Dubai If you own property in Dubai and have repeatedly failed to meet your obligations by way of service charges, it's time to mend your ways.

Brent Baldwin, a specialist on JOP and Real Estate law, provides some tips for owners and board members.

As is evident from its skyline, many property units in Dubai are part of a tower development having multiple owners. Villas too are often part of a cluster of real estate units within a development.

Abu Dhabi's Administrative Decisions No. 25 and 26 of 2025 introduce comprehensive reforms governing the post-handover management of jointly owned property, establishing detailed requirements for service charge collection, management company operations, and owners' committee formation. These changes transform what was previously a contractual framework into a structured regulatory regime with direct implications for developers, property managers, investors, and lenders operating in the emirate's real estate

Emad Eldin Farouq, Senior Legal Advisor at the Dubai Land Department, is centrally involved in the process of identifying and facilitating the introduction of new legislation necessary to create a comprehensive system of property laws and regulations in the Emirate of Dubai.

On 10th December 2007, Law No. (27) of 2007 on Ownership of Jointly Owned Properties in the Emirate of Dubai ("Strata Law") was issued laying the foundations of a "Strata" form of real estate ownership in Dubai.