The date provisions
How completion or handover is defined, whether a grace period applies, what extension mechanisms exist and how they must be exercised, and how force majeure is drafted. These decide most delay disputes.
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Dubai off-plan SPA: clauses purchasers should review during a dispute
Most off-plan disputes turn on a small number of provisions. These are the ones worth reading properly when something has gone wrong.
The variation provisions
What the developer may change, within what limits, and whether any notice or consent is required. Also the area and measurement provisions, which frequently address variation in size separately.
The payment provisions
What triggers each instalment — a date, a milestone, or a certification — and what happens if a trigger is disputed. This is the clause that decides whether a payment demand is properly made.
The default and termination provisions
What each party may do on the other’s breach, what notice is required, how notices must be served and what periods apply. Service requirements matter more than purchasers expect.
Handover, acceptance and defects
The handover procedure, what acceptance means, how defects are to be reported and what obligations the developer has to remedy them.
Reliance, entire agreement, governing law
Provisions addressing statements made before signature, which law applies, and where disputes are to be resolved. This shapes the procedural route before any substantive question is reached.
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