Arabic lends a woman 3.6 million dirhams out of friendship

A close friendship turned into a judicial dispute over a huge amount in the Dubai courts, after a woman of the nationality of an Arab country refused to pay a debt exceeding 3.5 million dirhams to her friend, despite his repeated attempts to solve the problem amicably “out of friendship”, as all his efforts were met with delay and silence, forcing him to resort to the judiciary.

The Civil Court obligated the defendant to return the full amount to the plaintiff, after he reassured the safety of his position, and the evidence submitted to prove the debt.

In detail, a man of the nationality of an Arab state filed a lawsuit, in which a woman of the same nationality demanded that an estimated amount of 3.6 million dirhams borrowed from him, in addition to the legal interest, explaining that he has a debt support signed by the defendant, in which she explicitly acknowledged that it is a city for him in the amount.

He said in a statement that he had made “all the friendly methods”, and the defendant repeatedly demanded the payment, in appreciation of the “friendship” that was linking them, but the defendant “did not move a resident”, which forced him to send a judicial warning, and to file the lawsuit to recover his right.

The minutes of the sessions revealed a variation in the position of the defendant, who attended some of the pleading sessions, but chose silence and the lack of any defense or answer to the case.

In the reasons for its ruling, the court relied on a established principle in the law of evidence, which is that “the creditor must prove the commitment, and the debtor must prove its disposal.” And since the plaintiff submitted the declaration of the indebted debt to sign the defendant, and since the latter did not provide what is reported to pay the amount or even part of it, it is committed to what was stated in the acknowledgment, especially since it did not deny the debt or pay it while attending the sessions.

The court continued that the approval of the debt is considered a conclusive evidence, especially the papers, which indicates that it pays the amount demanded or part of it, which ruled with it to compel the defendant with the entire amount demanded, with the legal interest of 5% annually from the date of the judicial claim and until the completion of the payment, in addition to the expenses that include the case fees and their expenses, and the amount of 1,000 dirhams in exchange for law fees.