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Federal Supreme Court - Commercial Appeal No. 297 of 2024 on Appeal Timelines and Public Order

Status

In force

Issuing Authority

Federal Supreme Court

Effective date

XX.XX.XXXX

Official Link

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Session on Tuesday, May 7, 2024

Headed by Judge Al-Bashir Ibn Al-Hadi Zeitoun, "Head of the Department", with the membership of Judge Abdullah Boubaker Al-Siri and Judge Sabri Shams Al-Din Mohammed

 

(1-2) Appeal ‘Appeal against judgements: The reason why the legislature sets a time limit for appealing judgements.’ Public Law ‘The time limits for appealing judgements are a matter of general law.’

 

1. The setting of deadlines for appealing judgments is motivated by the legislator's desire for the swift resolution of disputes to ensure the stability of rights and legal positions. If there is a failure to observe them, it implies the loss of the right to appeal as it relates to public order. The occurrence of a force majeure event that prevents the party with the right to appeal from exercising it.

 

2. The appealed decision ruled that the right to appeal was forfeited because it was registered more than thirty days after the deadline and ignored the Appellant's assertion that he had submitted the appeal statement and all the registration documents in the system before the deadline and that...