BCC 97, 354/2015
Type
Case
Court
Bahrain Court of Cassation
Jurisdiction
Bahrain
Taxonomy
Lending & Security, General Commercial Law, Jurisdiction & Choice of Law, Civil Courts
Decision date
6 Feb 2017
Catchwords
Office of Settlement of Disputes - Court - Jurisdiction - Lending - Civil - Commercial
This case involved whether the courts or the office of settlement of disputes had jurisdiction. A key issue was whether this was a civil or commercial dispute.
Background
A creditor filed a case against a debtor before the court. He requested the court to order the debtor to pay $25000000.
The court said that the consideration of the case did not fall under its jurisdiction and referred the case to the office of the settlement of disputes.
The debtor appealed the ruling before the court of appeal. The court upheld the appealed ruling.
The two parties appealed the ruling before the court of cassation.