Appealing initial rulings at the Dispute Resolution Center

Lawyer Shouq Al-Kathiri said that, according to the text of Article 17 of Decree Law No. (26/2013), regarding the Center for Resolving Rental Disputes, rulings issued by the First Instance Chamber are subject to appeal before the Appeals Chamber, with the exception of cases in which the claim is less than 100 thousand. AED, which is final and not subject to appeal.

Al-Kathiri explained that these rulings may be appealed in the following cases: if the eviction ruling was issued, or if the ruling was issued in violation of the rules of jurisdiction, or if the ruling ruled for something that the opponents did not request, or for more than they requested, or neglected some of the requests, or if the ruling was issued against a person who was not properly represented in the case, or if there was an invalidity in the declaration, and also if the ruling was based on papers or documents whose forgery was revealed after its issuance or was ruled to be forgery or was based on testimony that was judged after It was issued as false testimony.

Al-Kathiri added that if one of the parties to the contract concealed data or documents from the primary circuit that would have changed the ruling in the case, and the time limit for appealing the ruling issued by the primary circuit is 15 days starting from the day following the date of the judgment session, then if the convicted person fails to attend all the case sessions He did not submit a memorandum of his defense, so the deadline for appeal begins from the date of his announcement of the ruling.

It was stated that in order to accept an appeal of the ruling issued by the First Instance Chamber in financial claims cases, the appellant must deposit half of the amount adjudicated against him with the Center until the appeal is decided. However, the head of the Center may decide to accept the appeal without depositing that amount or by collecting a percentage of it.