Order With Reasons · Small Claims Tribunal

Olia v Onawa [2025] DIFC SCT 333

A reference record of SCT 333/2025, drawn from the decision's own text. It sets out who the parties were, who decided it, what the decision did and where to read it. It does not summarise the court's reasoning or offer advice on it.

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At a glance

Claim numberSCT 333/2025
CourtDIFC Courts — Small Claims Tribunal
DecisionOrder With Reasons
BeforeH.E. Justice Roger Stewart Kc
Date6 November 2025
Date of issue6 November 2025
Operative orders2
Numbered paragraphs31
Recitals5

Parties to SCT 333/2025

As the decision names them, with the role each appears in.

PartyRole
OliaClaimant/Appellant
OnawaDefendant/Appellant

Sums named in the order with reasons

These figures appear in the text of the decision. They are reproduced as amounts only — what each relates to is set out in the judgment itself.

  • AED 17,000

Authorities cited in SCT 333/2025

The decision refers to the following. They are listed as cited — what each was relied on for is set out in the decision itself.

Legislation and practice directions

Rules of the DIFC Courts applied

RDC 44.118, RDC 53.87, RDC 53.91 — see the RDC.

Records of other DIFC Courts decisions that cite at least one of the same instruments. Shared authority is not shared reasoning — each decision turns on its own facts.

  • SCT 042/2025 — Olive v Onyx [2025] DIFC SCT 042 also cites DIFC Law No. 2 of 2019
  • CFI 047/2025 — CFI 047/2025 Oakley v Oliver also cites DIFC Law No. 2 of 2019
  • SCT 459/2024 — Negrete v Nazli [2024] DIFC SCT 459 also cites DIFC Law No. 2 of 2019
  • SCT 365/2024 — Nuruddin v Nihaal [2024] DIFC SCT 365 also cites DIFC Law No. 2 of 2019
  • SCT 288/2024 — Naufil v Nawaz [2024] DIFC SCT 288 also cites DIFC Law No. 2 of 2019
  • SCT 068/2024 — Naveen v Ned [2024] DIFC SCT 068 also cites DIFC Law No. 2 of 2019

Primary source

Everything on this page comes from the decision itself. The link goes to the court that issued it.

  • Olia v Onawa [2025] DIFC SCT 333 — the decision as published DIFC Courts
  • DIFC Courts judgments & orders — the register this decision is listed in DIFC Courts

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