Abu Dhabi court cites WhatsApp conversation as proof, orders woman to pay Dhs216,000

The Abu Dhabi Family, Civil and Administrative Cases Court ordered a woman to pay an individual Dhs 216,000, plus 4% interest from the date the lawsuit was filed until full repayment is made, provided this does not exceed the original sum borrowed.

This was due to her borrowing money and subsequently evading repayment.

The woman claimed that she had borrowed Dhs102,000 and had repaid the loan in full. However, analysis of a WhatsApp conversation between the woman and the lender revealed that the actual sum borrowed was Dhs318,000.

The details of the case date back to when a man filed a lawsuit against a woman, claiming that they had previously been acquainted and had conducted business together.

Due to the mutual trust between them, when the woman experienced financial difficulties because her trading accounts had been closed, she asked him for help and to lend her money, promising to repay it.

Trusting her, he lent her Dhs390,000 in instalments. She repaid Dhs102,000 in instalments, leaving her with a debt of Dhs288,000.

Despite his demands for repayment, she did not repay the outstanding amount and continued to procrastinate and evade repayment.

The case papers indicated that he did not keep any receipts from the woman and that the transaction was conducted via WhatsApp.

She stated that she had not received any money and that the Dhs102,000 she had received in cash from the plaintiff had been repaid in instalments via bank transfers to accounts requested by the plaintiff.

WhatsApp correspondence confirmed that the plaintiff was pursuing a claim for reimbursement of the amount received by the defendant.

Conversations revealed that the plaintiff had approximately Dhs312,000. The plaintiff replied that the remaining amount was Dhs318,000.

As the woman did not dispute the WhatsApp conversations between the two parties, the court ruled that the sum given to her by the individual was Dhs318,000, not the amount she had claimed.

Both parties acknowledged that the individual received Dhs102,000, and it was established that the remaining debt was Dhs216,000, as ruled by the court.