QFC 002/2013
Chedid & Associates Qatar LLC v Mr Said Bou A Y Ash
Type
Case
Court
Qatar Financial Centre - Qatar Financial Centre, Civil and Commercial Court
Jurisdiction
Qatar Financial Centre
Taxonomy
General Employment & Labour Law, Litigation Procedure & Practice
Copyright
LexisNexis
Decision date
16 Sep 2014
Hearing/Judgment date
16 September 2014
Panel
Justice Cullen, Justice Robertson, Justice AI Sayed
Catchwords
Practice and Procedure – Authorities – Submission of non-QFC authorities – Defendant being employee of claimant QFC company – Dispute arising between parties on termination of contract of employment – Claimant seeking consensual damages under QFC Regulations – Preliminary issue regarding applicable law of contract of employment – Court determining applicable law being QFC Employment Regulations – Defendant submitting non-QFC authorities in support of defence and counterclaim – Claimant applying to Court to dismiss and deem non-QFC authorities irrelevant – Whether Court allowing submission of non-QFC authorities – QFC Employment Regulations – QFC Contract Regulations – QFC Civil and Commercial Court Regulations and Procedural Rules.
16 September 2014
Mr Walid Henein, Counsel (Badri and Salim Elmeouchi Law Firm) for the applicant.
Mr Ravinder Thukral, Counsel (Brown Rudnick LLP) for the Respondent.
Justice Cullen, Justice Robertson, Justice AI Sayed:
Judgment
1. The Court has considered an additional submission on behalf of the Claimant dated 15 September 2014 that it should dismiss and deem irrelevant the submission by Defendant's counsel on 11 September 2014 of "non-QFC authorities".
2. The Claimant correctly points out that, in its ruling on 20 April 2014 the Court held that the QFC Employment Regulations apply to the employment of persons by QFC entities, to the exclusion of non-QFC law.