Insights
Notes on the parts of UAE law our clients run into, written for the person the rule applies to rather than for another lawyer.
For most returned cheques the answer is no, and has not been since January 2022. What replaced the criminal route is faster, and the reason printed on the bank's return slip decides which route you are in.
A notice is the step that turns a disagreement into a record. What it has to contain, when it has to be notarised, and why the language it is written in is a procedural question rather than a courtesy.
Since 2023 there have been two personal status frameworks rather than one. Which applies to you is settled before anything else in a family matter, and for most non-Muslim residents it is not the one they expect.
