Enforcement Of Arbitral Awards Under The Judicial Enforcement Law

It is well-known that the primary rule for enforcing both local and foreign arbitration awards in the State of Qatar is the ability to file a request for execution before the competent court after the expiration of the appeal period or the issuance of a ruling on the appeal, based on the provisions of Law No. 2 of 2017, issuing the Arbitration Law in Civil and Commercial Matters ("Arbitration Law"). However, the law also provided in the Civil and Commercial Procedure Law (Law No. 13 of 1990)("CCPL"), a separate law, guidelines for enforcing official documents, including local and foreign awards. This led to a practical duplication in the procedures that courts could follow for enforcing arbitration awards in general, especially foreign ones.