QFC 0026/2021, [2022] QIC (F) 12

Adil Bashir Ahmed v 360 Nautica LLC

This case involved the start date of an employee who had been working for the employer in various capacities before the contracted start date of their employment. Also considered were the validity of salary deductions which it was said had been agreed to via a whatsapp message.

Background

The Claimant and Dr Tejinder Singh had been business acquaintances for many years prior to 2019. In that year there were discussions between them with a view to the Claimant investing in some way in the corporate group of which the Defendant was part. In anticipation of some such arrangement a contract of employment was entered into between the Claimant and the Defendant, a QFC company of which Dr Singh was a shareholder and director.