6 December 2018

Mr Ahmad Osman (Applicant)

Mr Majid Nasser and Mr Ahmed Rabah (Respondent)

Order

1. The Application seeking Permission to Appeal is refused.

Judgment

1. The Applicant seeks permission in a written application made on 30 September 2018 to appeal from part of the judgment of the First Instance Circuit of the Court (Justice Robertson, Justice Arestis, Justice Blair) given on 12 August 2018. In that part the Court dismissed the claim of the Applicant for QAR 3,000,000 in respect of the Respondent's alleged failure to renew the Contractors All Risks policy of insurance (CAR policy) which the Applicant had obtained from the Respondent.

2. The CAR policy was in respect of a contract the Applicant had made with the Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation (KAHRAMAA). It ran for the period 20 August 2014 to 19 August 2017. The policy expressly provided:

"any extensions of the period of insurance are subject to the prior written consent of the insurers"