25 March 2018

Mr Paul Fisher, Barrister, Pinsent Masons LLP (QFC Branch)

Dr Hossam Eldin Mostafa Saad, Chief Executive Officer, Al Qamra Holding Group

Introduction

1. On the 14 February 2018 the First Instance Circuit of the Court (Justices Robertson, Al Sayed and Hamilton) delivered judgment in Case No 6 of 2017; Pinsent Masons LLP (QFC Branch) v Al Qamra Holding Group . Subject to what follows later in this Assessment, it is unnecessary to recite the facts of the case in any great detail; they are apparent from the judgment of the Court. Suffice it to say, the Court granted the Claimant's claim and ordered the Defendant to pay the Claimant's "reasonable costs in the case" which, if not agreed between the parties, were to be assessed by the Registrar. It is also to be noted that a differently constituted First Instance Circuit of the Court (Justices Robertson, Kirkham and Hamilton) had, in a judgment dated 2 January 2018, granted summary judgment in favour of the Claimant in relation to part of the claim which, in the end, was not disputed by the Defendant.