
Shura Council approves draft law establishing Investment and Trade Court
The Peninsula
Doha: The Shura Council held its regular weekly meeting on Monday, under the chairmanship of the Speaker HE Ahmed bin Abdullah bin Zaid Al Mahmoud, via video conference at the Council's headquarters.
At the outset of the meeting, the Shura Council discussed a draft law on mediation in settling civil and commercial disputes, which consists of 32 articles and defines mediation agreements in which its provisions apply, the procedures and methods for mediation and the conditions that must be met by the mediator, the procedures for stopping the lawsuit in court if the parties agree to settle the dispute through mediation, and the procedures for the settlement agreement. After discussion, the Council decided to refer the draft law to the Legal and Legislative Affairs Committee for study and submit a report on it to the Council. The Shura Council reviewed the report of the Legal and Legislative Affairs Committee on the draft law establishing the investment and trade court.More Related News