Know Your Rights in Jordan | Abdullah & Partners

Q: Which laws govern the rights covered here?

Chiefly the Jordanian Labour Law for employment, the Companies Law No. 22 of 1997 for partnership and shareholder disputes, the Real Estate Ownership Law No. 13 of 2019 and the Personal Status Law No. 15 of 2019 for property and succession, and the Cybercrime Law No. 17 of 2023 for fraud.

Know Your Rights

A plain-language guide to where you stand under Jordanian law in the situations people most often face, the end of a job, a contested estate or shared property, a dispute among business partners, and being defrauded. Each guide sets out the right, the statute that governs it, and the practical steps, without the jargon.

These pages are general legal information about the law in Jordan, not advice on a specific matter. The authoritative position always depends on the particular facts and the law in force at the time.

The Guides

Your Rights, Explained

Four situations, four rights, each grounded in the governing Jordanian statute.

Employment Termination of Employment Notice, severance, end-of-service indemnity, and arbitrary dismissal, what the Labour Law affords an employee whose contract is ended. Governing law · Jordanian Labour Law Property & Succession Real Estate & Succession Disputes Title, co-ownership and partition, and the division of an estate, before both the Civil Courts and the Sharia Courts. Governing law · Real Estate Law No. 13 of 2019 Company Shareholder & Partnership Disputes Deadlock, breach of fiduciary duty, and the protection of a minority shareholder under the Companies Law. Governing law · Companies Law No. 22 of 1997 Financial Crime Fraud & Financial Crime Misappropriation, forgery, and cyber-enabled fraud, and the routes to recover what was lost and to prosecute. Governing law · Cybercrime Law No. 17 of 2023

A right you do not know is a right you cannot use. Each guide here states the law as it stands in Jordan, in plain language.

Know Your Rights, Abdullah & Partners

Questions

Before You Begin

The SeriesWhat is the Know Your Rights series?

A set of plain-language guides explaining your legal rights in Jordan in the situations people most often face, employment, property and inheritance, business-partner disputes, and fraud. Each guide is grounded in the governing Jordanian statute and written to be read without a legal background.

Legal InformationIs the information on these pages legal advice?

No. These guides are general legal information about the law in Jordan and do not create a lawyer-client relationship. The position in any particular case depends on its specific facts and the law in force at the time, which is why advice on a specific matter requires a lawyer to review the details.

Governing LawWhich laws govern the rights covered here?

Chiefly the Jordanian Labour Law for employment; the Companies Law No. 22 of 1997 for partnership and shareholder disputes; the Real Estate Ownership Law No. 13 of 2019 and the Personal Status Law No. 15 of 2019 for property and succession; and the Cybercrime Law No. 17 of 2023 for fraud. Each guide cites the relevant articles.

Abdullah & Partners

Abdullah & Partners is a law firm in Jordan, based in Amman, providing legal services in accordance with the laws of Jordan, the Jordanian Bar Association Law, and international conventions in force.

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