Dubai Commercial Court orders company to pay Dhs1.43 million for food imports

Dubai Civil Court ordered a company to pay $390,000, equivalent to about Dhs1.43 million, to a food supplier, for importing frozen chickens and failing to pay for them.

The company was also ordered to pay legal interest of five per cent from the date of the lawsuit until full payment.

The case dated back to a commercial dispute between two companies where the plaintiff stated that it had supplied food products to the defendant but the latter did not pay the amounts due for those supplies, which led the debt to accumulate to $390,503.

To prove its right, the plaintiff submitted a set of documents including commercial invoices, shipping forms, sales order confirmations and a statement of account extracted from its commercial books.

It also submitted correspondence exchanged between the two parties that included an admission by the defendant of its delay in paying the financial dues.

During the proceedings, the plaintiff was represented by its legal representative, while the defendant failed to appear or submit any defence or documents indicating payment of the amount or challenging the documents submitted against it.

The court stated that the submitted documents constituted sufficient evidence of the debt, especially in light of exchanged correspondence proving the commercial relationship between the two parties, the receipt of the goods in question and the absence of any evidence indicating payment of the debt.

The court noted that the defendant’s failure to appear and challenge the submitted documents proved its liability for the claimed amounts.

Based on the above, the court ruled that the defendant pay $390,503, or its equivalent in UAE dirhams, plus legal interest of five per cent per annum from the date of the lawsuit in February 2026 until full payment and the incurred charges, expenses and lawyer’s fees.