Man fined Dhs15,000 for assaulting woman in Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi Family, Civil and Administrative Cases Court obligated a man to pay a woman a compensation of Dhs15,000 for assaulting her and causing psychological, moral, and material harms to her. A criminal case was subsequently filed and a verdict was issued accordingly.

The plaintiff filed a lawsuit against the defendant in which she requested the court to obligate him to pay her Dhs100,000 in compensation for all the material, moral and psychological harms she had befallen plus the incurred fees, expenses and attorney’s fees.

The plaintiff pleaded that the defendant assaulted her caused her psychological, moral and material harms, which prompted her to file this lawsuit with the aforementioned requests.

The court stated that, according to the provisions of Articles 292 and 293/1 of the Civil Transactions Law, any harm to others obligates the perpetrator to pay compensation.

The defendant’s assault caused the plaintiff moral harms as embodied in pain, grief and sadness, and material harms, which affected her physical safety, the court added. It is established that the court is not to be blamed if it obligated the defendant to pay a total compensation for all the harms that befell the victim, provided that it clarifies the harms for which the compensation order was issued.

Based on this, the court estimates the compensation due to the plaintiff for all the harms she suffered at Dhs15,000.