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Signing guides

Ten questions that come up in the contracts Fahm reads, answered from the articles themselves. Information, never legal advice.

  1. Can a UAE employment contract stop me working for a competitor?What the UAE Labour Law allows a non-compete clause to do, the limits it sets on time, place and kind of work, and what makes the clause fall away.
  2. Is a liability cap or exclusion clause enforceable in the UAE?How the Civil Transactions Law treats clauses that exclude liability, cap it, or fix compensation in advance, and what a court may still change.
  3. Does my UAE contract renew automatically, and can the other side change the terms?What the law says about leases that roll over, silence as acceptance, and clauses that let one party change the contract without the other's consent.
  4. How much can a Dubai landlord raise the rent on renewal?The rent-increase bands in Dubai Decree 43 of 2013, the 90-day notice in the Tenancy Law, and who sets the rent when the parties disagree.
  5. Can a UAE contract charge interest or daily fees on late payment?What the Commercial Transactions Law says about delay interest on commercial debts, when it runs, what cannot be charged, and how fixed late fees are treated.
  6. What happens if my UAE contract has no governing law or jurisdiction clause?Which law applies when the contract is silent, when UAE courts have jurisdiction over a foreign party, and what makes an arbitration clause valid.
  7. When must a landlord in Dubai refund my security deposit?What the Dubai Tenancy Law says a deposit is for and when it is refunded, who maintains the property under the Civil Transactions Law, and deposit clauses that go further.
  8. How much notice does a UAE contract need to end it?The notice band in the Labour Law, the rule that a binding contract cannot be ended by one party alone, and the only grounds for evicting a tenant early in Dubai.
  9. Can a UAE contract shorten the time I have to bring a claim?The general fifteen-year rule, why a contract cannot set a different period, the short deadlines for defects in commercial sales, and the labour dispute route.
  10. If my contract is in English and Arabic, which version counts in the UAE?Why the court language matters, how the Civil Transactions Law reads a contract whose two texts differ, and what a precedence clause does.