SCA 59/2019

This case involved whether a partner deserved cheques used as a guarantee for capital after it was claimed the other partner had caused financial damage to the company.

Background

A claimant filed a case against a defendant before the court. He requested the court to prove that the defendant did not deserve the cheques he had received as a guarantee for capital. He said that he and the defendant were partners in a company and that the defendant caused financial damage to the company. He requested the court to dismiss the partnership contract and liquidate the company.

Decision

The court ruled that the defendant did not deserve the value of the cheques. The court ruled that the partnership contract should be dismissed and that the company should be liquidated.

The defendant appealed the ruling before the court of appeal.

The court dismissed the appeal and upheld the appealed ruling