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Man loses long legal battle over end-of-service dues

The apex court dismissed his petition on the ground that the complainant failed to produce concrete evidence that he was coerced into signing.

Hussein B. had filed a suit at Sharjah Federal Court of First Instance demanding that the Building and Construction Company for Maintenance and General Contracting, should pay him Dh13,000, return air fare and the interest rate with effect from January 1, 2002, the date of filing the suit, until the payment is fully made. He argued that the amount he claims is the total end-of-service dues payable by the company, which has unjustly terminated his services.

The lower court dismissed the case. The complainant appealed against the verdict at the Sharjah Federal Court of Appeal, which upheld the lower court's ruling overruling the plea.

Hussein contested the verdict at the Supreme Federal Court contending that the ruling contravenes the law as it had not considered that he was forced to sign the acknowledgement.

He argued that he was not provided the full freedom of choice, and the company did not produce any other proof that confirms he had received the end-of-service benefits. Therefore the verdict should be annulled.

The apex court said the legitimacy of the aforesaid acknowledgment is subject to the absolute judgment of the judge who issued the verdict at the appeal court.

The judge, the court said, had considered the acknowledgement as clear evidence on which the judge of the appeal court had based his ruling.

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