Al Ain court obligates person to pay another Dhs47,469

Gulf Today, Staff Reporter

The Court of First Instance in Al Ain obligated a person to pay another Dhs43,469, in addition to obliging him to pay compensation of Dhs4,000 and the fees and expenses of the case, after being charged with procrastinating in settling the remaining amount transferred by the plaintiff to his bank account on trust.

The plaintiff, who resides in a country outside the UAE, stated that he transferred Dhs187,969 to the suspect's account at one of the banks on trust, as he planned to start a project inside the UAE and did not have a bank account in the country.

After the transfer, the suspect returned Dhs144,500 in installments, according to a WhatsApp chat and stalked to return Dhs43,469.

When asked for the remaining amount, the suspect reportedly procrastinated in payment, causing material and moral damages to the plaintiff, who borrowed funds from a financing entity to establish his commercial project, resulting in accumulating bank interests.

The court affirmed that the total amount transferred to the appellee which he did not object to, amounted to Dhs134,500, in addition to Dhs10,000 delivered in cash.

Consequently, the court found the appellee indebted to the plaintiff in the amount of Dhs43,469. The court added that the case documents proved the appellee's refusal to settle the amount, and thus obliged him to compensate the plaintiff with Dhs4,000.