Established under the Commercial Courts Law of 2020, which introduced case-management timetables, electronic filing and mandatory mediation for many claims — a substantial procedural modernisation. Before 2020 commercial disputes went to the Board of Grievances, so older authority on forum should be treated with care.
How the court is constituted
- Tier
- specialised
- Court type
- Commercial court
- Jurisdiction
- Commercial disputes between traders, company and partnership disputes, insolvency, and intellectual-property and franchise matters.
- Seat
- Riyadh, Jeddah, Dammam and other centres
- Established
- 2020
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