INTRODUCTION & SCOPE OF APPLICATION The Council of Ministers adopted the Decision No. (18) of 2020 on the issuance of the Code of Transparency and Conduct of Public Employees (the “Code”). The Code applies to all civil public employees who work for Ministries, governmental authorities and public institutions. The Code is relied on and supported…
Understanding the Newley Issued Executive Regulations of The Investment of Foreign Capital Law
INTRODUCTION In January 2019, the Law on Investment of Foreign Capital in The Economic Activity (“Foreign Investment Law”) received the Emiri assent and came into force in February of the same year. The Foreign Investment Law introduced important provisions to attract Foreign Direct Investment (“FDI”) through granting major and highly scaled incentives to encourage the…
COVID – 19 UPDATES
COVID-19 Update – Easing Working Hours Measures as of Thursday 4th of June 2020 Since the outbreak of the epidemic of COVID-19, the State of Qatar has been gradually implementing number of precautionary measures that are different in terms of severity depending on the assessment of circumstances related to spreading COVID-19 throughout the State of…
The Qatari Railways
His Highness Shaikh/ Tamimi Bin Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani issued the Law No. (11) of 2020 regarding the Qatari Railways Since the establishment of the Qatar Railways Company as a joint stock company owned by the Steering Committee on the operation of rail, there has been an indispensable need for a complete law to…
COVID-19 UPDATES
The government is still exercising its utmost efforts to curb and combat the spread of COVID-19 throughout the Qatari community. During its latest meeting, the Council of Ministers took a set of important decisions to fight the COVID-19 and to stop the spread of the viral disease. The decisions include: 1. EHTERAZ App – Effective…
The Protection of Drawings and Industrial Designs
His Highness Shaikh Tamimi Bin Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani issued the Law No. (10) of 2020 regarding the Protection of Drawings and Industrial Designs. RECIPROCITY Article (2) of the Protection of Drawings and Industrial Designs Law (the “Law”) gives a greater attention and care to the international commitments entered into by the State of…
COVID-19 Update – Additional Government Measures
In an attempt to shield the light on the new measures taken by the government to fight the spread of COVID-19, we are trying to keep a close eye on the recent updated precautionary measures taken by the authorities in the State of Qatar to contain the spread of COVID-19 as announced by the relevant…
COVID-19 Update – Government Bans Gatherings & Provide Financial Facility
In an attempt to shield the light on the new measures taken by the government to fight the spread of COVID-19, we are trying to keep a close eye on the recent precautionary measures taken by the authorities in the State of Qatar to contain the spread of COVID-19 as announced by the Supreme Crisis…
COVID-19 Update – Additional Government Measures
In this new version of our regular law updates, we are trying to keep a close eye on the recent precautionary measures taken by the authorities in the State of Qatar to contain the spread of COVID-19. A. Committee Economic Measures On Sunday 15 March, 2020 His Highness the Emir Shaikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al…
COVID-19 Judicial Suspension
In line with the precautionary measures adopted by the authorities in Qatar to contain the spread of the Covid-19 virus in the country, the Supreme Judiciary Council decided today the closure of the Courts of First Instance, Courts of Appeal, Rental Disputes Committee and Labour Disputes Committee For a period of two weeks from Sunday,…