The Egyptian judiciary has set a hearing for September 6 to hear Mohamed Salah in a lawsuit demanding fees for legal work that a lawyer said he had done on his behalf.
The Civil Circuit of the New Cairo Primary Court in Egypt has set a hearing for September 6, 2026, for Mohamed Salah, captain of the Egyptian national team and player of the Turkish club Trabzonspor, to appear in person before the court to take the decisive oath in a lawsuit related to a claim for legal fees.
The lawsuit, numbered 7826 of 2025, is a civil case filed by lawyer Amr Faragallah Morsi Abdel-Tawab, who is demanding that the player be obligated to pay financial dues for legal, administrative, and consulting work that he said he provided to him during previous years.
The court required Mohamed Salah to take a decisive oath regarding the lawyer’s denial of the legal and administrative work mentioned in the lawsuit, as well as the denial of any financial amounts or fees due to him for that work.
The court noted that if a player fails to take the oath or refuses to take it without a legal justification, he will be considered to have renegeed on it, which entails the legal consequences stipulated by law in this case.
The court decided to postpone ruling on expenses and attorney fees until the dispute is resolved definitively.
The case dates back to a lawsuit filed by the lawyer in September 2025, in which he demanded that Mohamed Salah be obligated to pay the fees that he said were due to him for legal and administrative work, consultations and court files that he had undertaken on behalf of the player.
He also demanded financial compensation for material and moral damages that he said he suffered as a result of not receiving his dues, in addition to the expenses he incurred while carrying out the work in dispute.
The claims also included compensation for damages that the plaintiff said had affected his professional standing and reputation as a lawyer, leaving the determination of the amount of compensation to the court.
According to the documents submitted to the court, the lawyer relied on a general power of attorney issued in 2012, which he said granted him the authority to directly conduct legal proceedings and actions related to Mohamed Salah.
He noted that the power of attorney remained in effect until August 2025, when he was notified of his resignation from representing the player.
In the context of the dispute over the extent of 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 a disputed fact between the two parties to the lawsuit.
The court explained that the decisive oath is directed by one party to the dispute to appeal to the other party’s conscience regarding a specific incident, and that its effect is limited to the incident to which it pertains.
