BCC 1858/2019

This case involved a request for a bankruptcy ruling. The debtor had failed to supply the required documents and the court had not informed them of this.

Background

Two claimants filed a case against the defendants before the court. They requested the court to appoint an expert in order to review their financial positions. They said that they were merchants and that they had failed to pay their debt.

The court dismissed the case.

The claimants appealed the ruling before the court of appeal. The court upheld the appealed ruling.

The claimants appealed the ruling before the court of cassation. They said in their grounds of appeal that the ruling had insufficient evidence of causation. They said that the court had dismissed the case on the grounds that they had failed to provide the required documents for bankruptcy although they were unable to provide these documents.

Decision

The court said that this argument was invalid. The court said that Article 7(c) of Bahrain Law No. 22/2018 stipulated that if a debtor failed to provide the required documents, the court should inform them to provide these documents. The court said that the claimants had failed to provide the required documents.