BCC 71/2020 issued on 7 September 2020
Type
Case
Court
Bahrain Court of Cassation
Jurisdiction
Bahrain
Taxonomy
Litigation Procedure & Practice, Civil Evidence, Breach, Discharge & Rescission of Contract
Decision date
7 Sep 2020
Catchwords
Loan - Bank - Non-payment - New Evidence - Case Management Period - Notification
This case involved a failure to pay a car loan installments. A key point was whether it was possible for parties to submit new documents as evidence after the end of the case management period.
Background
A bank filed a case against a client before the court. The bank requested the court to order the client to pay 8651 Dinars and interest of 13.5%. The bank said that the client had received car loan and had failed to pay the instalments.
The court ruled that the client should pay the bank 3325 Dinars.
The bank appealed the ruling before the court of appeal. The court amended the appealed ruling and ruled that the client should pay the bank 3718 Dinars.