Okaz/Saudi Gazette
JEDDAH — The Administrative Courtroom in Jeddah rejected a college professor’s request to terminate his contract with a lawyer and ordered the educational to pay the price arrears of the legislation agency, amounting to SR80000.
In accordance with the courtroom ruling, the educational filed an administrative lawsuit towards a college, and signed a contract with the legislation agency to pay price amounting to SR160000, of which he delivered a down cost of fifty p.c. Throughout the litigation periods, the educational determined to drop his lawsuit and waive it after reaching settlement with the college administration.
The tutorial wished to doc his choice to drop the lawsuit. Accompanied by his lawyer, he appeared earlier than the Administrative Courtroom, to ratify dropping of his lawsuit towards the college.
Subsequently, the lawyer’s workplace demanded cost of the remainder of his charges in accordance with the provisions of the contract signed between the 2 events. However the educational refused to pay the price arrears, below the pretext that he had waived his declare. This prompted the lawyer to file a lawsuit, in search of the cost of half of the charges in accordance with the contract concluded between the 2 events.
The tutorial argued earlier than the courtroom that the legislation agency didn’t take the required care in his case, other than his choice to waive the lawsuit. He additionally requested the courtroom to terminate his contract with the lawyer following the amicable settlement of the case. The tutorial additionally demanded the courtroom to order the refunding of the advance cost that he made to the legislation agency.
The courtroom examined the case file and provisions of the contract concluded between the 2 events, and what was stipulated within the contract relating to the lawyer’s charges. It was stipulated within the contract that the lawyer deserves the total charges agreed upon within the occasion of canceling the facility of lawyer issued to him or handing over the case to a different celebration, which implies that his waiver of the lawsuit is tantamount to cancellation of the facility of lawyer.
The Administrative Courtroom dominated that the educational ought to pay the total price in keeping with the contract concluded between them, amounting to SR160000, and he ought to pay the remaining quantity of SR80000.