Obliging a young man to pay 5,950 dirhams for vehicle repairs and traffic violations

The Abu Dhabi Family, Civil and Administrative Claims Court ruled that a young man must pay the last sum of 5,950 dirhams, the value of repairing the damages and traffic violations resulting from him borrowing the plaintiff’s car and destroying it.

In the details, a young man filed a lawsuit against his friend, demanding that he be obligated to pay an amount of 5,000 dirhams, the value of repairing the vehicle, and paying traffic violations, in addition to obligating him to pay fees and expenses, indicating that he handed over his car to the defendant, to use it by virtue of their friendship relationship, and during that period During this period, the defendant caused damage to the vehicle, including a problem with the gearbox, in addition to committing many traffic violations and accidents. When he asked the defendant to pay the repair amount and the value of the traffic violations, he delayed doing so, but the plaintiff provided support for his claim in the form of a repair invoice in addition to a statement of traffic violations and messages via the social networking program “WhatsApp.” While the defendant acknowledged his agreement to pay the traffic violations, and refused to bear The value of repairing the vehicle because the plaintiff exaggerated the cost of repair. For its part, the court stated in the merits of its ruling that, according to the provisions of the Civil Transactions Law, “you are responsible for what you take until you return it,” and that “it is not permissible for anyone to take another person’s money without a legitimate reason, and if he takes it, he must return it,” noting that what is proven in the papers and through Emails exchanged between the two parties to the dispute via WhatsApp stated that the plaintiff had delivered the vehicle to the defendant, and that he had repeatedly asked him to repair the vehicle’s gearbox and pay the fines, but the latter was delaying his payment.

The court confirmed that what is established through the vehicle repair invoice is that the repair value is 5,000 dirhams, in addition to the traffic violations lists, and the defendant’s acknowledgment of paying the violations narrated before the case preparation office, and then his debt is filled to the plaintiff with the amount of the claim.

The court ruled to oblige the defendant to pay the plaintiff 5,000 dirhams and 950 dirhams, the value of the traffic violations, and to pay the fees and expenses.