Flossie v Fleetwood [2015] DIFC SCT 165 (12 October 2015)

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Flossie v Fleetwood [2015] DIFC SCT 165

October 12, 2015 Judgments,SCT - Judgments and Orders

 Claim No: SCT 165/2015

 

THE DUBAI INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL CENTRE COURTS

Court

 

In the name of His Highness Sheikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Ruler

Ruler
of Dubai

IN THE SMALL CLAIMS TRIBUNAL

Tribunal
OF DIFC COURTS
DIFC Courts

BEFORE H.E. JUSTICE SHAMLAN AL SAWALEHI

Between  

FLOSSIE

Claimant

Claimant

 v 

FLEETWOOD

Defendant

Defendant

 

Hearing:           30 September 2015

Judgment:       30 September 2015


JUDGMENT OF H.E. JUSTICE SHAMLAN AL SAWALEHI


UPONhearing the Claimant and the Defendant;

AND UPONreading the submissions and evidence filed and recorded on the Court

Court
file;

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:

The Claimant’s Claim is rejected

The reasons:

1.The Claimant is a tenant of Fleetwood (“the Unit”), owned by Flossie

2. The Defendant is the Fleetwood

3. The Claimant asked the Defendant to return all amounts that had been charged as penalties for alleged breaches during his occupancy of the Unit, which had been invoiced to and paid by the Landlord and then paid back by the Claimant.

4. The Defendant had refused to pay, which had led the Claimant to file this case before the Court.

5. No settlement was reached by the parties at the end of the consultation and, consequently, the case was sent for adjudication. On 30 September 2015 I heard both parties’ submissions.

6. In the Claimant’s Particulars of Claim, the Claimant argued that he had received a penalty from the Defendant for parking his car, a long time after he had requested one extra car park space, but no reply had been made by the Defendant. Further he argued that he had received another penalty for hanging clothing outside his Unit in the Common Property area for one time only and he had been promised that the penalty would be lifted, but it has not been removed. Finally he argued that he had an additional penalty for having a dog on the Unit, but without him having been sent any information or notice in advance stating that all these incidents are prohibited.

7. In its defence, the Defendant argued that each Unit owner is responsible for procuring the compliance by its Occupiers with the by-laws which had in fact been issued to both the Unit Owner xxxx and the Unit tenant,Flossie. The Defendant argued further that breach notices with attached photos had been sent to the Claimant and the Unit Landlord concerning the contravention of the By-Laws for leaving clothes hanging at the Podium floor courtyard area of XXXX on 16 November 2013, for parking vehicle XXXX in parking space XXXX belonging to another unit since 04 June 2015, and for the fouling of the podium floor by an unregistered dog belonging to the Claimant on 10 June 2015.

8. I have examined all submissions filed in this case, and I have reviewed the following xxxx: No.2 on the use of XXXX and No.11 on prohibition on causing nuisance.

9. I have found that all the penalties for breach of the above By-Laws were caused by legitimate incidents and I am satisfied with the evidence submitted by the Defendant to support these breaches and related notices, and in my view all penalties imposed on the Owner of xxxx and then paid back by the Claimant as a result of his actions were reasonable and in accordance with the Minutes of the Annual General Meeting for Limestone House Residential Corp dated 7 August 2012 , extract p.20 of the DIFC

DIFC
registered Strata Management Statement of the Defendant XXXX, and Article 66 of the DIFC Strata Title Law.

10. For the above-cited reasons, I have rejected all the Claimant’s claims.

 

Issued by:

Nassir Al Nasser

Judicial Officer

Date: 1 October 2015

At: 4pm


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