ECC 3829/2001

This case involved a claim by a tenant that he should receive rent back as a property was vacant. The court was not obliged to appoint an expert to investigate this if it had the necessary information in the case documents.

Background

A tenant filed a case against two landlords and requested the court consider the rented flat to be an empty one and order the landlords to pay back the increased rent.

The landlord filed a case against the tenant and requested the court to order the tenant to vacate the flat and pay late rent and compensation.

The court rejected the landlords' case and ruled the flat should be considered empty and ruled the first landlord should pay the tenant 6666.500 Egyptian Pounds.

The first landlord appealed the ruling before the court of appeal. The court upheld the appealed ruling.

Decision

The landlords appealed the ruling before the court of cassation. The court repealed the ruling and referred the case to the court of appeal. The court upheld the appealed ruling.

The landlord appealed the ruling before the court of cassation. The court repealed the ruling and referred it to the court of appeal.