DCC 46/2010

This case involved the evidence required to prove that an employment contract and a company contract were simulated where it was stated that the individual classified as an employee was actually the real owner of the business and the registered owners were merely the license sponsors.

Background Facts:

The Appellant in the first appeal filed the lawsuit No 231/2007 against the Appellant in the second appeal saying that in 1995 he set up an automobile trade business and then he amended the enterprise's name for trade through commercial license No 237234 issued by the government of Dubai.

On 07/12/2004 the business was turned into a limited liability company whose commercial trading in used cars. In 1999 the Defendant started working for him as the person responsible for the store. However, he started manipulating the books and the company's documents and he transferred big amounts of money outside the country and then abused the Plaintiff's trust when he started doing illegal brokering for other exhibitions. The Plaintiff stated that because of the Defendant's actions he lost a lot of money and could not even determine the amounts without an expert accountant.