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A creditor can freeze a debtor's bank accounts, property and shares before any judgment exists, through an application to the summary judge made without notice. The order lapses automatically unless the substantive claim is filed within eight days, which is where most attachments are lost.

A buyer that discovers a problem after completing a UAE acquisition has around 18 months to notify a warranty claim, and most claims fail on the form of the notice rather than on the facts. Since 1 June 2026 the new Civil Code has added a route the SPA cannot exclude, because the duty to disclose information of decisive importance is mandatory and any clause limiting it is void.

An Emirati employee does not accrue end-of-service gratuity. They are enrolled in the federal pension scheme, and the employer must register them with GPSSA within 30 days of joining and contribute between 12.5 and 15 per cent of the contribution account salary every month. Two pension laws apply in parallel depending on when the employee first entered the workforce.