DCC 175/1991

This case involved the execution of a rental committee decision involving payment of outstanding rent and eviction. The key issue was whether the rental committee had overstepped its remit. The case detailed the areas in which the rental committee had jurisdiction. The committee had overstepped its remit by ordering the payment of the rent and an eviction.

Background

A claim was brought by a landlord requesting the court execute a rental committee decision ordering the tenant to pay 240,000 AED in outstanding rent, and to vacate the premises. The defendant complained to the execution court arguing that the rental committee was not competent to issue a binding decision. The court of first instance rejected the defendant's argument and the defendant appealed. The appeal court also rejected the argument and the defendant appealed by cassation arguing that the rental committee's remit to look into disputes between tenants and landlords was an exceptional one and should only be narrowly applied. It did not, he argued, have the competence to decide on disputes relating to the payment of outstanding rent.

Decision