The Minister of Justice and Minister of State for the Council of Ministers Affairs, H E Dr. Issa bin Saad Al Jafali Al Nuaimi (centre), and Rashid bin Nasser Al Nuaimi, Chairman of the Qatar Lawyers Association, with other lawyers and officials at the ope
The Chairman of the Supreme Judiciary Council (SJC) and the President of the Court of Cassation, H E Dr Hassan Lahdan Al Mohannadi, has said that there are some draft laws which would be issued soon to expedite the litigation procedures, including in particular Trade Court Law and the Mediation Law in Civil and Commercial Disputes.
Speaking to the media persons on the sidelines the opening ceremony of the First Lawyers Forum organised by the Qatari Bar Association, yesterday, at Sheraton Hotel, H E Dr. Hassan Lahdan Al Mohannadi said that the draft laws will include innovative provisions and flexible procedures that meet the requirements of trade and investment in the country.
Al Mohannadi said the SJC had taken many measures within the framework of the supreme directives of Amir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani to achieve complete justice and develop judicial systems in line with developments at national and international levels.
His Excellency said that SJC has been working very hard in the recent period to develop the judicial system in line with the developments taking place in the State of Qatar in various fields and to achieve the Qatar National Vision 2030.
Al Mohannadi added that the SJC had set an integrated and comprehensive plan to develop the judicial system and achieve complete justice, based on several axes that start from a realistic diagnosis of the problems and challenges faced by justice systems.
He pointed out that the SJC, in its efforts to achieve complete justice, had developed electronic linking with many bodies and institutions within the framework of developing the justice system to achieve the necessary speed in implementing judicial rulings.
Al Mohannadi said that the SJC launched the Implementation Management within the framework of Law No. (3) of 2019 amending some provisions of the Civil and Commercial Procedures Law. He said that the SJC launched several initiatives to serve the litigants, such as launching the expenses fund, as well as cooperating with the Charity Authority to pay and settle the implementation of the rulings issued in small financial claims. Rashid Nasser Al Nuaimi, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Qatari Lawyers Association, emphasised that the association seeks to achieve complete justice in Qatar in cooperation with the institutions in the State and the relevant authorities.
He added that Qatar is moving forward towards achieving complete justice through the development of the legal profession and judicial facilities and many areas that achieve complete justice, noting that the forum discusses many topics, including the achievement of complete justice, challenges and solutions and challenges of the profession and the role of lawyers’ associations in achieving complete justice.
The First Lawyers Forum discussed yesterday the role of the judiciary in achieving complete justice, modern visions of litigation procedures in achieving complete justice, the role of the expert in achieving complete justice, and the role of the lawyer in achieving complete justice. The forum also discussed the experience of the Omani Lawyers Association and the experience of the Qatar Bar Association.
