Legal Advice Qatar

 Legally executable agreements are contracts.  All agreements may not be legally valid.  So drafting an agreement in tune with the laws of each jurisdiction is very important.  Business men are entering into several agreements with their counter part as a part of day to day business.  Terms and conditions in a quotation and offer of service act as the basic agreement of the business.   We have experience in drafting various business agreements in Qatar such as Article of Association, Memorandum of Association, Memorandum of Understanding, Lease contracts, Debt Settlement contracts, partnership contracts, Construction Contracts, settlement contracts, sale and purchase contracts, drafting of wills and such other contracts related to business and personal property.  Our team includes experienced Lawyers in Qatar handling Arabic and English Languages. 

The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Arbitration and Mediation Rules, Qatar Law No 2 of 2017 issuing the Arbitration Law in Civil and Commercial Matters enables the parties to opt for domestic and international arbitration in Qatar.  International Court and Disputes Resolution Center (QICDRC) in Qatar is a Competent Court for adjudication of disputes related to civil and commercial matters.  The disputes related FIDIC contracts, other construction contracts, commercial agreements and such contracts wherein the parties had opted for mediation or arbitration can initiate the proceedings in Qatar as per the applicable rules.  The parties opted for ICC Rules can approach Qatar International Center for Conciliation and Arbitration. The venue of arbitration can be QICDRC in QFC if the parties opted for it as per Qatar Law No 2 of 2017. The amended ICC Rules 2017 the arbitration and mediation became more cost effective providing faster remedies to the di...

The disputes between landlord and tenant with regard to the commercial or residential building are resolved at the Rental Dispute Resolution Committee in Qatar.  This committee is resolving the rental disputes under Law No.4 of 2008 regarding property leasing.   As per Article 15 of Law No.4 of 2008 a lease deed shall be terminated at the end of the term specified in the agreement.  Moreover Article 582 of Law No.22 of 2004 regarding Promulgating he Civil Code says that  Lease is a contract under which the landlord enables the tenant to benefit from a particular item for a fixed period of time in return for a financial compensation.  So it is clear from these provisions of law that the lease contract is confined by time.  It is worth noting Article 625 Civil Law that the lease shall terminate upon the expiry of its term as stated therein without notice to vacate, unless it is agreed to extend the lease for a fixed or other term if no specif...

In the business transactions in Qatar it is a usual practice to deliver service and goods without advance payment.  This practice is widely accepted in the international business world as well. While delivering services and goods the parties will enter into contracts for ensuring the service or delivery of goods and also for securing payments in time.  The methods accepted for securing payment in this transaction is  1. Cheque  2. Invoice  The normal way of completion of the terms of contract or understanding between the parties is delivery of the goods and services and payment within the stipulated time. Once the goods or services is delivered satisfactorily the payment shall be cleared as agreed. The delayed payment turns to bad debt and the collection bad debt is the major issues faced by the business world.   As per the law of Qatar, the legal remedy for collection of of bad debt include civil and criminal procedures.  More specifically if cheque i...

The government agencies and authorities in Europe prescrbe true copy attestation or certification by a Lawyer for the Documents such as affidavit, power of attorney executed in other Countries like Qatar or other jurisdictions.  This attestation or certification will be as prescribed by the concerned authorities that receive the particular document.  In the event of executing an affidavit or power of attorney by a foreigner in Qatar he/she can execute the document in front of a Lawyer in Qatar and later on it can be legalized in their jurisdiction.  Thus such documents will be a valid document as per the law of their home jurisdiction. This attestation/ certification service can be used for education certificates, marriage certificates, declarations, authorizations, power of attorney, affidavits and such other documents. The acceptance of such documents will be exclusively the jurisdiction of the authorities in the concerned countries. The sworn affidavit, vakala...

In the commercial and personal transactions the usage of cheques for banking requirements is a common practice in Qatar, like any other developed country.  The issuer of the cheque, handing over the signed cheque to the payee with the assurance that the cheque will be honored on presentation of the same in his bank. If the payer has sufficient balance in his account on presentation of the cheque for collection, the cheque will be honored and the payee will get his fund.  However if the cheque is returned for insufficiency of fund, then the payer is liable for prosecution as per the laws in Qatar. The payee with returned cheques in his hand is left with the remedy to approach the cheque case division of the prosecution for punishing the accused as per law.  On registering the cheque case the accused person (signatory of the cheque) will get a travel ban.  The accused will be punished with jail on finding guilty of the offences.  Here the civil case for recov...