Qatar business dispute court sees 69% increase in lawsuits
Compared to the prior year, there were 69% more lawsuits submitted to the court in 2022. More than QAR 1 billion worth of cases were adjudicated by the Qatar International…
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PSG’s Al-Khelaifi fully acquitted of corruption charges for second time
The Qatari sports official was previously acquitted in 2020. The chairman of beIN Media Group Nasser Al-Khelaifi has been fully acquitted of charges of corruption for the second time by…
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Qatari national faces rape charges in London court
The Qatari media personnel allegedly attacked a woman at a million pound flat in London. A Qatari TV director has been accused of repeatedly raping a woman between 11 January…
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Qatar-Bahrain territorial dispute erupts online as ownership claims resurface on Twitter
Hawar Island and Al Zubarah fort have been at the centre of a historical territorial dispute between Bahrain and Qatar. A decades long territorial dispute between Qatar andBahrain has resurfaced…
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Accountant sues former employer in Qatar, after bounced cheque leads to holiday arrest
An Irish accountant, who was arrested in Portugal in 2017 because of a cheque that bounced in Qatar in 2014, is now seeking damages from his former employer.  Accountant Bernard…
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UN dismisses Qatar’s racial discrimination case against UAE
The court ruled that it has no jurisdiction over the case as it does not constitute ‘racial discrimination’. The United Nation’s highest court dismissed a 2018 case filed by Qatar…
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Qatar pleads before International Court of Justice in UAE racial discrimination case
On Monday, Qatar began a week of pleadings in The Hague, claiming that the United Arab Emirates has violated the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial…
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Qatar’s courts more crowded than ever
The number of court cases heard last year was up by about 7,000 (or 8 percent) from 2014, and 80,933 (about 80 percent) were resolved, according to the Supreme Judicial Council.
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Convicted murderer shouts at Qatar court that confession was coerced
Convicted murderer Badr Hashim al-Jabar said the re-enactment was filmed multiple times, and that the version played in court showed the prosecutor’s narrative, rather than his version of events.
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