One of the subsidiaries of Al Mazaya Holding Company in the Emirate of Dubai filed a lawsuit (as a precautionary measure in order to avoid the state of limitation related to filing a lawsuit) against a contracting company and its owners, subcontractors, and a consulting office and its owners, demanding them to be obligated jointly to bear the costs of rectifying the defects and repairing some buildings in the Emirate of Dubai that they had previously carried out for the benefit of the subsidiary during the period from 2007 to 2015, due to their responsibility for the implementation work and supervising the implementation of those buildings for the benefit of the subsidiary as some defects that required repairs had appeared according to the reports of relevant authorities in the Emirate of Dubai, with the following requests:
1- Obliging the defendants, from the first to the seventh, with joint liability to pay an amount of AED 82,022,600 (equivalent to approximately KD 6.9 million) and legal interest at the rate of 5% from claim date until the full settlement date, which represents the estimated budget for the repair cost of the subject buildings.
2- Obliging the defendants from the eighth to the eleventh with joint liability with the defendants from the first to the seventh to pay an amount of AED 23,200,000 (equivalent to approximately KD 1.9 million) and legal interest at the rate of 5% from the claim date until the full settlement date, which represents the estimated budget for the repair cost of the subject buildings.
3- Reserving the right to request compensation after assessing the damages and losses.
4- Obliging the defendants to pay the related fees, expenses, and attorney’s fees.
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