«Settlement of Disputes»: The assignment of the remaining rental checks of the contract period shall be subject to mutual agreement between the lessee and the owner

The Dispute Settlement Center, the legal arm of the Dubai Land and Property Department, confirmed that the tenant is obliged to pay the full amount of the rental checks, even if he vacates the property before the end of the lease contract, unless the parties agree otherwise.

The Center pointed out that the termination of the lease contract is not by the sole will of either party (the lessee or the landlord), and that the agreement between the parties or through a court ruling, pointing out that the dissolution of the contract is done by notification to the owner before the end Contract in two months, ensuring that the contract is not renewed automatically.

In detail, the head of the Center for the Settlement of Rental Disputes, Judge Abdul Qadir Musa, said that "some tenants believe that if he leaves the rented eye before the end of the contract period, he can recover the rest of his rent checks, which is a false belief." He pointed out that the waiver of the remaining checks from The term of the lease is subject to mutual agreement between the lessee and the owner. He added: «law, the tenant is obliged to pay the entire rental checks for the period of the lease contract, unless the parties agree otherwise, and in a manner not inconsistent with the provisions of the law». Musa pointed out that the lease contract may not be annulled by the individual will of the tenant or the owner, but by mutual consent, or through a judicial ruling, noting that to demand the return of these checks must be the termination of the lease contract. He pointed out that the dissolution of the contract is through legal mechanisms, by informing the owner two months before the end of the contract, ensuring that the contract is not renewed automatically. "The owner also has the right to reserve the assets of the leased unit that he finds in the event of failure to meet the financial obligations." He pointed out that Article (7) of Law No. (26) of 2007 on rents in the Emirate of Dubai stipulates that the lease contract may not be dissolved by the sole will of the lessor or lessee, except by mutual consent or in accordance with the provisions of the law. The tenant is obliged to pay the rest of the financial dues from the allowance In case he wishes to leave the rented eye before the end of the lease term signed between him and the owner. In such cases, the Center sought to reconcile the parties to the rental relationship, since the law guaranteed the owner the right to receive his financial dues.