Dewa's final bill "saves" a tenant from paying 80,000 dirhams in rental arrears
An appeal ruling issued by the Rental Disputes Settlement Center, the judicial arm of the Dubai Land Department, supported a tenant’s request to reject a lawsuit filed against him by a real estate owner, in which he is demanding 80,000 dirhams in rental arrears, claiming that he has not paid the rental value for a period of more than six months, but The tenant proved that he vacated the leasehold property before the period in which the landlord demands it, through a final electricity and water bill issued by the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA).
The case, the details of which were reviewed by Emirates Today, goes back to a plaintiff (a real estate owner) demanding a tenant for 80 thousand dirhams in rent arrears for a period of more than six months, as the committee decided the case in the first degree of litigation (first instance), obliging the tenant to pay the rent arrears, especially That the defendant (the tenant) did not contest or pay what the plaintiff (the owner) claims, in the first instance of litigation, nor did he submit any evidence of his payment of the delayed rents appropriated by him.
The ruling was changed in the appeal, after the tenant filed an appeal, in which he proved that he vacated the rent (the housing unit) through the papers he submitted to the Judicial Committee that considered the case in the degree of appeal, as the tenant said during the hearing that he vacated the rent on 12/31/31 2019 based on an agreement with (the owner).
On the other hand, the owner said that the tenant did not obtain the final bill for electricity until 2020, but the tenant requested a permit for him to address the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority to indicate the date of issuing the final bill, and the committee authorized him, and a letter from the authority was received stating that the final bill was issued on 12/31/31 2019, which supported the position of the legal tenant, and his obtaining the ruling to cancel the first-degree judgment requiring payment of 80,000 dirhams, and his innocence of late payment of the rental value, and the court obligated the owner to pay the case expenses.
The center called for the need to know the procedures for evacuating the rental property by the parties to the rental relationship, stressing the importance of increasing the level of awareness of legal culture, and the papers required for a legally sound evacuation process.
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