Sits outside the onshore hierarchy and applies QFC regulations and English common-law principles, with a bench drawn largely from senior Commonwealth judges. Its judgments are enforceable through the Qatari authorities. A contract inside the QFC perimeter is therefore governed by a different legal system from an otherwise identical contract onshore.
How the court is constituted
- Tier
- specialised
- Court type
- Common-law commercial court within a financial centre
- Jurisdiction
- Civil and commercial disputes involving Qatar Financial Centre entities, and any dispute the parties agree in writing to submit to it, applying QFC law based on the common law of England.
- Seat
- Doha
- Established
- 2009
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