The law includes serious evidence of a risk that the debtor will flee, conceal or move assets, as well as specified documentary-debt grounds. A demand for payment alone is not a court attachment. The judge may request further evidence or investigate the application.
Identify the debtor's assets and ownership. The Code provides different procedures for movable assets, property and assets or debts held by third parties, including banks. An application concerning real estate requires an official copy of the title document.
Deadlines matter: where the urgent-matters judge orders attachment, Article 250 requires the substantive claim within eight days of the order. It also requires enforcement to begin within thirty days after the favourable judgment becomes final, or attachment lapses. DIFC and ADGM procedures require separate assessment.
A practical next step
Seek an urgent legal assessment with the debt documents, available asset details and evidence of disposal risk. Plan the substantive claim and follow-up deadlines at the same time as the protective application.
Official sources
Civil Procedure Code — Articles 247–250 and 252–253