A payment order for the client
A claimant represented by Daniel Zahavi obtained a payment judgment in summary proceedings in Curaçao. The court ordered the defendant to pay USD 5,915, together with statutory interest on that amount, and a separate sum of USD 887.25. It also awarded assessed litigation costs and declared the judgment provisionally enforceable.
The result was a substantive payment order in the client’s favour. The defendant had not appeared at the hearing, and the court entered judgment in default after finding that the claim did not appear unlawful or unfounded. The decision therefore records an unopposed result rather than findings made after a contested trial.
The amounts ordered
The operative order distinguished the principal amount from the additional sum. Statutory interest on USD 5,915 ran from the date specified in the judgment until full payment. The separate USD 887.25 was also ordered, with payment of each dollar amount alternatively permitted in its equivalent in Netherlands Antillean currency.
The short judgment does not explain the basis of the separate USD 887.25. It should therefore be described as an additional amount awarded, without assigning it a more specific label that the decision itself does not provide. Nor does the judgment establish a fixed total for interest, which depended on the payment date.
Costs and an enforceable result
The court treated the defendant as the unsuccessful party and ordered it to pay the client’s assessed litigation costs. These comprised NAf 254.50 in summons costs, NAf 750 in court fees and NAf 1,000 in representation costs, totalling NAf 2,004.50. These costs were separate from the dollar-denominated payment amounts.
The judgment was declared provisionally enforceable. It provided the client with an enforceable payment order within the summary proceedings, rather than leaving the requested payment for a later evidentiary hearing. Any additional or different relief was refused.
What the decision establishes
The documented outcome is the payment judgment and the accompanying interest and cost orders. The record reviewed does not establish that the sums were subsequently received, or determine any later challenge to the judgment. Its summary and default character remains an important part of an accurate account.
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