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Gulf Today
7 days ago
- Gulf Today
Woman obligated to pay Dha15,000 to another on assault charges in Abu Dhabi
The Abu Dhabi Family, Civil and Administrative Cases Court has obligated a woman to pay a compensation of Dhs15,000 to another woman for assaulting her and causing injuries that left her unable to perform her work for over 20 days. Earlier, the plaintiff filed a lawsuit against the defendant in which she requested that she be obligated to pay her Dhs51,000 in compensation for the material and moral harms she suffered plus the legal interest and the incurred fees and charges. The plaintiff pleaded that the defendant assaulted her and caused her injuries as a result of which she could not go to work for more than twenty days, adding that a criminal case was accordingly filed in Abu Dhabi and she was convicted and that the issued verdict became final because it was not appealed to. The harms she sustained prompted her to file this lawsuit with the aforementioned requests, the plaintiff said. She supported her lawsuit with a decision from the mediation and conciliation centre, a copy of the verdict and a police report. The court stated that Article 282 of the Civil Code stipulates that whoever causes harm to another - whether on purpose or by accident - is responsible for covering the damages. It is well established from the facts and documents that the plaintiff suffered harms after the defendant had assaulted her and caused her to be unable to carry out her personal job for no more than 20 days, the court said. Based on the claimed harms, the moral harms and the psychological pain, grief and sorrow that the plaintiff suffered over the injuries that occurred to her body, the court estimated the material and moral compensation for the plaintiff at Dhs15,000.
Gulf Today
22-05-2025
- Gulf Today
Abu Dhabi man told to return Dhs25,262 he fraudulently used through another person's credit card
The Abu Dhabi Family, Civil and Administrative Cases Court obligated a person to return Dhs25,262 to another man and fined him Dhs3,000 after the former used the latter's credit card to buy tickets to a UAE museum via the Google search engine. After the amount had been deducted from his account, the victim learned that he was a victim of fraud and consequently filed a lawsuit against the defendant, who was convicted of embezzlement. Under the lawsuit he filed, the plaintiff requesting the court to obligate the defendant to pay him Dhs51,000 as the value of the financial claim plus a compensation for the material and psychological harms he sustained and settle the incurred fees and expenses. As evidence of his lawsuit, the plaintiff submitted photocopies of the referral decision from the Alternative Dispute Resolution Department and the verdict issued in a previous lawsuit in which the defendant was convicted in absentia and fined Dhs30,000. The plaintiff pleaded that the defendant embezzled money from his credit card to buy tickets for a UAE museum, adding that he later received a one-time password and Dhs25,262 was deducted from his account with Abu Dhabi bank. He then learned that he was a victim of fraud and consequently filed a lawsuit under which the defendant was convicted of embezzlement. The plaintiff stated that as he suffered material and moral harms in his personal life, given that he was the sole breadwinner for his family, was undergoing medical treatment and needed money to pay to his bank, he was prompted to file the present lawsuit. The court explained that it was evident that the defendant was convicted of illegally using the data of the plaintiff's credit card with the intention of embezzling a sum of money owned by the plaintiff through an information technology means, as stated in the papers. Further investigations showed that the beneficiary of the purchases made via the plaintiff's credit card was the defendant and that there was no relationship between the two parties. As the defendant appeared before the court but did not provide evidence that he had returned the amount, the court ruled that he be obligated to return the amount claimed. As far as the request for compensation is concerned, the court stated that the defendant had committed an error by unlawfully embezzling the amounts claimed, which resulted in material harm on the part of the plaintiff. Taking into consideration the moral harms that the plaintiff sustained due to what the defendant did as embodied by grief and sorrow, the court estimated the compensation due to be paid by the defendant to the plaintiff at Dhs3,000.
Gulf Today
20-04-2025
- Gulf Today
Abu Dhabi Court rejects lawsuit for lack of evidence to substantiate the debt
The Abu Dhabi Family, Civil and Administrative Cases Court dismissed a lawsuit filed by a man against another in which he demanded him to return Dhs780,000, which he allegedly had delivered to him but he failed to return it. The court dismissed the lawsuit on the grounds that no evidence to substantiate the debt, agreement, or reason for the transfers was submitted. In detail, the plaintiff filed a lawsuit against the defendant in which he requested the court to obligate the defendant to pay him Dhs780,000 plus a 12 per cent legal interest from the date of failure to pay. He also requested the court to obligate the defendant to pay him Dhs50,000 in compensation for the harms he had befallen. The plaintiff pleaded that he had given the defendant Dhs780,000 on the condition that the latter would return the amount later on, adding that since the defendant did not do so and was procrastinating, he was prompted to file the present lawsuit with the above requests. The court ruled that article 1 of the law related to the evidence in civil and commercial transactions stipulates that the plaintiff must prove his claim of right, and the defendant may deny it. The facts to be proven must be related to the lawsuit and acceptable because the judge may not rule based on his personal knowledge. The court stated that it was established that the plaintiff had filed his lawsuit requesting that the defendant be obligated to pay the amounts that the plaintiff had transferred to him, as stated above. It was also established and settled before the court that the transfers were nothing more than a mere transfer of money from one person to another and that whoever claimed the reason for that was required to prove it. AS the claim was sent without providing any evidence, the court is not obligated to order the opponent to provide evidence for his defence or draw his attention to the requirements thereof. It is sufficient for the court to establish its judgment in accordance with the documents presented to it, and as the plaintiff was the one charged with proving his claim but failed to do so, the lawsuit is hereby dismissed.
Gulf Today
09-04-2025
- Gulf Today
Abu Dhabi court obligates man to return Dhs450,000 to woman
Abu Dhabi Family, Civil and Administrative Cases Court has obligated a person to pay Dhs450,000 to a woman plus a compensation of Dhs10,000. Based on their friendship, the woman had lent the defendant the sum in five instalments over a period of time via her bank account. The court found this to be true through the correspondence exchanged between the two parties, noting that the defendant neither confirmed that the sums had entered his accounts, nor denied receiving them, nor proved that he returned them. Earlier, the woman filed a lawsuit against the defendant in which she requested the court to obligate him to return Dhs450,000 to her plus an annual legal interest of 12 per cent from the date the lawsuit was filed until full settlement of the amount. The plaintiff also requested the court to obligate the defendant to pay her a compensation of Dhs50,000 and settle the fees and expenses incurred by the lawsuit. The plaintiff pleaded that she had lent the defendant the claimed amount via her bank account in five batches, the first in the amount of Dhs100,000, the second in the amount of Dhs100,000, the third in the amount of Dhs50,000, the fourth in the amount of Dhs100,000 and the fifth in the amount of Dhs100,000. When she demanded the defendant to return the amounts, however, he procrastinated for long periods, prompting her to file the present lawsuit, she added. The plaintiff supported her claim with copies of bank transfers legally translated into Arabic and copies of phone conversations between her and the defendant. The defendant responded to the lawsuit with a memorandum in which he stated that the claim was false and that the bank transfers from the plaintiff's account to him were not evidence that he was indebted to her. He pleaded that the plaintiff filed her lawsuit only after the relationship between them had failed to be culminated into marriage, requesting the court to reject the lawsuit. The court explained that the letters exchanged between the two parties showed that the plaintiff requested the defendant to return her sums of money, but the latter neither confirmed that the sums had entered his accounts, nor denied receiving them and nor proved that he had returned any of the amounts claimed. Based on this, the court finds that the defendant owes the plaintiff the requested amount, which he has not paid back. Hence, the defendant is obligated to respond to the first part of the plaintiff's request and pay her Dhs450,000. As the defendant received the plaintiff's money and did not return it to her upon request but kept it for a period of time, thereby depriving her of the freedom to use her money at her discretion, the court stated that the defendant is obligated to pay the plaintiff a compensation estimated at Dhs10,000. The second part of the plaintiff's request, the court sees that no interest must be paid when there is compensation. The court, however, stated that the defendant is obligated to pay the fees and expenses of the lawsuit in accordance with Article 133 of federal decree-law no. 42 for 2022.
Gulf Today
06-04-2025
- Gulf Today
Adu Dhabi court orders truck driver to pay Dhs20,000 for running over a colleague
Abu Dhabi Family, Civil and Administrative Cases Court obligated a worker to pay a compensation of Dhs20,000 to another worker for running over him while driving a truck and reversing it in their workplace. Earlier, the victim filed a lawsuit against four parties; namely, the truck driver, the company where the accident took place, the truck owner and the plaintiff's employer. He requested the court to obligate them to pay him Dhs51,000 as a compensation for the injuries he sustained plus a 12 per cent legal interest from the date the lawsuit was filed until full payment. The victim stated in his lawsuit that he had sustained multiple fractures in his bones and other parts of his body, as proven by the medical report, due to the defendants' error. He pleaded that the defendants did not fulfill their professional obligations by failing to take safety and security measures, watch what workers do in the workplace and take precautions to protect workers from injury. The driver was driving his truck in reverse when he ran over him inside a workplace belonging to the company, he said, adding that as a result, a criminal case was filed against the defendant under which he was fined Dhs3,000, which was paid. In view of the harms and injuries he suffered, he filed the current lawsuit against the other three defendants because he believed they were liable for some errors that they committed and led to what happened. According to the medical report, the plaintiff's disability was estimated at 10 per cent as he suffered from multiple fractures in the three cuneiform bones, metatarsal bones and phalanges of the left foot plus a dislocation of the proximal joint of the second big toe of the left foot. The plaintiff was unable to bear weight on the forefoot of the left foot and complained of a pain when standing for a long time, walking for a long distance and going upstairs and downstairs, not to mention that he was unable to run and jump, the report added. The court explained that it was evident from the criminal judgment and the forensic report that the plaintiff, 41, who was employed as a worker, sustained multiple injuries that left him with a permanent disability. The injuries also caused pain and feelings of grief and sadness due to his inability to return as a normal worker as his peers, which might lead him to lose job opportunities, be deprived of a chance to complete some work and face a drop in income. The court ruled that an estimated general compensation of Dhs20,000 should be paid by the driver to the plaintiff to cover all the harms he sustained but rejected the request for interest as being unnecessary.
