“The announcement of significant judicial reforms to be enacted in 2021 could be similar to the UAE, which has a dual legal system of European-style civil law and sharia. Civil courts hear most cases, including commercial disputes, while sharia courts retain jurisdiction over personal status issues but operate under the constraints of codified personal status and civil transactions laws.”
–Albright Stonebridge Group comments on the groundbreaking announcement Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman introducing four draft laws – the Personal Status Law, the Civil Transactions Law, the Penal Code for Discretionary Sanctions, and the Law of Evidence – as part of a “new wave of judicial reforms in the Kingdom.” [Albright Stonebridge Group]
