Contracts and Agreements
Agreements drafted to be enforceable in the jurisdiction that will actually hear the dispute.
Case study 02
A construction contract terminated without justification
A specialised construction contract was terminated suddenly. The claim was dismissed at first instance, and that decision was overturned on appeal.
What happened
Our client's specialised construction contract was terminated without warning and without a ground the contract provided for.
The losses were immediate: materials already committed, labour already mobilised, and work performed but not yet certified.
What we did
The claim was dismissed at first instance. We read that judgment against the contract and the evidence actually filed, and identified what the first court had never been shown.
The quantification of loss was rebuilt item by item so that every figure traced to a document rather than to an estimate. That analysis formed the appeal.
How it ended
The Court of Appeal overturned the dismissal and awarded our client AED 1,646,658 in compensation for the losses resulting from the unjustified termination.
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- Amount in dispute
- AED 2.7 million
- Result
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- Amount in dispute
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- Result
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