Labor Law includes better pay for employees of the same sector, workplace safety, appropriate work hours, discrimination against a group of employees, and equal payment opportunity.

Jordan’s minimum wage is 268 Jordanian dinars per month for all workers in all sectors. It is considered the lowest amount legally paid for a worker.

The most common Labor Law action is strikes. This means that when a group of employees of the same sector feel that they are being paid less than they deserve for example, they stop going to work until they are fairly paid.

In Jordan, all foreign and Jordanian trading companies should either pay fees, which are equivalent to 5% of the value of imported goods, or obtain an importer’s card from the Ministry of Industry and Trade for customs clearance purposes.

Custom cases include customs violation, forgery claims, and smuggling offenses.

A customs lawyer can prepare seizure reports, complete customs procedures, request proposals, verify smuggling offences, give advice, find solutions, file complaints, assist clients with the entire process, etc.

Usually, a seizure report must be prepared by at least two officers from judiciary, customs, or other official body. This has to happen directly after a smuggling offense or a contravention is discovered.

A seizure report must include:

1. Place, date, and time of the preparation in both words and figures.
2. The names of the individuals who prepared it, their signatures, jobs, and ranks.
3. The names of the responsible parties for the smuggling along with their description, detailed addresses, professions, residences, and their selected areas.
4. Sized goods along with their quantities, types, losable duties, taxes, and values if possible.
5. Unseized goods as concluded.
6. Details of the events (statements if there are any).
7. Legal articles that apply to the smuggling offense if possible.
8. The seizure report must state that the content was read and confirmed by the offenders, along with their signatures.
9. Other useful events.

No, micro or macros buses and trucks are not exempted for investment projects.

Usually, projects can benefit from exemptions and privileges of the Jordanian Investment Promotion Law, if the project is to be established at 25%, 50%, or 75% of the original tax category provided for in Tax Law. This is only doable if the project is within the following sectors: hotels, industry, conference and exhibitions centers, hospitals, tourism and entertainment, railways, agriculture, marine transportation, and mining projects for water, gas and oil products in pipelines. However, the exemption period is for 10 years from the date of actual operation or starting production. In addition to that, if the investment projects are established in industrial zones of the Jordanian industrial zones Corporation, they are as well exempted from the income and social service taxes, at a rate of 100%, and for two years.

Both residents and nonresidents are taxed but only on income that is sourced in Jordan.

In Jordan, the rates of tax on annual taxable income of individuals – income that is subject to tax – are progressive. They can be anywhere between 5% and 30%.

Yes, foreigners can indeed own properties in Jordan. This is if there’s a reciprocal relationship between Jordan and the buyer’s country of residence and if the Cabinet approves. However, foreigners can sell the property only after 5 years from acquisition.

Construction and real estate cases typically include, but are not limited to defective construction claims, jobsite injuries, zoning issues and mortgage fraud, and construction defect and contractor negligence.

Construction and real estate lawyers can assist clients with the following: negotiating on behalf of clients, overseeing the transfer of deeds and titles, handling transactions, assisting with closing, taking contractual actions, real estate commercial, protecting clients’ interests, etc.

Corporate Law, which is a separate legal entity from people who usually make it, means the laws, rules, regulations, and practices that aim at governing the formation and the operation of corporations. It regulates legal entities that conduct business. Corporate Law covers all rights and obligations of everyone who is involved with forming, operating, owning, and even managing the corporation.

Corporate Law includes acquisitions and disposal, employee ownership trust, and joint ventures.

The people who are involved in a corporation are founders, owners, directors, officers, employees, investors, and creditors.

Insurance can cover burglary and theft, auto accidents, customer injury and property damage, and reputational harm. There is also hull insurance, motor insurance, fire insurance, cargo insurance, marine insurance, business insurance, personal insurance, theft insurance, and more.

Insurance companies aim at reducing financial uncertainty and making accidental losses manageable. Policyholders can benefit from insurance if they pay insurance premiums to professional insurers. Policyholders can then manage unexpected expenses.

We can reassure you that only a professional insurance lawyer will handle your case. Not only that, but the selected insurance lawyer will have previous experience in similar insurance cases.

A legally binding contract is a legal contract or document that aims at enforcing an agreement between parties.

Contracts and agreements include drafting, reviewing or revising, and executing contracts. This also involves adding amendments to existing contracts, checking performance of contracts, managing renewals, maintaining records, consultancy, and negotiation.

Banking and finance includes real estate finance, supply chain finance, emerging markets finance, acquisition finance, financial regulations, and bank lending and borrowing cases.

Yes, lenders are protected by the law. If the borrower fails at repaying the money, the party that lent the money has the right to refer to the law and file a lawsuit. However, if lenders want to avoid going to court, they can try negotiating with the borrower and agreeing on ways to repay the money.

Intellectual property law aims at encouraging the creation of intellectual goods. Intellectual property law protects innovators and creators and encourages them to keep on concretizing their ideas.

When individuals create and concretize and idea, they have the right to refer to an intellectual property law lawyer if someone stole it. Once the concept is materialized into a physical form, creators and innovators can refer to intellectual property law, but if it weren’t concretized, then it can’t be considered an intellectual property case.

The right of litigation refers to a natural right close to individuals. It is a natural right that has forgone the presence of the law. Right of litigations doesn’t have to be stipulated in constitutions.  

Jordan has a mixed legal system that is based on civil law: Sharia Law (which is the Islamic Law) and Customary Law.

It usually depends on the type of the case and the type of other pending cases. However, a case can take months or even years before going to court.

It is always better to hire an attorney to represent you before court and to take care of all of your legal matters. The reason is simple: because attorneys are versed in specific areas of law, and they usually have deep knowledge of the law, rules, and procedures. Attorneys can assist you in filing a lawsuit, gathering information and evidence, questioning witnesses, and representing you before court. They offer convenient legal services and they can even give you advice.

In Jordan, there are three main types of courts. They are civil courts, military courts, and religious courts.

Arbitration and litigation are not the same. Arbitration is a private process in which parties refer to an impartial third party to regulate disputes when they are unable to make a decision, while litigation is a formal process in which parties take a dispute to court.

A conciliator is only allowed to suggest outcomes and the parties get to choose whether or not to accept the suggestions and recommendations. Whereas arbitration tribunals are allowed to make decisions that bind the concerned parties.

According to the Jordanian Arbitration Law, there can be one or more arbitrators. However, the number has to be odd. If the number of arbitrators isn’t present in the parties’ agreement, then the default number of arbitrators is three.

According to the Jordanian Arbitration Law, there are no specific requirements on who can be appointed as an arbitrator. However, arbitrators can’t be minors, interdicted, or deprived of their civil rights. There are no specific requirements or conditions in terms of nationality or gender of arbitrators as well. If arbitrators accept their mandate, they must submit their written acceptance and disclose any possible circumstances that might affect their independence and neutrality.

While Labor Law aims at regulating relationships between unions and collective bargaining agreements, employment law directly deals with relationships between employers and employees of the same company.

Employment Law covers workplace safety, compensation law, day laborers, discrimination cases, compensation injuries, wage and hours, harassment, leaves, domestic workers, and equal employment opportunity.

Employment lawyers also handle tasks that are closely related to employment such as drafting, reviewing, and executing contracts and agreements. They can even help employees understand the contract and make sure that what they are signing is legitimate and convenient.

Personal injury lawyers can give the injured party advice, help negotiate with the other negligent party, file a lawsuit, gather convenient evidence, question witnesses, work with experts to try and reconstruct the scene of the accident, assess the progression or regression of physical and mental health, and assess medical and police records.

If the negligent party refuses to take full responsibility, the injured party can file a lawsuit to claim compensation. Since the injured party is left with extra expenses that he/she wasn’t ready for, the responsible party should pay for those additional expenses.

Criminal Law typically includes, but isn’t limited to, sexual offenses, violent offenses, youth charges, property offenses, drug offenses, white-collar crimes, domestic assaults, and more. And a Criminal Law lawyer can take care of negotiations, plea bargain, questioning witnesses, analyzing evidence, and investigating into the case.

Criminal defense lawyers can be divided into two camps: court-appointed attorneys who are usually paid by the government to represent the party, and private attorneys who are directly paid by the party.

If the medical staff or professional doesn’t cooperate, patients have the right to file a lawsuit to claim their rights and compensation. These situations need professional clinical negligence lawyers who can assist their clients in getting the compensation they deserve.

Clinical negligence situations and cases include surgical errors, wrongful birth claims, brain injuries, expired medical products, plastic surgery claims, orthopedic claims, delay in diagnosis, and death of patients.

Owners should maintain the premises in habitable conditions. From providing tenants with heat, to water and electricity, weatherproofing, and safe, clean, and sanitary premises, they have to keep everything as agreed upon. However, if owners fail to do so, tenants can immediately move out, pay less rent, or withhold the entire rent until necessary repairs are made.

Cases of owners and tenants typically include eviction cases, unfulfilled promises, injuries, damaged property, landlord discrimination cases, unwilling to make necessary repairs, unpaid rent, etc.

Will disputes usually occur when heirs don’t agree on the division of assets, or if one feels that he/she is excluded from the distribution of properties, trusts, and other related assets. In these cases, individuals refer to will lawyers to handle their case, since heirs have the right to demand a change in the distribution, if they feel left out.

Will lawyers can draft wills and offer advice before the death of individuals. They can even review wills and prepare the required documents. Also, they take care of the distribution of asses after the person is dead. They can handle will disputes and intervene by giving advice, finding solutions, negotiating, or filing a lawsuit.

In Jordan, cyber crimes are punishable offenses and victims have the right to file lawsuits in some cases. For example, the Jordanian legislator punishes the cyber criminal who commits the crime of unlawful access to the information system or the computer network. The punishment can be imprisonment that can go anywhere between a week and three months, or a fine between one hundred dinars and two hundred dinars. In some cases, the cyber criminal faces both penalties.

Cyber crimes typically include theft of personal information, theft of bank account information, ransomware, identity theft, cyberbullying, cyberterrorism, child pornography, and money laundering.

Divorce law includes child custody, division of properties, alimony, child support, and visitation rights. A typical divorce lawyer should handle the whole process such as gathering supporting evidence, consultancy and advice, filing a lawsuit, negotiations, and representation before court.

Divorce is allowed in Jordan, and since marriage should be performed according to religious law, divorce should be performed according to religious law as well. In the Muslim tradition, there is a difference between husband-initiated divorce and wife-initiated divorce. On the other hand, divorce in Roman Catholic and Orthodox traditions can be performed under certain conditions and circumstances, since it is technically forbidden.

The most common divorce reasons in Jordan are physical and verbal abuse, bad financial situations, extramarital affairs, incompatibility, and family members meddling in the lives of the married couple.

Family law includes divorce and annulment, child custody, visitation rights, child support, ancillary relief, maintenance, adoption, domestic violence, childcare and protection, property and financial settlements, wills, and child labor.

A family law lawyer can give advice to the family based on his/her own expertise in family law. The concerned lawyer can negotiate, find solutions, assist with arbitration, assist with litigation, file a lawsuit, represent clients before court, and handle paperwork.

Yes, it is possible to claim for damages on behalf of the deceased family member. The representative should be an appropriate representative of the deceased member.