Stephen Field

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My company is withholding my passport

Your employer appears to have breached a number of provisions of the Labour Law in Dubai

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Credit card user asked to pay more

Inform the retailer that they have no right to impose a surcharge

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Ask the expert: can I work for the competition?

Is this legal, please advise?

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Ask the expert: is forced unpaid leave legal?

Some of my colleagues and I are made, on occasion, to take unpaid leave

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Ask the expert: do I need a new will in the UAE?

I’m worried about what would happen if I died here and whether I need to have a new will

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Ask the expert: can I get out of my rent contract?

I have to vacate the apartment because I am leaving the country, do I still have to pay rent?

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Ask the expert: is a UK court order valid here?

I have been served with a court order from the UK requiring me to pay maintenance to my ex-wife

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Ask the expert: I want to set up a business

How do I go about starting up a business on my own in Dubai?

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Ask the expert: help! I’m not being paid by my clients

My clients aren’t paying for the financial advice services I give them

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Attest or notarise: what’s the difference?

A reader asks: Could you please explain these terms, and what I need to do in each case?

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I’m being forced to go on leave

I proceed on the basis that the terms of your contract are not inconsistent with the information from your employer’s internal PI

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Help! job offer put on hold

If the company ‘backs out’ it will be liable to you according to the terms of the contract

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