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Expert Reports In Saudi Courts

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Saudi Arabia's Law of Evidence governs how courts appoint experts, define their missions, and weigh their technical opinions in disputes involving accounts, engineering, valuation, or specialized records. The framework establishes strict procedures for expert selection, report requirements, and mechanisms for parties to challenge findings through written questions and court review.

Saudi ArabiaLitigation, Mediation & Arbitration
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Expert Reports in Saudi Courts: Appointment, Contents, Challenge and Weight

When a dispute turns on accounts, engineering defects, valuation or technical records, the court may refer the technical question to an expert, and the expert’s report can shape the outcome. In Saudi Arabia this process is governed by the Law of Evidence, issued by Royal Decree No. (M/43) dated 26/5/1443H and in force according to the Bureau of Experts platform, which devotes Part Ten, Articles 110 to 124, to expertise. The Law is supplemented by the Procedural Guides of the Law of Evidence and by the Rules Regulating Expert Affairs before the Courts, both issued by Minister of Justice Decision No. (921) dated 16/3/1444H, published in the Official Gazette Umm Al-Qura on 3/4/1444H (28 October 2022), and in force according to the Ministry of Justice legal portal, which shows no amendment to either of them or to the Law itself. (The Arabic texts are the authoritative versions; the quotations below are

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