SCA 1675/2019 issued on 31/07/2019
Type
Case
Court
Saudi Arabian Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction
Saudi Arabia
Taxonomy
Arbitration
Decision date
31 Jul 2019
Catchwords
Arbitration - Failure to Appoint An Arbitrator
This case involved an agreement to resort to arbitration in the event of a dispute. It was claimed one party had failed to appoint an arbitrator as they had done the case was dismissed.
Background
A claimant filed a case against a defendant before the court. He said that the two parties h ad agreed to resort to arbitration in case of a dispute. He said that the defendant had failed to appoint his arbitrator. He requested the court to order the defendant to appoint an arbitrator.
Decision
The court said that the case documents revealed that the defendant had appointed his arbitrator.
The Court of Appeal – Jeddah the case was settled.