Sued for Reimbursement After Changing Mind About a Job

[NiX]

My question involves labor and employment law for the state of: South Africa

Hi

I have received a letter from a company suing me for losses on revenue in regards to an employment offer. I was offered a position at a company and said I will be signing the employment contract when i receive it (this was stated to a person at the company over skype) and send it back to the company in due time, however on receiving the employment contract i change my mind and decided to stay at my current employer as moving to a different state would have major financial implications on myself.

The company that i received the employment contract from is now suing me for lost of revenue as they signed a contract with another company i was suppose to be stationed at.

1. Does a skype conversation history hold up in a court of law?
2. I never signed the employment contract and gave them my reason as to why not, can they sue me for admin fees.?

Kind Regards
NiX

[eerelations]

This is a US law site. South African employment laws are completely different from US employment laws.

[PattyPA]

This site deals with U.S. Law only. To my knowledge, we have nobody here who knows anything about South African law, so don't be surprised if you don't get any responses.