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Gulf Insider
24-02-2025
- Business
- Gulf Insider
Bahrain: Director Fined for Selling Investor's Film Without Permission
A director who sold a film without his investor's sayso and took the earnings for himself has been ordered to pay BD8,000. The ruling, handed down by the High Civil Court, found that he had broken his contract by screening the film without permission and selling it to an airline, cutting the investor out of any returns. The court held the director fully responsible and ordered him to cover legal costs as well. Case The case was built around a deal that, on paper, was clearcut. Lawyer Ibtisam Al Sabbagh, speaking for the investor, said her client had signed an agreement with the second defendant, setting out the terms for producing the film. The investor handed over BD32,000 in three cheques, and the first defendant — the director — signed off on receiving the funds the same day. Arrangement The arrangement was later formalised. The contract required the director, working through his agent, to make, direct and sell the film within three months of being paid. The plan was to offload the film before the final cut, ensuring a return of at least 120 per cent on the investment. Sum If that didn't happen, the director was to return every dinar and pay out an added 120 per cent, a sum that would have totalled BD38,400. Full rights to the film, free of any conditions, were also meant to go to the investor. But things didn't go as written. After the film was completed, the director and his agent stalled on selling it, dragging the process out for more than a year and a half.
Gulf Insider
05-02-2025
- Gulf Insider
Bahrain: Muslim Convert Granted Divorce by High Sharia Court After 10-Year Separation
The High Sharia Court has granted a divorce to a woman who converted to Islam after a 10-year separation from her Christian husband. The woman, an Asian national, had been married to her husband for 16 years under a marriage contract issued in their home country. According to her lawyer, Ibtisam Al Sabbagh, the relationship broke down in 2014, with no contact between the couple since. The woman moved to Bahrain in 2017. The pivotal point in the case, however, was the woman's conversion to Islam, confirmed by a certificate issued by the Ministry of Justice, Islamic Affairs and Endowments. This conversion, coupled with the prolonged separation and the Islamic prohibition against Muslim women marrying non-Muslim men, formed the basis of her divorce petition. The court's judgment pointed to the Islamic principle that a marriage contract can be annulled due to a huge impediment arising after the marriage.
Daily Tribune
05-02-2025
- Daily Tribune
Muslim convert granted divorce by High Sharia Court after 10-year separation
The High Sharia Court has granted a divorce to a woman who converted to Islam after a 10-year separation from her Christian husband. The woman, an Asian national, had been married to her husband for 16 years under a marriage contract issued in their home country. According to her lawyer, Ibtisam Al Sabbagh, the relationship broke down in 2014, with no contact between the couple since. The woman moved to Bahrain in 2017. The pivotal point in the case, however, was the woman's conversion to Islam, confirmed by a certificate issued by the Ministry of Justice, Islamic Affairs and Endowments. This conversion, coupled with the prolonged separation and the Islamic prohibition against Muslim women marrying non-Muslim men, formed the basis of her divorce petition. The court's judgment pointed to the Islamic principle that a marriage contract can be annulled due to a huge impediment arising after the marriage.
