SCA 1331/2019 issued on 27/06/2019
This case involved the non-payment of profits from a festival following an investment agreement. There was no evidence that the investment had been mismanaged. There had simply been losses from the investment in the festival
Background
A claimant filed a case against a company before the court. He said that he had paid the company an amount of money in order to invest it in a festival in exchange for 10% of the profits. He said that the company had failed to commit to their obligations. He requested the court to order the company to pay him 350000 Riyals for the profits.
Decision
The court said that the case documents had revealed that the claimant claimed that the company had mismanaged the investment. The court said that the claimant, however, had failed to prove his claim. The court said that the company had not failed to mismanage the investment but the festival investment had made losses.
The court dismissed the case.
The Court of Appeal – Jeddah upheld the ruling based on same grounds.