult and restricting the time bands to unrealistically short periods, no weekends, no evenings... etc. It`s very difficult to organize a viewing. What are our rights?

ما العقوبة عندما تتحول الجناية إلى جنحة في قضية مخدرات؟

س: السلام عليكم، ما العقوبة عندما تتحول الجناية إلى جنحة في قضية المخدرات؟

The right of the domestic workers to keep hold on their passport and documents

Q: Hello, I`m a domestic worker, and recently I realize that my EID is different from all my friends from the same agency. Mine doesn`t have an indication about sponsor name or occupation, it`s just plain. I never saw my residence visa since the employer is keeping my passport. I also haven`t seen the ID up close, they only sent me a digital picture of it. I once called the labor office to enquire about my contract since the office I came from refused to send it to me, unfortunately, I`m not in the labor system. So my question is, will this be a problem in near future? Let`s say when the visa is being canceled, and what visa am I on because it doesn`t look like a domestic worker one to me.

How to recover an amount of money scammed by fraudsters?

Q: Hello all, I am based in the UAE, however, I have been scammed by a CFD trading broker called (........) based in the UK (they claim to be based in the UK). Their site is down now and they have deleted all the communication channels. However, I found that they have hosted the same site on a different domain. I have lost more than $210,000 dollars. The total withdrawal amount was close to $500,000. When I tried to withdraw my funds from the platform, they asked for more funds as tax payment and after I paid those, they kept on bringing new issues and asking for more funds. When I declined their request on WhatsApp and told them that I will report to the police and file cases, they seem unmoved by these. They even told me to go and report them and they don`t care. Please let me know the actions I can take against those fraudsters. I really don’t want to let them escape this easily especially with our hard-earned money. Kindly let me know if there is a way to recover my funds.

هل يمكن رفع دعوى بسبب السب والقذف على الفيسبوك منذ سنتين؟

س: السلام عليكم، هل يمكن رفع دعوى بسبب السب والقذف على الفيسبوك منذ سنتين؟ أنا طبيبة اتهمني شخص أني تسببت في وفاة مريضة رغم أن مَن تعامل مع المريضة طبيبة أخرى. قدمت للنيابة العامة بلاغ (في خلال شهر) ولكن حُفِظ لأن مستشفى الجامعة التي كنت أعمل فيها رفضت إعطائي أي نسخة ورقية تُثبت أن من رأت المريضة طبيبة أخرى وليس أنا.

Will it be safe to travel to Dubai with an unpaid bank loan in Qatar?

Q: I left Qatar in 2013 with a small unpaid bank loan due to the fact that I lost my job, But now I have been offered a job in Dubai. So my question is will it be safe to travel to Dubai with an unpaid bank loan in Qatar? Thanks

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I left Saudi with a pending personal loan and want to check travel ban

Q: I left Saudi with a personal loan of SAR 250,000 from a bank. Due to COVID, I couldn`t return. That was in 2020. In 2021, the company had laid me off. How to check if there is a travel ban in Saudi and GCC?

Refusing to return the remaining rental cheques despite providing a proper notice

Q: Dear sir/madam, Can a landlord refuse to return the remaining rental cheques if the tenancy agreement has been terminated earlier with proper notice in place? I am vacating a quarter earlier, but the landlord refuses to return the 4th quarter cheque until I vacate the premises and he makes post-inspection despite having a separate security deposit amount in place.

Will it be legal for a pregnant woman to deliver a baby in the UAE outside wedlock?

Q: Hi Sir, Now, I am pregnant for 5 months, and it is legal to deliver the baby, without question. But because I was pregnant for 5 months before, can we get married after 6 months of pregnancy?

هل يجوز للوكيل أن يبيع عقار موكله وفق وكالة عامة مطلقة؟

س: هل يجوز للوكيل أن يبيع عقار موكله وفق وكالة عامة مطلقة؟

How to vacate the tenant from a property purchased upon verbal assurance by seller?

Q: I purchased a tenanted villa recently. Before signing form B, we asked the seller through the broker if the tenant could vacate the house upon expiry of the tenancy contract, and the seller said yes verbally. So we signed form B, proceeded with the buying process, and confirmed as vacate house again with the seller during the final transfer. We`ve sold the place we used to live in because we will move into this new house and stay in temporary accommodation until the tenancy contract of this new house expires. However, now the tenant doesn`t want to vacate the house upon expiry of the tenancy contract. What can I do in this case?

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How to settle a civil case and a judgement for credit card and loan?

Q: I currently have a civil case, and a judgment was passed in my absence where the court ruled that I should pay the full amount. With the new laws passed regarding bounced cheques, I paid the fine for this case but the civil case and judgment were passed already. The amount for both the credit card and loan is a total of AED 324,000. I would like to find out how I can get the judgment removed and find a way forward in closing the civil case as I have a travel ban and can’t get employment.

هل يمكن مقاضاة مدير الشركة والشريك في مالهم الخاص دون ذمة الشركة المالية؟

س: شركة ذ.م.م تم حجز حساباتها البنكية وتدعي عدم امتلاكها لأموال لتنفيذ حكم دعوى عمالية ضدها وتقدم تقارير حسابية بذلك. ولكن عند التقصي وجد أنها خاطبت عملاءها والمتعاقدين معها (مثبت بصور خطاباتها) بالسداد لها عن طريق حسابات بنكية لشركات أخرى (وسيطة). هل يمكن مقاضاة مدير الشركة والشريك في مالهم الخاص دون ذمة الشركة المالية؟

هل يجوز لصاحب العمل تشغيل العامل بدون أجر خلال الفترة التجريبية؟

س: أنا أعمل لمدة شهرين بدون راتب بحجة أنه مذكور في العقد أن هناك ٣ أشهر فترة تجريبية. لكن ليس مذكوراً ما إذا براتب أو بدون. فسؤالي هو هل الفترة التجريبية تكون مع أجر أو بدون؟

Will the deportation from the UAE get me arrested in Qatar?

Q: I was deported from the UAE on 14 Feb 2021. I was not brought to court and I was simply asked to leave the country within 2 days. I was also told that I will have a travel ban for 1 year. I did ask the authorities at that time if I would have trouble going to other GCC countries and they said no. I am going to Qatar tomorrow, and being administrative deported from UAE, will I be stopped?

العودة إلى الإمارات رغم وجود إبعاد إداري بسبب جنحة

س: السلام عليكم، لدي إبعاد إداري. قضيتي جنحة وليست جزائية. ما الفرق بين الجنح والجزائي؟ وهل أستطيع العودة إلى الإمارات؟ علمًا بأن زوجي مقيم فيها.