The ruling was based on the provisions of the Civil Transactions Law

Requiring a company to return 60,000 dirhams to a tenant due to the repercussions of "Corona"

“The Center”: The tenant suffers a severe harm represented by not using the rental allowance for a period of not short time.

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A ruling by the Rental Disputes Settlement Center in Dubai, a company operating in the leasing sector of exhibition spaces in commercial centers, obligated to refund 60,000 dirhams to a tenant, due to the postponement of an exhibition for reasons related to the repercussions of the Corona pandemic.

The ruling was based on the provisions of the Civil Transactions Law, that if "something was issued by the competent authorities that prevents the total use of the leased thing without reason from the lessee, the rental relationship will be vented and the rent is dropped from the time of prevention."

In detail, a ruling issued by the Rental Disputes Settlement Center, the judicial arm of the Dubai Land Department, whose details were reviewed by Emirates Today, stated that the tenant (the plaintiff) rented a space to display his products during an exhibition in one of the commercial centers in Dubai, which is the exhibition that Postponed due to exceptional circumstances related to Coronavirus.

The reasons for the ruling clarified that this emergency situation prevented the tenant from benefiting from the leased space, and the court ruled in the interest of the tenant, confirming his eligibility to obtain the value of two checks that were paid by the leasing company at a value of 60 thousand dirhams, during which time the tenant did not benefit from (the leased ).

The center emphasized that the ruling was based on the provisions of the Civil Transactions Law, which stipulates in its Article No. (782) that “if something is issued by the competent authorities that prevents the total use of the leased object without reason from the lessee, the rental relationship will be vented and the rent is dropped from the time of prevention.”

The ruling also made clear that the same law permitted the lessee to terminate the contract in the following two cases: the first of which is if its implementation - meaning the contract - requires harm to himself or money or to those who follow him in benefiting from the leased thing, and the second if something happens that prevents the implementation of the contract.

The Center affirmed that by applying the text of the law to the aforementioned case, the tenant has suffered severe harm, which is not to use his money (rent allowance) for a period of time, and then the lessee has the right to request the annulment of the contract drawn up between him and the leasing company, and to return the value of the checks that have already been charged. From the lessee, amounting to 60,000 dirhams, and refunding the remaining checks written by the tenant that the company had not issued.

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law permits the lessee to terminate the contract if its implementation necessitates harm to himself or money, or if something occurs that prevents its implementation.

The plaintiff has rented a space to display his products, and the exhibition has been postponed due to the pandemic.

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