BCC 173/2007
Type
Case
Court
Bahrain Court of Cassation
Jurisdiction
Bahrain
Taxonomy
Sale of Goods, Payment & Payment Systems, Remedies, Civil Evidence, Jurisdiction & Choice of Law
Copyright
LexisNexis
Decision date
10 Dec 2007
Catchwords
Sale of Goods – Cheques –Remedies – Expert – Court Authority - Evidence
This case involved a claim by a company that they had provided cheques for some goods but the goods had not been supplied. It was stated there were bills proving delivery of the goods. The claimant had requested an expert be appointed but the court had authority to refuse the request if it believe the evidence it had was sufficient.
Background
A claimant filed a case against a company before the civil court and said that he owned an electronics store and issued a cheque for 6500 Dinars to the company in exchange for electronics but the company failed to deliver them. The claimant said that the company had received cheques previously but failed to deliver the agreed goods. The claimant requested the company to pay 11300 Dinars and interest and return two cheques.
The court ruled that the company should pay the claimant 11300 Dinars and return the two cheques.
The company appealed the ruling before the court of appeal. The court upheld the appealed ruling.
Decision