Compensation
التعويض
Compensation is the monetary sum a court awards to a party to make good a harm caused by another's breach of contract or wrongful act. UAE law recognises two core components: actual damages (damnum emergens — the loss the claimant actually suffered, including direct expenses and consequential loss) and loss of profit (lucrum cessans — gains the claimant would have earned but for the breach or harm), plus moral damages for non-material harm where applicable. To be recoverable, loss must be proved, must be a direct consequence of the defendant's act, and — for contractual cases — must have been foreseeable at the time of contracting unless the breach was in bad faith. Courts may apply statutory interest on monetary awards from the date of filing or judgment.
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التعويض هو المبلغ الذي تحكم به المحكمة لجبر الضرر الذي أصاب المضرور بسبب إخلال المدعى عليه بالعقد أو بفعله الضار. يعرف القانون الإماراتي عنصرين رئيسيين: الخسارة اللاحقة (ما لحق المضرور فعلاً من نفقات وخسائر مباشرة)، وفوات الكسب (ما كان يمكنه تحصيله لولا الإخلال أو الضرر)، فضلاً عن التعويض الأدبي عن الضرر غير المادي عند اقتضائه. ولقبول التعويض، يجب إثبات الضرر، وأن يكون نتيجة مباشرة لفعل المدعى عليه، وفي المسؤولية العقدية يُشترط أن يكون متوقعاً وقت التعاقد ما لم يكن الإخلال مقترناً بسوء نية. ويجوز للمحكمة الحكم بالفائدة القانونية على المبالغ المحكوم بها من تاريخ المطالبة أو الحكم.
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