4 leading UAE cassation judgments on licensing, summarised in English with the articles they apply and a link to the judgment on the court’s official service.
The legislation on this topic: Licensing — UAE legislation.
A debtor company's trade licences and other intangible business assets can be attached by its creditors
All of a debtor's assets secure its debts (Article 391 of the Civil Transactions Law), and a creditor may attach the debtor's movable and immovable property except what the law exempts (Articles 242 and 247 of the Civil Procedure Code). Attachable property…
An unlicensed real estate broker cannot recover commission, compensation or expenses under a void brokerage agreement
Dubai legislation (Articles 3 and 24 of Local Order No. 32 of 1987 regulating real estate brokerage and Articles 3 and 21 of Regulation No. 85 of 2006 on the Register of Real Estate Brokers) prohibits any natural or legal person from brokering the sale,…
A sole establishment cannot sue on a contract made by the LLC whose shares its owner bought
A sole proprietorship (مؤسسة فردية) has no legal personality separate from its owner. The conversion rules in the Commercial Companies Law apply only between forms of company and do not cover turning a company into a sole establishment or the reverse.…
The registered licence holder owns a sole establishment unless ownership was transferred by the statutory procedure
A sole establishment is a commercial business (محل تجاري) belonging to its owner or licence holder, with no separate legal personality; its rights and obligations are his. Ownership passes to another person only by a disposition notarised and entered in…
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