Cut off the water to his neighbor's farm

A dispute over a water pipe costs the Gulf 20,000 dirhams

Ras Al Khaimah Court obligated the neighbor to pay fees, expenses and attorney fees.

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A partial civil court in Ras Al Khaimah ruled that a (Gulf Arab) pay his neighbor (the Gulf Arab) 20,000 dirhams, material and moral compensation for the damage he caused as a result of damaging the water pipe on his farm and cutting off the water from it. The plaintiff stated that he owns a farm, and feeds it with water through One of the wells he shared with his neighbor (the defendant), but his neighbor cut the water pipe last April.

He explained that he suffered material damage and lost the water pipe that he installed 10 years ago, disrupting his business, and incurring sums of money to follow up on the criminal complaint, in addition to moral damage, and psychological pain as a result of the unjustified attack on his property, and demanded to oblige his neighbor to pay him 50 thousand dirhams in compensation. Compensation for material damages, while obligating him to pay expenses, fees, and attorneys' fees.

The judgment stated that the defendant was proven guilty by the misdemeanour court, which punished him with a fine of 5000 dirhams for the charges against him. Totally criminal.

She explained that it became clear from the facts that the defendant cut a water pipe extending from the well located on his land, after the plaintiff had installed it years ago from his own money, with the aim of providing his neighboring farm with water from the well, which is a negligent error that requires him to guarantee what resulted from the damage he caused. to the injured plaintiff, pointing out that the defendant, by his harmful act, caused damage to belongings owned by the plaintiff, which he uses to irrigate his farm, and made the latter spend sums of money to show that damage and to prove that he committed a right, which becomes clear with which the plaintiff was exposed to material damage, which must be guaranteed because it is a result of the harmful act that comes from Infringement on his own property, and he is legally entitled to compensation for it.

She added that the plaintiff had suffered psychological harm as a result of trespassing on a water pipe owned by the defendant. He also felt pain as a result of depriving his farm of water, which is a moral damage that deserves compensation.

It estimated the moral and material damages at a value of 20 thousand dirhams, and ordered the defendant to pay the plaintiff compensatory compensation for the material and moral damages achieved, in addition to obligating him to pay fees, expenses and attorneys' fees.

• The plaintiff installed the water pipe 10 years ago, and he was surprised by his neighbor destroying it for no reason.

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