Some situations will not wait for a case to be heard. The water is off, the access card has been disabled, the residence cannot be renewed, or damage in the property needs recording before it is altered. For those the RDC has a separate route.
What a Petition Order Is
A request registered to the urgent and interim matters judge for an interim measure binding on both parties. It does not decide the dispute; it holds a situation in place, or records it, while the dispute takes its course.
Examples the RDC Publishes
- Restoring water and electricity, or restoring services generally
- Activating the building access card and the parking
- Renewing the trade licence
- Issuing a new residence permit or renewing one
- Recording a state of subletting
- Recording the state of damage in the property, or inspecting it
The Published List Is Not Exhaustive
The RDC gives those examples by way of mention and not limitation, so a situation outside the list is not outside the route. What decides it is whether the measure asked for is interim in nature and whether the facts and documents support it — which is what we read the file for before anything is filed.
If the Decision Goes Against You
A grievance can be registered within 8 days of the decision on a petition order or an offer and deposit. The RDC asks for two documents: a copy of the decision complained of, and the grievance statement setting out the grounds. The grounds are the whole of it — a grievance without them is a form with nothing in it.
Filing Without an Emirates ID
An urgent measure is worth little if the filing itself is held up. The RDC requires the Emirates ID as the identity document for individuals, so anyone holding only a passport files through a notarized POA to someone who holds an Emirates ID. Where the situation is already urgent, having the POA in place beforehand is what makes same-week filing possible at all.
Frequently Asked Questions
Restoring water and electricity is among the examples the RDC publishes for a petition order — a request to the urgent and interim matters judge for a measure binding on both parties. It does not decide the underlying dispute, which continues on its own track.
Recording the state of damage in the property, and inspecting it, are both among the published examples. Recording a state of subletting sits in the same list. The value of the measure is that it fixes the position at a moment that will not come back.
The measure is interim by nature — it holds or records a situation rather than deciding the dispute, and the dispute continues on its own track. Where the decision goes against you, a grievance is available within 8 days.
Start Your File
Send the documents you have and we review the file.