DOHA: Qatar’s highest court has upheld the verdict of a lower court that rejected the claim of an expatriate for 25 percent share in the company of his sponsor following his death.
The claim was filed based on bank cheques and vouchers issued by the late sponsor to help the expatriate who arranged for him to marry his close relative.
Financial help from the family of the sponsor to the expatriate continued for several years even after the death of the sponsor and during his presence in the home country.
The expatriate collected all receipts, remittances and other documents showing transactions of money by the sponsor to prove his 25 percent ownership in the company, Al Raya reported yesterday.
He also tried to convince the court that the money given by the sponsor and his family to him was not donation but was from the profit of the company that he was receiving.
He claimed that his name was not included in the commercial registration document of the company intentionally although he invested in the company and is also its real partner.
He also told the court that he was getting the benefits from the company until 2000 and was making claims for the remaining benefits which dated from 2001.
The court had referred the case to a financial expert who found after investigation that all the financial documents submitted by the expatriate for his claims of ownership were forged and some were dated before the company was established.
Based on the report of the expert and testimonies of the partners mentioned in the registered document of the company, the court found that the expatriate could not produce enough evidence for his claim, therefore the court ruled against him.
The Peninsula
