BD4.5 million guarantee ruling over payment delays overturned
The ruling quashed a decision that had required a guarantor for a company supplying and installing water filters to cover the sum owed to another firm after the supplier failed to meet its contract.
The court stated: 'A guarantee must be read in its narrowest sense, in favour of the guarantor. The respondent company delayed payments, affecting the guarantee's standing.'
The dispute arose when the respondent firm filed a claim against the appellant in the High Civil Court, demanding BD4.5 million, BD10,000 in damages, and BD1,500 in expert fees.
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It argued that, under a joint guarantee, the appellant had vouched for the supplier's commitment and proper execution of a deal to provide four water filter production lines for $21 million, of which $20 million had already been paid.
As the supplier failed to meet its obligations, the GCC Commercial Arbitration Centre ordered it to pay $11.6 million, which matched the amount being claimed in court.
The appellant, however, refused to settle the shortfall, arguing that the contract terms had not been met.
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