Prompts
Juristische KI-Prompts für United Arab Emirates
9 prompts you can paste straight into HAQQ or any other assistant. Every one is written out in full - open it, copy it, change the bracketed parts.
Enforceability of a Liability Cap Under UAE LawMemoExpertCorporate / Commercial
The attached contract caps liability at [amount / a multiple of fees] and excludes [consequential loss / loss of profit / gross negligence]. Governing law is UAE law, forum [onshore courts / DIFC / ADGM / arbitration]. Advise: 1. Is the cap enforceable as drafted before the stated forum, and on what statutory basis. 2. Which carve-outs are mandatory and cannot be excluded whatever the parties agreed — address fraud, gross negligence, wilful misconduct, death and personal injury, and any decennial or statutory liability that applies. 3. How an onshore court's treatment differs from DIFC or ADGM on the same wording. 4. Whether the cap survives if the contract is terminated or found void. 5. Redraft the clause so it holds up, and mark each change with the reason. Mandatory rules: cite the Civil Transactions Law or Commercial Transactions Law article for every proposition. Where onshore and the financial free zones diverge, set them out side by side rather than blending them. Do not cite a judgment you cannot name.
Non-Compete Validity Under UAE Labour LawMemoAdvancedEmployment
Assess a non-compete under UAE labour law. Facts: employee role [role], duration of the restriction [period], geographic scope [scope], activities covered [activities], salary [amount], reason employment ended [resignation / termination / expiry], and whether any consideration was paid for the restraint [yes/no]. Advise: 1. Whether the clause meets the statutory conditions on duration, place and type of work, and what the law requires for each. 2. What the employer must prove for a court to enforce it, and the practical evidentiary burden. 3. The circumstances in which the restriction falls away by operation of law. 4. The remedies actually available — damages, injunction, labour-ban consequences — and which of them a UAE court will realistically grant. 5. A redrafted clause that stands the best chance of enforcement, plus a fallback clause if the primary one is struck down. Mandatory rules: cite the article of the Labour Law and its Executive Regulations for each condition. Distinguish the position for an onshore contract from a DIFC or ADGM employment contract. Do not assert a court practice you cannot source.
Objecting to a VAT Assessment in the UAEChecklistAdvancedPersonal Tax
My client received a VAT assessment and penalties from the Federal Tax Authority dated [date] for [amount] covering tax periods [periods]. Set out the objection route end to end: 1. Each stage in order — reconsideration request to the FTA, objection to the Tax Disputes Resolution Committee, appeal to the competent court — with the deadline for each and the date it runs from. 2. The preconditions for moving to the next stage, including any requirement to settle tax or penalties first. 3. What each submission must contain to be admissible, and the language it must be in. 4. The grounds most likely to succeed on these facts, separating challenges to the assessment itself from challenges to the penalty. 5. A dated action calendar working backwards from the assessment date, flagging the first deadline that is already at risk. Mandatory rules: cite the Tax Procedures Law and its Executive Regulations for every deadline. Where a deadline is counted in business days rather than calendar days, say so. If a rule has changed recently, flag that its current form must be verified before filing.
Share Transfer Consents in an ADGM CompanyChecklistAdvancedCorporate Governance
For a company limited by shares registered in [ADGM / DIFC], a shareholder wants to transfer [percentage]% to [an existing shareholder / a third party]. Produce a consent and filing checklist: 1. Which consents are required — board, shareholders, or both — and where that requirement comes from: the regulations, the model articles, or the company's own articles. 2. Pre-emption rights: whether they apply by default, how they are waived, and the notice periods. 3. The register and filing steps with the registration authority, in order, with the deadline for each. 4. Any regulatory approval triggered by the identity of the transferee or the size of the stake. 5. The documents to be signed on completion, listed as a closing checklist. Mandatory rules: name the specific regulation and section for each requirement. State clearly where the answer depends on the company's own articles rather than the default rule, and tell me exactly which article to read. Do not answer for onshore UAE unless I ask.
Employer Retaliation After an Adverse Labour JudgmentMemoExpertEmployment
A civil claim between an employee and an employer went before the Dubai courts and judgment was given for the employee. The employer has since filed a criminal complaint against the employee, on the face of it to avoid paying the sums awarded. Advise for the employee: 1. What the employee can do immediately to protect enforcement of the civil judgment while the criminal complaint is pending, and whether the complaint suspends enforcement at all. 2. Whether the criminal filing can itself found a claim — malicious prosecution, abuse of right, or moral damage — and what has to be proved. 3. The interaction between the criminal and civil tracks: which one stays the other, and on what conditions. 4. Practical steps in order, with the responsible body for each — execution court, public prosecution, labour authority. 5. The risks of each step for the employee, including any exposure created by responding aggressively. Mandatory rules: cite the article behind each proposition. Where the answer turns on facts I have not given, list exactly what you need. Do not present a strategy as certain when the outcome depends on prosecutorial discretion.
Amending a DIFC Will After a Change in the LawMemoAdvancedEstate Planning
A DIFC-registered will defines a minor beneficiary by reference to an age of majority that a later legislative change has moved. The will provides [describe the clause as drafted]. Advise: 1. Whether the will now operates on the old age or the new one, and what determines that — the wording of the will, the date of registration, or the transitional provisions of the amending law. 2. Whether the will can be amended, and the difference between a codicil and a fresh registration in terms of cost, formality and risk. 3. The formalities for either route at the Wills Service Centre, including witnessing and registration. 4. What happens to guardianship and trustee provisions that were drafted around the old threshold. 5. A redraft of the clause that is age-neutral, so a further legislative change does not reopen this. Mandatory rules: cite the DIFC wills rules and the amending instrument. Say clearly where the analysis depends on the exact wording of the will, and ask me for the clause rather than assuming it. Distinguish the DIFC position from onshore succession rules.
Registered Commercial Agency Termination ExposureMemoExpertCorporate / Commercial
My client is the [principal / agent] under a commercial agency in the UAE. Registration status [registered with the Ministry of Economy / unregistered], term [fixed until date / indefinite], exclusivity [exclusive / non-exclusive], and the principal wants to [terminate / not renew / appoint a second distributor]. Advise: 1. What registration changes legally — the protections it confers and what falls away without it. 2. The grounds on which the relationship can lawfully be ended, and whether a contractual termination right is enough on its own. 3. The compensation exposure: the heads of claim available to the agent, how each is quantified, and what evidence supports or defeats them. 4. The forum: the agency committee, the courts, or arbitration, and whether an arbitration clause is effective against the statutory regime. 5. A sequenced plan for the principal that minimises exposure, with the point of no return marked. Mandatory rules: cite the Commercial Agencies Law article for every proposition, and flag that the law was amended — say what turns on which version applies and how to check. Do not treat an unregistered agency as if it were registered.
Marketing Services Agreement for the Client SideAgreementAdvancedCorporate / Commercial
Draft a social-media marketing services agreement under UAE law. I act for the client, not the agency. Commercials: scope [describe the services], term [period], fees [amount and payment schedule], channels [list]. The agreement must protect the client on: 1. Ownership of everything produced — creative, footage, ad accounts, pixels, follower lists and any handle created for the campaign — assigned or transferred on payment, not licensed. 2. Approval gates before anything is published, and liability if the agency publishes without approval. 3. Compliance with UAE advertising, media and influencer-disclosure requirements, with the agency bearing the fines it causes. 4. Data protection and confidentiality, including what happens to audience data at the end. 5. Termination for convenience with a short notice period, and an exit that hands back every credential and asset within a fixed number of days. 6. Performance reporting on a defined cadence, and a remedy that is not just 'we will try again'. Put every commercial number in square brackets. After the draft, list the three clauses an agency will push back on hardest and give me a fallback position for each.
Free Zone, Mainland or Offshore: Entity and Licence SelectionMemoExpertSmall Business
Act as corporate counsel advising [FOUNDER OR GROUP] on where and how to incorporate in [COUNTRY]. The business: [WHAT IT SELLS, TO WHOM, WHERE THE CUSTOMERS ARE, HOW MANY STAFF, PHYSICAL PREMISES NEEDED, EXPECTED REVENUE, WHETHER IT WILL RAISE OUTSIDE CAPITAL]. Founders: [NATIONALITIES AND RESIDENCE]. The decision is not simply which vehicle is cheapest to set up — a free zone entity that cannot invoice customers inside the local market is worthless to a business whose customers are all local, and a structure that blocks a future investor is expensive later. Rank the options against how this business actually earns. Do not state a licensing rule, an ownership restriction or a tax position you cannot attribute to a named source; mark it To Be Confirmed and refer it to local counsel and a tax adviser. Return: (1) Options Table — the realistic vehicles (mainland company, named free zones relevant to this activity, offshore or holding vehicle, branch of a foreign company), scored on market access, ownership, cost, speed, visa allocation and credibility with customers and banks; (2) Market Access Test — for each option, who the entity may lawfully invoice and where it may operate, and what a local distributor, agent or service arrangement would be needed to reach the rest; (3) Activity and Licence Match — the licence categories that cover this activity, any regulated element needing a sector approval, and the risk that the activity is described too narrowly at registration; (4) Ownership and Control — foreign ownership limits if any, local participation requirements, and how the share structure would look with a future investor and an employee option pool; (5) Substance and Running Costs — office or desk requirement, minimum capital, audit, annual renewal, and the ongoing filings, with a first-year and steady-state cost estimate marked as an estimate; (6) People — visa quota, sponsorship, hiring locally versus remotely, and any national-employment quota that attaches at a given headcount; (7) Banking and Payments — what an account opening will realistically require for each option, and which options banks treat as higher risk; (8) Recommendation and Migration Path — the option you would take, why, what it costs to change later if the business turns out differently, and the questions to put to local counsel and a tax adviser first. This is a planning aid for a qualified practitioner, not legal or tax advice.