Representation before all courts, judicial bodies, institutions and ministries in Qatar.
The firm represents clients at every level of litigation in the State of Qatar, from the Court of First Instance through the Court of Appeal to the Court of Cassation, and before judicial circuits, committees, institutions and ministries. Civil and commercial proceedings are governed by the Civil and Commercial Procedure Law issued by Law No. 13 of 1990, applied alongside the substantive provisions of the Civil Code issued by Law No. 22 of 2004.
Our work begins before a claim is filed: assessing the client's legal position, examining the documents, correspondence and evidence, identifying limitation periods and the procedural deadlines that decide cases, and weighing settlement against litigation. Many disputes are in truth decided by the quality of preparation before the first hearing rather than by anything that happens after it.
We draft statements of claim, defence memoranda and counterclaims; apply for precautionary attachment and urgent interim relief; manage court-appointed experts and expert evidence; pursue appeal and cassation within the applicable time limits; and enforce judgments through the execution judge, including the enforcement of foreign judgments where the statutory conditions are met.
How we help
- Case assessment and strategy before filing
- Statements of claim, defences and counterclaims
- Precautionary attachment and urgent interim relief
- Management of court-appointed expert evidence
- Civil, commercial and contracting disputes
- Appeals and cassation proceedings
- Enforcement before the execution judge
- Enforcement of foreign judgments; court-supervised settlement
In Qatar
Civil and commercial claims in Qatar are governed by the Civil and Commercial Procedure Law (Law No. 13 of 1990) and heard through the court structure set out in the Law on the Judicial Authority (Law No. 10 of 2003): first instance, appeal, and the Court of Cassation, which reviews questions of law rather than re-hearing the facts.
Proceedings are conducted in Arabic. A document in another language is filed with an Arabic translation, and parties act through lawyers licensed in Qatar. A specialised Investment and Trade Court hears defined commercial and investment matters. Separately, entities within the Qatar Financial Centre may fall within the jurisdiction of the QFC Civil and Commercial Court, which applies its own English-language procedures; that is a distinct forum and not the general Qatari court system.
Two practical points decide many cases before the merits are reached. The first is time: contractual notice requirements and limitation periods extinguish good claims when they pass. The second is proof: the court decides on the documents and the expert evidence before it, so a claim is only as strong as the record assembled for it.