Major Reforms To The Law Of Execution

Decree Law 22/2021 Issuing the Execution Law in Civil and Commercial Matters (the "Execution Law") is a groundbreaking legal development in the Kingdom of Bahrain. The Execution Law aims to enhance the process by which creditors may enforce judgments or otherwise procure debtors' performance under an executable document. The Law has deferred further detail on the implementation of certain provisions to Ministerial Resolutions which were published within six months following the enactment of the Law, which came into force on 17 March 2022. By 17 February 2022, the Ministry of Justice Islamic Affairs and Endowments (the "Ministry") issued a total of ten Ministerial Resolutions (the "Resolutions") on various elements of the Execution Law. We address each of these in this legal update.