A criminal charge threatens your liberty, your livelihood, and your residency. We defend clients at every stage — from the first police statement through trial, appeal, and cassation — with rights of audience before the UAE courts.
Facing a criminal charge in the UAE is a serious matter. The Crimes and Penalties Law (Federal Decree-Law No. 31 of 2021) and the Criminal Procedure Law (Federal Decree-Law No. 38 of 2022) govern a process that moves in defined stages — police, Public Prosecution, Court of First Instance, Appeal, and Cassation — and for non-citizens a conviction can carry deportation in addition to any penalty. Proceedings are conducted in Arabic, and the case file assembled during the investigation is the raw material on which the entire trial is built.
Effective defence work starts early and is built on the file: obtaining and analysing every document, challenging the evidence and procedure where the law allows, presenting defence memoranda that engage the specific elements of the charged offence, and where appropriate pursuing settlement or waiver of the personal right in offences where reconciliation ends or mitigates the case. As Advocates, we appear before the courts; as Legal Consultants, we advise strategically at each fork in the road — always with candour about the realistic prospects.
Representation from the police and prosecution stage through trial, with defence memoranda prepared in formal Arabic.
Analysing the case file for procedural and evidential challenges — statements, searches, expert reports, and technical evidence.
Pursuing reconciliation and waiver of the personal right where the law permits it to end or mitigate the case.
Bail and travel ban applications running alongside the defence (see our dedicated pages).
Advising on collateral consequences — employment, residency, and deportation exposure — as part of the strategy.
See also: Police Complaints & Investigations · Criminal Appeals & Cassation.
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