...he was gulf arab: Same situation either pay extra or loose your deposit. He cancelled the last dated cheque at the bank! Than he took all of the stuff out. The villa was fully furnished. He sold all the stuff and took the money and occupied the villa till the end of the contract. Landlord wnated to get him out of the villa by forcing him on short notice with the police. They found an empty villa. So the landlord wanted to sue him because of burglary. at the court, the landlord couldn't bring the evidence that the villa was fully furnished. Fortunatelty for my freind it was not stated in the contract clearly enough. So the landlord lost. He wanted to cash the cheque, but that was refused by the bank since my friend cancelled it. So, my friend kept his deposit, stayed in the villa and had some extra money from the furniture.

Justice is sometime a question of definition! Just to show you that screwing works the other way too!

But keep in mind, my friend is a gulf arab with wasta here!