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Case Summary: Supreme Court (Labour Circuit) Contestation 64/2016 (Objection to Court Jurisdiction Over Dispute Subject to Arbitration Clause)

Post author By [email protected]
Post date October 19, 2016

In a contractual dispute over rent payments, the Supreme Court held that the Court of Appeal in Sohar cannot, at its own initiative, set aside the judgment of the Primary Court in Suwaiq on the basis that the court has no jurisdiction due to the existence of an arbitration clause in the contract if none of the parties to the dispute raised this as a defence.

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Case Summary: Supreme Court (Commercial Circuit) Contestation 30/2015 (Conditions for Issuing a Travel Ban)

Post author By Raghd Al-Hosni
Post date December 16, 2015

The Supreme Court confirmed that all the conditions under article 427 of the Civil and Commercial Procedures Law must be met for a travel ban to be valid.

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Case Summary: Supreme Court (Commercial Circuit) Contestation 288/2014 (Liability of Shareholders in a Limited Liability Companies)

Post author By Noor Al-Rajhi
Post date December 4, 2014

The Supreme Court held that a shareholder in a limited liability company cannot be personally liable for the contractual obligations of the company.

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Case Summary: Supreme Court (Civil Circuit B) Contestation 582/2014 (Mistake in the Identity of a Claimant in a Civil Lawsuit)

Post author By mohtai
Post date January 5, 2014

The Supreme Court held that a civil lawsuit made directly by the Indian Embassy in Muscat on behalf of Indian nationals is still valid, even though the Indian Embassy in Muscat had no legal standing in the case, because the embassy was authorised by law and by the evidence presented to the court to represent these Indian nationals.

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Case Summary: Supreme Court (Civil Circuit C) Contestation 501/2012 (Liability for Defamation by Distributing Arrest Warrants)

Post author By Wedd Al-Zadjali
Post date December 23, 2012

The Supreme Court held that a creditor who distributes copies of an arrest warrant issued against a debtor to the public commits a tortious act that warrants compensation for damage to reputation.

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Case Summary: Supreme Court (Civil Circuit A) Contestation 64/2012 (Exclusion of Insurance Coverage for Drunk Driving)

Post author By Nadine Al-Barwani
Post date December 17, 2012

The Supreme Court held that an insurer can refuse to provide compensation to an insured vehicle because the driver was convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol, in accordance with article 15(c) of the Vehicle Insurance Law.

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Case Summary: Supreme Court (Sharia Court Circuit) Contestation 59/2005 (Evidentiary Weight of Religious Fatwas)

Post author By Raghd Al-Hosni
Post date December 24, 2005

The Supreme Court held that a religious fatwa issued by the Grand Mufti is not binding on the judiciary because the objective of a religious fatwa is simply to respond to the query of the inquirer based on the facts they present.

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Case Summary: Supreme Court (Commercial Circuit) Contestation 156/2005 (Evidentiary Value of Commercial Books)

Post author By Badriya Al-Bulushi
Post date December 14, 2005

The Supreme Court held that regularly maintained commercial books constitute valid evidence for a merchant against an adversary merchant in disputes concerning commercial acts, even if the commercial books are created by the merchant relying on them.

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Legal Status of Israel Boycott Law

Post author By Riyadh Al-Balushi
Post date June 21, 1972

The Israel Boycott Law was never explicitly repealed, but legislative developments that took place in later years strongly suggest that this law is repealed as a matter of fact.

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