{"id":2125,"date":"2026-07-26T13:36:31","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T13:36:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albiddalawfirm.com\/news\/%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a7%d8%b3%d8%aa%d8%a6%d9%86%d8%a7%d9%81-%d9%8a%d9%84%d8%ba%d9%8a-%d8%a5%d9%84%d8%b2%d8%a7%d9%85-%d8%b4%d8%b1%d9%83%d8%a9-%d8%a8%d9%82%d9%8a%d9%85%d8%a9-%d8%b4%d9%8a%d9%83-%d9%81%d9%8a\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T12:38:39","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T12:38:39","slug":"court-of-appeal-overturns-a-ruling-obligating-a-company-to-pay-the-value-of-a-cheque-in-a-dispute-arising-from-the-sale-of-a-vehicle","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/albiddalawfirm.com\/en\/news\/court-of-appeal-overturns-a-ruling-obligating-a-company-to-pay-the-value-of-a-cheque-in-a-dispute-arising-from-the-sale-of-a-vehicle\/","title":{"rendered":"Court of Appeal Overturns a Ruling Obligating a Company to Pay the Value of a Cheque in a Dispute Arising from the Sale of a Vehicle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Court of Appeal overturned a judgment that had obligated a client of Al-Bidda Law Firm to pay the value of a cheque and compensation in a dispute arising from the sale of a vehicle, and concluded by dismissing the case against her after re-examining her standing and the extent of her connection to the contractual relationship in dispute.<\/p>\n<p>The first-instance judgment had based the client\u2019s liability on the association of her name with the vehicle and the cheque that were the subject of the claim. However, the firm\u2019s defense maintained that its client was not a party to the sale contract from which the debt arose, and that the mere registration of the vehicle in her name, or the fact that the cheque was made out in her favor, does not, in itself, create a personal obligation on her part for the price or for compensation arising from breach of the contract.<\/p>\n<p>The pleadings focused on the need to identify the parties to the contract with precision, and to distinguish between a person who benefits from certain effects of a transaction and the original debtor of the obligations arising from it. The defense also explained that the transfer of an obligation to a non-party to the contract requires an independent legal or contractual basis, and that it cannot be inferred merely from a factual connection to the item sold or from the appearance of a person\u2019s name in one of the documents.<\/p>\n<p>The Court of Appeal ultimately overturned what the previous judgment had ruled against the client and dismissed the case against her. The significance of the judgment lies in its practical application of the principle of privity of contract, and the necessity that contractual obligations not extend to third parties unless it is established that they accepted them, or there exists a provision or legal act that imposes liability on them independently.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Court of Appeal overturned a judgment that had obligated a client of Al-Bidda Law Firm to pay the value of a cheque and compensation in a dispute arising from the sale of a vehicle, and concluded by dismissing the case against her after re-examining her standing and the extent of her connection to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"menu_order":2,"template":"","news-category":[32],"class_list":["post-2125","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","news-category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/albiddalawfirm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/2125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/albiddalawfirm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/albiddalawfirm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/albiddalawfirm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albiddalawfirm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-category?post=2125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}