Khaberni - The Egyptian judiciary has set a hearing on September 6th next to hear Mohamed Salah in a lawsuit demanding legal fees for legal work a lawyer claimed to have performed on his behalf.
The specialized civil circuit at the New Cairo Primary Court in Egypt scheduled the September 6, 2026 hearing for Mohamed Salah, the captain of the Egyptian national team and a player for Turkish club Trabzonspor, to personally appear in court to take a decisive oath in a lawsuit relating to a claim for attorney fees.
The lawsuit, numbered 7826 for the year 2025 civil plenary, was filed by lawyer Amr Farajallah Morsi Abdel Tawab who demands the player be compelled to pay financial dues for legal, administrative works and consultations he claimed he provided over the past years.
The court obliged Mohamed Salah to perform a decisive oath regarding denying the lawyer's performance of the mentioned legal and administrative works in the lawsuit, as well as denying any financial amounts or fees owed to him for those actions.
The court warned that failure of the player to attend the oath-taking or refusal to perform it without a legal justification will be considered as neglect, which entails legal consequences as determined by law in such cases.
The court decided to defer ruling on expenses and attorney fees until the dispute is finally resolved.
The case traces back to a lawsuit filed by the lawyer in September 2025, demanding that Mohamed Salah be compelled to pay the fees he claimed were due to him for legal, administrative works, consultations, and legal files he handled on behalf of the player.
He also demanded financial compensation for material and moral damages he claimed to have suffered as a result of not receiving his dues, in addition to the expenses he incurred while handling the disputed matters.
The demands also included compensation for damages that the claimant stated affected his professional standing and reputation as a lawyer, leaving the amount of compensation to be determined by the court.
Based on the documents submitted to the court, the lawyer relied on a general power of attorney in legal cases issued in 2012, which he claimed granted him the authority to conduct legal proceedings and matters relating to Mohamed Salah.
He indicated that the power of attorney remained effective until August 2025, when he was notified of his withdrawal from representing the player.
In the context of the dispute over the entitlement to fees, the lawyer requested that the decisive oath be directed to Mohamed Salah as one of the legal means used to resolve an incident in dispute between the parties to the lawsuit.
The court clarified that the decisive oath is directed from one party of the dispute to the other to appeal to his conscience in a specific incident, and its effect is limited to the incident it focused on.
