[Nicholas Groves]

Hi, I am the OWNER of a sole establishment in Dubai. As such I do not have a sponsor, rather I have an agent who I pay a fee to each year, he is obviously an emerati.
Recently the agent took a cheque case against me, which I settled immediately in court for 750,000 dirhams. This related to PDC's he said would never be cashed, but that's another story.
The cheque case however did result in my detention in central Jail awaiting the proper release papers from the court (a total of ten days). Prior to this I was held in Al reefa police station awaiting the court date.
During my detention he also decided to report myself (remember he is an agent not the owner) and the three individuals who work for me for absconding.
This I found out when I was released from central jail and taken to immigration Jail where I spent another 11 days before being given bail (with the help of the british embassy) to try and resolve the problem.
I have appointed legal council and have visited the MOL for formal appointments and on spec along with my agent who has now decided he will drop the cases but I am now facing what appears to be a stubborn government department that does not want to hear the facts and I am having no luck in getting the cases dropped.
Sorry for the long preamble - my question is this. Can an absconding case even be cancelled realistically? Or must I resign myself to my fate of a lifetime ban, giving up everything I have built here over the last 15 years? Or is there anywhere or anyone I can speak to who will look at this with a little more common sense than the others.
I might just add that the company has not stopped trading and the three employees have received salaries every month as usual and have signed reciepts to this effect. We have however moved offices as we were asked to move from our old offices by the agent.