The court ordered the broker to return the amount

A woman pays 24 thousand dirhams to rent an apartment

The Abu Dhabi Family and Civil and Administrative Claims Court ordered a broker to return 24,000 dirhams to a woman, who gave her to him in return for renting an apartment that he claimed to be able to rent to her, and the court obligated the defendant to pay expenses and fees.

In the details, a woman filed a lawsuit against a real estate broker, in which she demanded that he pay her 24,000 dirhams in compensation, with the fees and expenses of the case, noting that she handed the defendant this amount in exchange for renting an apartment, and after handing over the amount, she was surprised by the presence of another resident in the apartment, so she demanded him He refunded the money but did not return it to her.

The court clarified in the merits of its ruling that what is fixed, according to the penal ruling, which became final and final because it was not appealed, is to convict the defendant of a charge that led him to seize for himself 24 thousand dirhams owned by the victim (the plaintiff), using fraudulent means that he deluded her into his ability to rent an apartment In the Karama area, with a property that he does not own, noting that the truth of the plaintiff’s request is to oblige the defendant to return the amount he received from her, in return for renting the apartment that he claimed to be able to rent to her.

The court indicated that what is established from the penal ruling is that the plaintiff handed the defendant 2,500 dirhams, and a check in the amount of 21,500 dirhams, which was disbursed by him, according to the certificate issued by the bank, pointing out that according to the Civil Transactions Law, “no one is justified to take the money of others without reason. legitimate, and if he takes it, he must return it.” When that happened, and the defendant’s mistake was to seize the amount owned by the plaintiff, it was proven conclusively to the court. Thus, the court answers the plaintiff in her request, and the court ruled to obligate the defendant to return to the plaintiff 24 thousand dirhams and obligated the defendant to pay expenses and fees.

The plaintiff handed the defendant 2,500 dirhams, and a check in the amount of 21,500 dirhams, which was paid by him.

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