Saudi laws, judicial precedents, published judgments, judicial codifications and research in one place: a plain-language summary of each item, issue and amendment dates, and a direct link to the official source, in three languages.
The foundation of governance in the Kingdom: the sources and system of government, principles of society and the economy, rights and duties, and the authorities of the State.
Governs the composition, membership and powers of the Shura Council, including studying laws, regulations and treaties and giving its opinion on public policy.
Governs the composition of the Council of Ministers and its powers to set and oversee the State's domestic, foreign, financial and economic policy.
Governs the Kingdom's administrative division into regions, the powers of the regional emir, the regional council, and the administration of governorates and centres.
Governs the composition and procedures of the Allegiance Council and its role in choosing the Crown Prince under the Basic Law of Governance.
The Ministry answered that the objection period is thirty days, reduced to ten days in urgent matters.
Body: Ministry of Justice
The Ministry answered that the objection memo is filed with the circuit that issued the judgment, within the objection period.
Body: Ministry of Justice
The Ministry answered that the worker first applies to the labour office covering the workplace for an amicable settlement within 21 days; if settlement fails, the claim goes to the labour court.
Body: Ministry of Justice
The Ministry answered that the claim must be filed within twelve months of the end of the employment relationship; after that it is heard only with an excuse the court accepts or if the employer acknowledges the right.
Body: Ministry of Justice
The Ministry answered that if the husband has not registered the divorce, the divorced wife can file an electronic claim to prove the divorce before the personal status court.
Body: Ministry of Justice
The Ministry answered that it has not been abolished; it is a discretionary measure the enforcement judge may impose, decline to impose, or lift after imposing it.
Body: Ministry of Justice
The Ministry answered that bank accounts are enforced against by an attachment order for the amount of the debt, under Article 46 of the Enforcement Law.
Body: Ministry of Justice
The Ministry answered that Article 46 of the Enforcement Law provides for a travel ban on a defaulting debtor against whom enforcement is sought.
Body: Ministry of Justice
The Ministry answered that an oath cannot be taken by an agent; it is taken only by the person whose obligation is at issue.
Body: Ministry of Justice
The Ministry answered that more than one representative may act in the same case.
Body: Ministry of Justice
The Ministry answered that an istihkam deed is issued only by the court in whose area the property is located.
Body: Ministry of Justice
Which vehicles are available to foreign investors, what are the registration and incorporation steps, and which common mistakes delay the start of operations?
Since the Civil Transactions Law took effect, contracts in the Kingdom have a clear codified framework. What should you review in your agreements?
Speed, confidentiality and specialist expertise. When should you choose arbitration over the courts, and how do you draft a clause that does not become a dispute of its own?
Governs registering merchants and companies in the Commercial Register and the data that must be recorded and kept current, replacing the previous law.
The core law on private-sector employment, from signing the contract to its end, including wages, working hours, leave and end-of-service award.
The new investment framework: equal treatment of local and foreign investors, replacing the former Foreign Investment Law.
The Kingdom's first comprehensive civil code: contracts, obligations, liability for harm and property rights. It underpins every contractual relationship.
Governs the formation, management, governance, conversion, merger and liquidation of companies, replacing the Companies Law of 1437H.
Creates a title register for each property showing its boundaries, owners and the rights over it, so that the register is a reliable reference for proving ownership.
The Kingdom's first codification of family law: marriage, divorce, khula, custody, maintenance, wills and inheritance.
Sets out the means of proving rights before the courts and how to present them, including digital evidence.
Sets out individuals' rights over their personal data, the obligations of those who collect and process it, and the rules for transfers outside the Kingdom.
Publishes final commercial judgments of the commercial courts, courts of appeal and the Supreme Court's commercial circuit, and bankruptcy judgments, together with judicial laws and a glossary of judicial terms.
Publisher: Ministry of Justice
Defines the jurisdiction of the commercial courts and the procedure for disputes between merchants and companies, including electronic procedures.
Governs the franchisor–franchisee relationship: the pre-contract disclosure document, the agreement's content and the parties' rights on termination.
Regulates selling through online stores and platforms: merchant disclosure, consumer rights and online advertising.
Gives a distressed debtor statutory routes to settlement, financial reorganisation or liquidation while protecting creditors' rights.
The unified GCC trademark law applied in the Kingdom: what can be registered, the registration process, the term of protection and infringement.
Governs litigation procedure before the general courts, personal status courts and others: filing a claim, hearings, judgments and challenges.
Governs criminal cases from arrest and investigation to trial, and sets out the accused's safeguards, including the right to a lawyer.
Governs administrative claims before the Board of Grievances courts, including claims against government bodies and challenges to administrative decisions.
Governs enforcement of executory instruments such as judgments, cheques and promissory notes before the enforcement courts, and measures against a non-paying debtor.
Governs the arbitration agreement, the tribunal, the proceedings and the award, drawing on modern international commercial arbitration standards.
Regulates the legal profession in the Kingdom: licensing conditions and a lawyer's rights and duties toward the client and the court.
The principles established by the Kingdom's highest judicial bodies, in chronological order; the introductory book counts 2,322 principles and judicial notes.
Publisher: Issued in one volume in 1438H; introduced by a book listed by the Saudi Scientific Judicial Society (Qadha)
Annual codifications published by the Board of Grievances with selected administrative judgments and the principles they establish, available by year (Arabic).
Publisher: Board of Grievances
A published collection of judgments issued by the Kingdom's courts, arranged by subject, released by the Ministry of Justice (volume 1, PDF, Arabic).
Publisher: Ministry of Justice, Research Center
A Board of Grievances publication gathering the judicial precedents in its administrative judgments, announced in electronic and print editions.
Publisher: Board of Grievances
A study extracting the principles established by the Supreme Court's commercial circuit as general rules guiding the courts in similar disputes (Arabic).
Publisher: Sheikh Muhammad bin Hamad bin Uthaymeen; Saudi Scientific Judicial Society (Qadha)
The official source for the texts of Saudi laws and regulations and their amendments, with English translations of a number of laws.
Publisher: Bureau of Experts at the Council of Ministers
The official gazette where laws, decrees and decisions are published; the entry-into-force date of many laws runs from publication here.
Publisher: Official Gazette of the Kingdom
The Ministry's research and publications unit, including the published collections of judicial rulings (Arabic).
Publisher: Ministry of Justice
A publication that explains the Law of Procedure before Sharia Courts in an accessible way for practitioners and researchers (Arabic).
Publisher: Saudi Scientific Judicial Society (Qadha)
A paper in Qadha Journal on the regulatory development of commercial justice in the Kingdom (Arabic).
Publisher: Saudi Scientific Judicial Society (Qadha)
The most recent laws and amendments covered in the library, in date order.
What each law covers and who it matters to, without reading hundreds of articles.
Summaries in Arabic, English and Chinese, built for foreign investors and their teams.
Each law and codification links to its page at the Bureau of Experts or the competent judicial body.
Royal Decree number and date in Hijri and Gregorian, with key amendments on a timeline.
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