KCC 755/2004

This case involved whether a bank should pay compensation for freezing a bank account. The bank was following a central bank order and the claimant had breaching money laundering offences.

Background

A claimant filed a case against a bank before the court. He requested the court to order the bank to pay him compensation. He said that the bank froze his accounts without legal justification.

The court dismissed the case.

The claimant appealed the ruling before the court of appeal. The court dismissed the appealed ruling and ruled that the bank should pay the claimant 500 Dinars.

The bank appealed the ruling before the court of cassation. The bank said in its grounds of appeal that the appealed ruling had erred in the application of law. The bank said that the claimant's accounts had been frozen due to an order issued by the Central Bank.

Decision