ELA Emergency Legal Assistance Get the app

If you’re arrested in the UAE, you’re not on your own

Hold for three seconds.
We send for help.

ELA is a legal emergency membership for UAE residents. One hold tells a vetted law firm, your consulate and your family.

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The launch film: the disc, held.45 seconds, with sound.
The launch film: the disc, held.45 seconds, with sound.

Phone locked, dead, or taken: it still runs.

Available on iPhone and Apple Watch.

How it works

Press and hold the disc

You don’t type anything, call anyone, or explain. The ring closes, and the hold commits.

Then a short countdown.

If the moment passes, slide “I’m safe” and nothing happens. If you can’t, ELA sends. Your location and profile go with it.

The ELA home screen: “You’re protected”, the disc marked HOLD TO ARM, and the readiness list
Press and hold to try it. It’s a demo: nothing is sent.
The countdown screen: SENDING HELP IN 0:28, the Send help now button, and the slider Slide to cancel, I’m safe
The countdown auto-sends. “Send help now” sends at once.

Everything else is ours now

  • A vetted law firm is notified.

    Engaged the moment it accepts. If it can’t act, ELA is already finding another.

  • Your consulate is informed.

    Your consulate’s emergency desk gets the case brief.

  • Your family gets a private live link.

    Sent only to the people you chose.

  • A human team tracks the case.

    Real people, on chat and voice. Type, or send a voice note.

Example timeline. Timings vary by case.

Once the hold commits, it runs on our servers

Not on your phone. The case brief, the firm, your consulate and your family’s link are on our side of it, and nothing that happens to the handset stops the sequence.

For the people who love you, and on your wrist

The private live link as your family sees it in a browser: a Google Maps view of Dubai Marina with the live location pin

The live location, as the link opens it.

For the people who love you

Your family gets a private live link: live location, each milestone, and the name of the lawyer acting for you. They don’t need the app. The link opens in a browser.

Your Apple Watch holds too.

The same three seconds, from your wrist, with your phone in a bag or on a desk.

Your lawyer has made contact

From the hold to your lawyer’s first contact, the case never waits on your phone. A human team follows every case, start to finish.

The case thread with ELA Ops: a three-second voice note, recorded and sent to your response team
A voice note to ELA Ops.
ELA Ops replies: Got it. A law firm has taken on your case and will be in touch shortly. Then: Your lawyer has made contact
The reply, then the lawyer’s first contact.

Example timeline. Timings vary by case.

One membership. The same response for every member

AED 24.99
a week
AED 79.99
a month
AED 749.99
a year
Every membership includes
  • The three-second hold on iPhone and Apple Watch
  • A vetted law firm notified with your case brief
  • Your consulate’s emergency desk informed
  • A private live link for the people you choose
  • A human team on every case, by chat and voice

Billed through the App Store. Cancel any time in your Apple ID settings.

After you join, you can add Shield. Shield membership includes legal-fee insurance, underwritten by a regulated UAE insurer.

The ELA app icon: a mint keyhole on deep green

Set it up once. Hope you never use it.

Get the app Available on iPhone and Apple Watch.