Unified UAE Legislation Database

Federal Supreme Court - Civil Appeal No. 795 of 2024 on Civil Court Jurisdiction and Lease Disputes

Status

In force

Issuing Authority

Federal Supreme Court

Effective date

XX.XX.XXXX

Official Link

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Session on Wednesday,  November 6, 2024,
 headed by the Judge Shihab Abdulrahman Al-Hammadi, the ‘Head of the Department’ and with the membership of Judges Al-Hassan Bin Al-Arabi Faidi and Juma'a Ibrahim Mohammed Al-Otaibi

 


1. “What” the civil court has jurisdiction over, without the Rental Dispute Resolution Committees. 
Restricting the claims in the lawsuit to compensation for failure to fulfil the obligation under the lease contract to maintain and repair the damage means that the civil court has jurisdiction over the dispute without the Rental Dispute Resolution Committees.



(2-4) The Court. ‘Trial Court: Its authority in understanding the reality and interpreting contracts and documents’. Indemnity ‘Compensation for contractual liability’.


2. Understanding the facts in the case, evaluating the evidence, taking the expert reports on their reasons, and extracting the truth from them in order to reach the right conclusion is the authority of the trial court. Its condition.


3. Determining the availability of the fault that gives rise to contractual liability, the causal relationshi...