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Plain-English, primary-source guides to the cases UAE residents most often face. Each guide explains the law, the procedure, the penalties, the defences and when to call a lawyer. Drafted from federal laws and decrees only — no copy-paste from secondary sources.
Last reviewed 04 May 2026 by Noura Lawyers, Founder & Managing Partner. Published under CC BY-NC 4.0.
العقارات في سوق أبوظبي العالمي
Eight animated step-by-step playbooks for tenants, landlords, off-plan buyers, unit owners, developers, community managers, lenders and contractors — keyed to the ADGM Real Property Regulations 2024.
ADGM Real Property Regulations 2024 (consolidated September 2025) · Al Maryah & Al Reem Islands Open the guideالقضايا الجزائية في الإمارات
How a UAE criminal case actually moves — police custody, prosecution referral, trial, sentencing and appeals. The rights you have at each stage and the deadlines that quietly bind you.
Federal Decree-Law 38/2022 (Criminal Procedure) · Federal Decree-Law 31/2021 (Penal Code) Read the guideقضايا المخدرات
How Federal Decree-Law 30/2021 reorganised UAE drug law: Schedule 1 vs Schedule 2 substances, first-time treatment alternatives, possession vs trafficking thresholds, and the defences that work in practice.
Federal Decree-Law 30/2021 (Anti-Narcotic) & implementing decisions Read the guideشيك بدون رصيد
Why most UAE cheque bounces are no longer criminal — and how the new direct-execution route under FDL 14/2020 actually works. Partial-payment endorsement, civil recovery and the residual criminal exposure that still bites.
Federal Decree-Law 14/2020 (amending Commercial Code) · effective 02 January 2022 Read the guideالمخالفات المرورية
The Federal Traffic Law and the black-point system. What gets your vehicle confiscated, what triggers mandatory imprisonment, and how to challenge a fine that should not have been issued.
Federal Law 21/1995 (Traffic) · Cabinet Decision 178/2017 (penalties table) Read the guideالتحرش والقذف والجرائم الإلكترونية
Workplace harassment, online insults, defamation, public-decency offences and the wide reach of the cybercrime law. What counts as a crime, how complaints proceed, and how to defend — or withdraw — one.
FDL 34/2021 (Cybercrimes) · FDL 31/2021 (Penal Code) · FDL 33/2021 (Labour) Read the guideIf a family member has just been arrested, a cheque has just bounced or you are at the police station — start with our first-aid playbooks. They are written for the next 48 hours, not the law-school version.
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