QFC 0010/2023, [2023] QIC (F) 34
Manwara Begum and others v Gulf Insurance Group BSC
Type
Case
Court
Qatar Financial Centre - Court of First Instance
Jurisdiction
Qatar Financial Centre
Taxonomy
Civil Courts, Jurisdiction & Choice of Law, Claims Involving Fatalities, Children & Mentally Incapacitated Claimants, Road Transport, Insurance Claims & Payments
Decision date
30 Jul 2023
Panel
Justice Dr Rashid Al-Anezi, Justice Fritz Brand and Justice Yongjian Zhang
Catchwords
Road Traffic Accident - Insurance Claim - Claimants Outside Qatar - Death - Court - Jurisdiction
The original dispute involved a claim by the heirs of a man (who were resident in Bangladesh) against an insurance company based in the QFC after the death of the man who had been supporting them in a car accident where the car owner lived in Qatar. A key issue was whether the QFC had jurisdiction as the claimants did not reside in Qatar or the QFC.