Ministry of Justice organizes symposium on legal rules governing cheques

Doha, Qatar: Under the auspices and attendance of Minister of Justice and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs, HE Ibrahim bin Ali Al Mohannadi, the...

Doha, Qatar: Under the auspices and attendance of Minister of Justice and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs, HE Ibrahim bin Ali Al Mohannadi, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) on Sunday organized a legal symposium on the legal rules governing cheques: between legal effectiveness and economic and social impacts.

The event was attended by Attorney General HE Dr. Issa bin Saad Al Jafali Al Nuaimi, Cabinet Secretary-General HE Hamad bin Ahmed Al Muhannadi, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Justice, HE Saeed bin Abdullah Al Suwaidi, alongside Their Excellencies, Assistant Undersecretaries of Ministries, representatives of the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC), and directors of legal affairs departments in several ministries and government agencies.

It was intended to spotlight the cheques and their legal regulation, in addition to analyzing the advantages and disadvantages of criminal protection for checks, enhancing legal awareness regarding them, presenting alternatives and options for criminal protection of checks, and fostering dialogue and exchange of expertise among legal professionals on this matter.

In his opening remarks, Director of the MoJ's Legal and Judicial Studies Center, Dr. Abdullah Hamad Al Khalidi, stressed the importance of this symposium, which convened in-the-know specialists from the ministry, as well as the SJC and Public Prosecution, to weigh in on the legal takes on the legal rules governing cheques, after this topic had raised controversies in academic, professional, and societal circles alike, given the significant attention accorded by the Qatari legislator to this negotiable instrument.