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Abu Dhabi: The Al Ain Court of Appeals has upheld a verdict ordering an insurance company, a mall and the mall officials to pay Dh734,958 in compensation to a family whose child sustained serious injuries due to a fall from an escalator. The five-year-old Arab child suffered fractures to his skull from the fall, which resulted in permanent speech impairment and disability, the Al Ain Court of First Instance had said earlier. According to court records, the incident occurred when the child fell ...

Man to pay Dh30,000 for beating wife in UAE AFP "The insults hurt my feelings and had damaged my reputation among family and friends," the complainant said. An Abu Dhabi court has ordered a man to pay his wife Dh30,000 in compensation for what she had been through after getting hit and insulted repeatedly at home. The woman had reported the case of domestic violence to the authorities, claiming that her husband would always kick and beat her black and blue, court records show. She said the man ...

Strikes, violence overwhelm Haitis crumbling judiciary by Evens Sanon And DáNica Coto, The Associated Press Posted Jan 28, 2021 8:57 am EDT Last Updated Jan 28, 2021 at 8:58 am EDT PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — A warning from a well-known judge in Haiti crackled recently over the radio: “Don’t let them arrest you, because you don’t know when you will be released from prison.” Haiti’s justice system has long been dysfunctional. But in recent years delayed judicial appointments, a spike in...

UAE: Man files lawsuit against wife over alleged borrowed funds, loses case Photo: Reuters He said his wife asked him to lend her the money, so she could present the minimum bank balance required to apply for a Canadian visa. An Abu Dhabi court has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a resident demanding that his wife return a deposit of Dh37,000 hed made to her bank account while she was allegedly chasing a Canadian entry permit. The Abu Dhabi Court of First Instance heard that the Arab man had depos...

27 January 2021, 10:53 UTC The Moroccan authorities must immediately and unconditionally release human rights defender Maati Monjib, and drop all charges against him including from a previous trial ongoing since 2015 in relation to his work on freedom of expression, Amnesty International said today. Following years of unlawful digital surveillance and judicial harassment, Monjib was detained on 29 December and his next investigation session before an investigative judge is scheduled for 27 Janu...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: The Labour Tribunal in Hong Kong has jurisdiction over a claim of money arising from the breach of a term of an employment contract. However, mixed claims founded in both contract and tort are excluded from the jurisdiction of the Labour Tribunal. This recently was confirmed in the Court of First Instance ( Court) case of Background Tribunal) to claim against the Employer for unpaid commission. The Tribunal gave judgment in favour of...

The woman said the man hit and kicked her, causing bruises in the face and other body parts.

Abu Dhabi: A man has been ordered by an Abu Dhabi Court to pay his wife Dh30,000 for insulting and assaulting her. The Abu Dhabi Civil Court announced the final verdict as compensation for the moral, material and physical damage inflicted upon the Arab woman by the abuse. According to court records, the woman had complained to authorities that her husband beat her, inflicting bruises on her person. She alleged that he also insulted her in front of others in a manner that was demeaning and hurtf...

UAE: Hospital, doctor to pay couple Dh1.3 million for botched C-section Photo (for illustrative purposes): Alamy An official report said the doctor made a serious medical error, which resulted in a 100 per cent disability. A hospital and a doctor that caused a woman to go into a coma while giving birth due to medical negligence during a caesarian operation, have been told to pay the patient and her husband Dh1.3 million in damages. The Abu Dhabi Court of Appeal upheld an earlier ruling by a low...