Al Ain court orders woman to return Dhs78,000 to man who paid installments for her studio flat

Al Ain Court of Civil, Commercial and Administrative Cases ordered a woman to pay an amount of Dhs78,394 to a man with whom she had a relationship.

She allegedly had purchased a studio and failed to pay the installments on the scheduled dates, so he paid the amount for her fearing that the contract would be cancelLed by the developer.

Subsequently, she refused to return the amount to him, and the court decided on the dispute by administering the decisive oath to him.

In the details, a man filed a lawsuit against a woman, requesting that she be ordered to pay him the amount of Dhs78,394, plus legal interest of 12% on the amount from the date of the claim until full payment, as well as fees, expenses, and lawyer's fees.

The complainant stated in his lawsuit that he had a relationship with the defendant, and she had purchased a studio, but when she did not pay the value of the installments agreed upon with the developer, he paid the value of some installments estimated at the claimed amount for fear of cancellation of the property purchased by the defendant.

He added that when he asked her to return what had been paid for her out of the total value of the installments, she refused to fulfill the payment without any legal justification.

Before deciding on the dispute, the court directed the complainant to take the supplementary oath in the prescribed formula to swear that the defendant owed him the amount of Dhs78,394 resulting from payments he made at her request as installments for a property she purchased, and that she still owed him the amount to date.

In the session scheduled for taking the supplementary oath, the complainant appeared in person via one of the audio-visual means and took the oath in its prescribed formula.

Consequently, the court ordered the defendant to pay the amount to the complainant of Dhs78,394.