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How to File an Employment Court Case in the UAE

An interview-format article covering the topic of filing an employment court case in the UAE. This is from the legal podcast of lawyer Ludmila Yamalova, the founder of Lawgical with LYLAW.
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حصانة

امتياز يعفي بعض الأشخاص من الملاحقة القضائية وتُمنح لبعض السياسيين والدبلوماسيين بهدف حمايتهم من تطبيق القوانين المحلية عليهم. ولا يمكن القبض على هؤلاء الأشخاص لمخالفتهم لقوانين البلاد التي يُرسلون إليها.
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Status quo

Latin meaning the existing state of affairs. To maintain the status quo is to keep things the way they presently are. Often used when companies are making decisions, or when lawyers are considering making changes in the law or changes to documentation.
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Habeas corpus

Literally, ‘may you have the body’. It is a legal action that requires a person under arrest to be brought before the courts so that he or she can be released from unlawful detention where such detention lacks sufficient cause or evidence.
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Can the tenant change his mind after sending a notice to vacate the house?

Q: The tenant notified the owner to vacate the house, now the owner sold the house. The new owner wants to stay thinking the tenant is vacating, now the tenant changes his mind and wants to file the renewal in RDC.
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إنهاء عقد مواطن شريك نسبته 51%

س: أنا مواطن شريك في شركة بنسبة 51%. إذا أردت إنهاء العقد بيني وبينهم، فما الصيغة القانونية التي أبلغهم بها بالإيميل لأنهي عقدي؟
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رفع دعوى طلاق للهجر ضد زوج مقيم في الإمارات

س: أنا زوجة أعيش في مصر. زوجي مقيم في دبي. أرغب في رفع قضية طلاق للهجر. هل يلزم وجودي في الإمارات لرفع الدعوى ولا يُكتَفى بتوكيل محامي مقيم في الإمارات؟
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The applicability of court fees in labour cases

Q: In many answers, I see that the court fee is mentioned for the labour cases above AED 100,000. However, as per article 5 of labor law, workers are exempted from court fees. In which law is this court fee mentioned? If I take this claim directly to court, is there a fee? And if I appoint a lawyer to represent on my behalf, is a fee applied then?
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تسجيل التماس إعادة النظر على حكم الاستئناف والطعن

س: السلام عليكم، أُصدِر الحكم في دعوى استئناف عقاري بتاريخ 15-04-2021. أنا المستأنِف وقد رُفِض الاستئناف وتأيّد الحكم المُستأنَف. السؤال هنا: نريد تسجيل التماس إعادة النظر على حكم الاستئناف والطعن. ما المدة القانونية لكليهما؟ وهل يجوز تسجيل كلاهما؟
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Transcript

A document in which the text of a speech or a spoken discussion is transformed into a written form, such as a court reporter’s notes that have be recorded or taken down during the course of a trial.
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Indemnity

An agreement or assurance whereby one party insures another party against an anticipated loss, or to prevent that party from being damaged by the legal consequences of an act or the failure to act by the party providing the indemnity or a third party.
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Covenant

A binding promise, usually contained in the deed of a piece of real property, to engage in or refrain from a specified action (including a restrictive covenant, which is a restriction on the use of property).
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إدانة

هو الحكم الذي تتوصل إليه محكمة قانونية عند إيقانها بارتكاب المدعي عليه لجريمة ما، وضدها التبرئة. 
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How long will it take to get settlement from a company?

Q: As-salam Alaikum, My labor execution case number is {.....}. Al Adheed center asked me to get back after 21 days. More than 21 days are completed, but they are still asking me to wait till June 01. It is still in process. I need to know how long will it take to get my settlement from the company? Kindly advise me! Thanks & Regards,
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Promissory note

A legally binding document in which a person or entity agrees to pay a specified amount of money on demand or by a specified date.
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Circumstantial

Based on information which suggests that something is true but does not prove that it is true. When the existence of the principal fact is only inferred from one or more circumstances which have been established directly, the evidence is said to be circumstantial.