SCA 1742/2019
Type
Case
Court
Saudi Arabian Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction
Saudi Arabia
Taxonomy
Civil Courts, Jurisdiction & Choice of Law, General Company Law & Business Entities, Breach, Discharge & Rescission of Contract
Decision date
17 Jul 2019
Catchwords
Investment Agreement - Breach - Defendant's Address - Jurisdiction - Court
This case involved a breach of an investment agreement. A key issue was the defendant's address was not within the court's jurisdiction.
Background
A claimant filed a case against a defendant before the court. They requested the court to order the defendant to pay 127000 Riyals. They said that they had paid him the mentioned amount in order to invest in trading in goods but he had failed to do so.
Decision
The court said that the case documents revealed that the defendant’s address was not located within the geographical jurisdiction of the court.
The court ruled that the consideration of the case did not fall under the geographical jurisdiction of the court.
The Court of Appeal – Jeddah upheld the ruling based on same grounds.