SCA 1168/2019
This case involved a request to suspend a payment order and whether there was a valid contract between the parties. Taking of an oath was also discussed. The key issue was the company's work involved recruitment of labour. It was not considered a commercial activity so the case was outside the court's jurisdiction.
Background
A claimant filed a case against a company before the court. He requested the court to suspend the execution of a payment order issued to the favour of the company. He said that he did not know the company and that he had signed a blank order.
The company said that they signed a contracting contract with the claimant.
The court said that the case documents revealed that the contract provided by the company was valid. The court said that the claimant had already admitted that he had signed the payment order. The court said that the claimant had the right to ask the company to take the oath in order to deny his claims. The claimant refused to ask the company to take the oath.
Decision
The court dismissed the case.