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Priya v Prudence [2025] DIFC SCT 947
The Small Claims Tribunal refused permission to appeal, but corrected the judgment to state the claimant’s original filing fee as AED 6,136.43.
The Court held that late payment fee and holding-over liquidated damages clauses in a commercial lease were not unenforceable penalties on the unchallenged evidence.
The Court declined an indefinite adjournment request, vacated the 7 September 2026 hearing due to listing congestion, and re-fixed it for 17 September 2026.
The DIFC Court ordered Pippa to provide AED 300,000 security for Phineas’s costs in the set-aside application, and stayed the application pending security.
The Court of First Instance awarded Petria costs of Pacifico’s jurisdiction application, summarily assessing them at AED 375,000 payable within 14 days.
The Court set aside the SCT judgment, holding the claim time-barred because the contractual payment claims accrued by June 2017 and no extension was proved.
The DIFC Court of First Instance dismissed an application by Mitchell White and Grace Alexandra White to set aside default judgment in Green Community Holdings Limited’s claim.
The DIFC Court of First Instance dismissed a jurisdiction challenge, holding that “Law & jurisdiction: United Arab Emirates” included the DIFC Courts and that the claim was not abusive.
Khaled Salem Musabeh Humad Al Mheiri v John Cameron [2025] DIFC CA 008
The DIFC Court of Appeal allowed the appeal, set aside the first-instance dismissal on deceit and/or mistake, and remitted the matter for retrial.
The Court adjourned the committal hearing to 26 October 2026 and ordered directions, including an affidavit by Matthew William Brittain on specified payments and funding sources.
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