By Hisham Fouad Hassan, Senior Legal Consultant. Dubai property disputes are decided in specific forums with specific rules — the RDC for tenancy, the Dubai Courts for ownership, RERA’s framework for off-plan. The best real estate lawyer for you is the one who...
Dubai property transactions are fast by global standards — you can go from offer to transfer in weeks. The speed is a feature, but it compresses the window in which problems get caught. Most buyers use a broker; far fewer use a lawyer. Here is what legal review...
Dubai’s tenancy law protects tenants from arbitrary eviction — which means landlords win eviction cases by procedure, not by frustration. Most eviction notices that fail at the Rental Dispute Center fail for defects the landlord could have avoided on day one....
The security deposit dispute is the most common tenancy conflict in Dubai — and one of the most winnable, because the law puts the burden of justifying deductions on the landlord. Here is how to protect your deposit before you move out, and how to recover it if the...
Whether it is a withheld deposit, an invalid eviction notice, unpaid rent or a maintenance standoff, Dubai routes almost every tenancy conflict to one forum: the Rental Dispute Center (RDC). It is faster and cheaper than ordinary courts — if you arrive prepared. Here...
The Dubai Court of Cassation has issued an important judgment that significantly clarifies the jurisdictional boundaries between the Dubai Courts and the Rental Disputes Center (RDC) in disputes arising from the management of common property. In Commercial Cassation...
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