Man ordered to return Dhs450,000 to woman

ABU DHABI: The Abu Dhabi Family, Civil and Administrative Cases Court has obligated a person to pay Dhs450,000 to a woman plus compensation for defamation of Dhs50,000.

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Based on their friendship, the woman had lent the defendant the sum in five batches over a period of time via her bank account.

The court found this to be true through the correspondence exchanged between the two parties, noting that the defendant neither confirmed that the sums had entered his accounts, nor denied receiving them, nor proved that he returned them. Earlier, the woman filed a lawsuit against the defendant in which she requested the court to obligate him to return Dhs450,000 to her plus an annual legal interest of 12 per cent from the date the lawsuit was filed until full settlement of the amount. The plaintiff also requested the court to obligate the defendant to pay her a compensation of Dhs50,000 and settle the fees and expenses incurred by her lawyer.