The trial tier of the onshore courts. Labour disputes involving migrant workers, who make up the overwhelming majority of the workforce, are heard here and in the Labour Dispute Resolution Committees established in 2018 as part of the reforms that dismantled elements of the kafala system.
How the court is constituted
- Tier
- first instance
- Court type
- General first-instance court
- Jurisdiction
- First-instance civil, commercial, criminal, administrative, labour and family jurisdiction through specialised circuits.
- Seat
- Doha
- Established
- 2004
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