Qatari Courts and Foreign Arbitral Awards - The End of the Story?

Analysis

The Qatari Courts have in recent months issued a series of important judgments concerning the enforcement of arbitral awards in Qatar.

In the name of the Emir

In a much-commented on decision issued on 7 December 2013 (Decision No. 2216 of 2013), the Qatar Court of First Instance refused to enforce and simultaneously annulled an arbitration award rendered in ICC proceedings seated in Paris.