How to Send a Legal Notice in UAE
Legal notices are sent to the recipient to address the grievances of an individual to a company or a person. It is essential to understand the importance of drafting a legal notice into its appropriate format before sending it to the person concerned. A legal notice allows you and the recipient to agree to the terms and conditions of the agreement to avoid settling matters at court.
There are several types of notice like public notice (or legal notice), actual notice, constructive notice, and implied notice.
What does a legal notice entail?
A legal notice is a written document sent to notify about undertaking legal actions against the person concerned. The sender communicates his grievances to the party through the legal notice. It is a final warning that entails the receiver to settle the issues with their respective legal representatives or settling the matters at court.
In such cases, you can hire any law firms in Dubai who can ultimately guide you through the next course of action. Your assigned lawyer will then put together a legal notice based on the prevalent laws of the UAE. The notice should contain the issue concerned, the resolution for the issue, and the expected time frame for the issue to be resolved.
Article 7 of the Civil Procedure Code (Federal Law №11 of 1992), has laid down the particulars that must be included when serving a legal notice:
- The Date, month, year, and time the service was made.
- The full name, occupation, title, place of work, and place of residence of the person requesting service as well as his representative’s full name, occupation, title, place of work, and place of residence if not employed by the serving party
- The full name of the person to be served, occupation, title and address, and place of work if his address is not known at the time of service
- The name of the person serving process, his title and employer together with his signature on the original notice and its copy
- The subject
- The full name of the party on whom the process was served together with his signature, seal, or thumbprint on the original process indicating his acceptance of service or an endorsement showing his refusal of service and the reasons therefor.
When should you send a legal notice?
Legal notices are usually sent when a person is discontent with the result of an agreed-upon contract. Sending a legal notice indicates that you do not wish to ruin the relationship with the other party. It is just one final chance for the person concerned to address the grievances or face matters at court. There are several situations that may require you to send a legal notice:
● An employer to an employee for any employment contract violation.
● in case of sexual harassment cases at the workplace, a notice can be served
● Notice can be served for delayed payment of salary or wrongful termination of employment.
● Property related disputes.
● Family-related disputes like child custody, divorce, inheritance.
● Notice to companies manufacturing poor quality or harmful products for consumers.
In case of a notice being served to companies, the legal representative of the company is authorized to legally represent who has been appointed by the CEO or managing director with the right to delegate his representation before the third party. According to article 9(2), when suing a company, the legal representative must be mentioned in the notice.
How do legal firms work in such cases?
The process of sending legal notice when you hire a UAE law firm or an experienced lawyer is as follows:
- Once you hire a lawyer or a firm it will start with legal advice over a call, online, or at the office.
- He will ask you questions regarding the case, the documents, and the details, and what is your objective of sending the notice.
- Once he receives all the necessary documents and information he will recommend the best course of action for you
- The lawyer will draft the legal notice and send it to you for approval
- Next, he will send it to the person concerned via mail, fax, or email.
After this we wait to hear back from the party concerned at the stipulated time mentioned in the notice.