DCC 401/2003
This case involved whether a partner who disputed his signature on bank documents was obliged along with the other partners to pay the partnership's bank debts. The case also looked at the evidential value of bank statements.
Background
On 20/09/1989, the first Appellant opened a current account at the Plaintiff bank, and he dealt with the rest of the Defendants as partners with the bank mentioned through this account, and monitored all of them as of 19/9/1988, and having failed to pay without legal justification, they filed the claim.
On 25 May 1999, the Court appointed an accounting expert to determine the account of the first Defendant company at the bank and its movements and whether the first Defendant was a debtor of the Plaintiff and was guaranteed by the Defendants for the amount of the debt owed to them until 19-9-1998.
Proceedings
Court of first instance | Decision dated 27/02/2001
The court ruled that the first and second Defendants (Appellants), and the rest jointly pay the Plaintiff the amount claimed and interest at the rate of 12% from 19/9/1998 until the payment was completed.
Appeal at Sharjah Court of Appeal |Decision dated 23/04/2002