{
  "id": 19299418,
  "title": "Dubai court orders law firm to return Dh1.1 million withheld from client",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/10/dubai-court-orders-law-firm-to-return-dh1-1-million-withheld-from",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-10T06:11:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Gulf News",
    "slug": "gulf-news",
    "url": "https://gulfnews.com/uae/dubai/dubai-court-orders-law-firm-to-return-dh11-million-withheld-from-client-1.500741983"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Dubai: A Dubai court has ordered a law firm to return Dh1.118 million it collected on behalf of a client but withheld for more than a year, ruling that lawyers cannot keep clients’ money to recover unpaid fees without following the proper legal procedures. The Dubai Court of First Instance ordered the firm to refund Dh1,118,871.51, pay Dh50,000 in compensation for the financial losses caused by…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}