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We first review the details of your situation and identify its type — family, personal status, commercial or labor — and give you an accurate assessment before taking any action.
The duration depends on the type of case, the required procedures and the competent judicial authority. After studying your file, we give you a clear and transparent estimate.
Yes. We provide detailed Sharia and regulatory consultations that help you make the right decision before taking any official action.
In many cases — especially family cases — we work to reach an amicable solution that protects rights and saves the client time and costs before resorting to litigation.
Yes. We represent you before judicial and government authorities and complete all required procedures, with regular reports and follow-up until the case is concluded.
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This is one of the most common questions about registering business establishments in Saudi Arabia, since there are several types of establishments. To find out the type of the establishment you want to activate, first go to its commercial registration through the ministry's website and look up its information. Then, among the categories on the site, look for the establishment account service; once you click it, all the information about your establishment will appear, including its type, which is determined by the commercial activity carried out in it. Note that an application to register an establishment in Saudi Arabia cannot be submitted without specifying the type of the business establishment.
Many establishment owners in Saudi Arabia wish to cancel the accounts of their establishments after they have become active. This requires a number of important steps set out by the Saudi legislator. First, go to the 'Cancel Establishment Account' service on the designated website through the Najiz portal; your active establishment will appear in your account, and on the same page you can cancel it and it will be deactivated immediately. If, on the other hand, the establishment is activated under another person's name rather than your own, you simply complete the cancellation request as usual by filling in the required data, and the designated team will study your request and reply with approval or rejection.
Creating an establishment account is very useful, as it lets you carry out a range of matters electronically and instantly. Among the most notable services is inquiring about all cases and enforcement requests registered under your establishment's name in the courts of the Ministry of Justice in Saudi Arabia. You can also inquire about establishments issued under your name or your establishment's name, view all their information and amend it when necessary, inquire about real estate registered in your name, and submit requests to cancel or reactivate establishments as you wish. Overall, this service is essential and will greatly help you manage your establishments effortlessly with a single click — and most of the services are free and easy to use.
A frequently asked question among establishment owners in Saudi Arabia is how long it takes to review and approve an account activation request. Despite the lengthy steps described above, reviewing and approving an establishment account activation request does not take long; it has been set at a maximum of two working days, depending on the establishment's status and the type of request. Such procedures are generally handled quickly given their importance to companies' commercial activity, so if you submit a request to reactivate an establishment or a similar request, you will receive a reply — approval or rejection — within two days at most from the date of submission, excluding holidays.
Establishments are created by the official owner or a designated representative who manages all their business, which raises legal questions. One of the most important is who has the right to activate the establishment account. The answer is that the appointed statutory representative is responsible for activating the account, and must be named in the establishment's official documents. An agent may also, by force of law, make amendments, submit requests and take any other step relating to the establishment, provided the power of attorney is legally executed and not merely verbal. The statutory representative or the agent may also use all the electronic services mentioned in the previous answers.
A very common question about business establishments in Saudi Arabia concerns the validity period of the establishment's statutory representative and whether the system can cancel it. The answer is as follows: the account activated by the statutory representative is valid for one full year from the date of activation. As for an agent's activated account, the period depends on the validity of the power of attorney, which the parties themselves control; there is therefore no fixed general period, and it depends on how long the power of attorney remains valid.
One of the most complex questions about controlling an establishment is whether a statutory representative who is not Saudi has the right to exercise the establishment's powers and act on or amend them as needed. The answer is yes: as the legal representative of the establishment, he has every right to exercise its powers, including representing it before the courts if it faces a problem. His nationality does not matter at all; what matters is that the power of attorney granted to him is valid and in force, giving him full right to represent the establishment and carry out all related business, including using all the services available within it.
Among the most frequently asked questions about establishments in Saudi Arabia are those concerning administration, notably whether a non-Saudi company manager has the right to the establishment account — that is, to use all its services — provided he is registered in the company's record as manager. The answer is clear: since he is legally registered in the company's commercial register, he has full entitlement to carry out all related business, whether he is Saudi or of any other nationality. What matters is that he has the legal right to manage it, and this right automatically allows him to carry out all administrative work relating to the establishment, including activating or cancelling it as necessary and doing anything connected with the establishment.
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Lawyers ask many questions about licenses, and a common one is whether they may plead when their license has expired or is being renewed. Under Saudi law, a license and card are automatically and completely cancelled when their validity ends or when they are struck off the roll, or they remain suspended — particularly when the name is transferred to the roll of non-practicing lawyers — provided their term has not ended. In the case described, the license remains suspended until it is renewed, after which it becomes valid again and the lawyer may use it to plead in court as usual; otherwise it stays suspended until renewal.
Practicing law has never been easy, which is why the Saudi legislator has introduced many updates to advance the profession and develop lawyers' skills. One highly effective program is the recent decision on 100 training hours allocated to trainee lawyers to obtain a law license. A common question is whether this decision covers all lawyers. The answer is that the 100-hour training project will, once in force, cover everyone registered in the trainees' record under the Law of Practice; so as a trainee lawyer you will be subject to it in order to obtain a license to practice as a trainee lawyer, which will give you the right to plead.
If you are a lawyer in Saudi Arabia who has gone through the process to obtain a law license, you may be wondering how to obtain it. A frequently repeated question is how to get the trainee certificate after the application is accepted and the license issued. It is very simple: go to the Najiz portal, where you can view your training certificate and print it by clicking the judicial licenses icon on the site. If you face a technical problem, call the unified number designated for this purpose, which you will also find on the site. Alternatively, through the Najiz portal you can create a request containing an inquiry or complaint explaining the problem you faced when requesting the certificate.
Following the developments in the lawyers' system in Saudi Arabia, practicing law has become subject to many conditions aimed at advancing the profession. Many questions arise from problems some lawyers face, most notably names not being listed, leading to the question of the correct action when a lawyer's name does not appear in the inquiry service on the ministry's portal. If you are an accredited lawyer facing this problem, go to the designated website — Najiz — open the relevant section, and create a complaint or inquiry request describing the problem. You will receive a solution once the site's specialists review your issue, and you will be informed of all the steps you need to take.
The Ministry of Justice in Saudi Arabia issues various licenses for specific purposes, and people often ask what the statutory representative license is. Simply put, it is a license issued by the Ministry of Justice titled 'License to plead on behalf of a legal entity'. It includes the statutory representative's full name, ID, expiry date, the name of the legal entity and the license date, and may contain other additional information. The statutory representative must carry it when practicing in order to prove his legal capacity.
Law is a profession many people aspire to, especially young people in Saudi Arabia who hope to plead before the courts and defend people's rights, so there are many questions about how to study it. If you aspire to become a lawyer, you must obtain a bachelor's degree in Islamic Sharia, law, or regulations (systems). Note that no other majors are accepted, regardless of your bachelor's degree, so make sure to enroll in one of these majors so that you can become a lawyer in the future.
A law license, like any other license in Saudi Arabia, has a start date and an expiry date, after which it is no longer valid and must be renewed so that the lawyer can continue practicing properly and lawfully. The Saudi law clearly specifies this period: a lawyer whose license is expiring must submit a renewal request at least three months before the expiry date stated on it, so that his practice is not affected and he does not have to stop working while awaiting the new license.
One of the most common questions about the legal profession is the conditions for obtaining a license. They are as follows: the applicant must be a Saudi national (non-Saudis may also practice law as permitted); must hold a degree from a Sharia college or a bachelor's degree in regulations from a Saudi university, or an equivalent qualification from abroad (the Diploma in Regulations from the Institute of Public Administration is also accepted); must have at least two years of experience in legal practice, or one year for master's degree holders; must be of good conduct and reputation; must not have served a prison sentence or been convicted of certain crimes; and must reside in the Kingdom.
Among those interested in practicing law in Saudi Arabia, a frequently repeated question is which diploma allows a person to apply for a lawyer's license and plead before the courts like any other lawyer. Saudi law has answered this clearly: no certificate of any kind is accepted as an academic qualification for registration on the roll of lawyers except the Higher Diploma in Regulations Administration from the Institute of Public Administration, and a bachelor's degree in law or Sharia from Saudi universities. Any other certificate or diploma outside this scope is not recognized and does not entitle you to apply.
Notarization is closely linked to the legal profession and also requires many conditions to be practiced lawfully in Saudi Arabia; if any condition is missing, the application is void. Like the legal profession, it requires a set of licenses so that your practice is legally valid and you avoid problems later. A frequently asked question is whether a notary license requires a letter from the ministry to a health center. The answer is yes: one of the basic conditions is attaching a medical examination from a government hospital. This condition cannot be skipped, but it is very easy and inexpensive.
Notarization raises many inquiries, especially from those wishing to practice it and from students of Sharia and law in Saudi Arabia, particularly regarding costs. Practicing notarization, in the Kingdom and in most parts of the world, is generally less costly in terms of application fees and the like. A common question is whether there are fees on licenses issued to notaries in Saudi Arabia and whether they are annual or paid only once in one's career. The Saudi legislator has explicitly stated that there are annual fees which the notary must pay every year when the license is issued.
Yes. Costs for struck-off or dismissed lawsuits, if you wish to have them reconsidered, are estimated at 25% of the costs of the first hearing, and the plaintiff bears the additional costs even if judgment is in his favor.
Whoever is liable for the costs may object to the assessment within fifteen days from the date of notification.
Non-payment of costs does not affect registering the claim or deciding the lawsuit in all first-instance courts. For cassation and reconsideration petitions, however, a period of thirty days is granted to pay the costs; otherwise the right to the petition lapses and the judgment becomes final.
If you object to the amount, whoever is liable for the costs may object within fifteen days from the date of notification. Note that the judicial costs payment instrument is an enforceable instrument collected in accordance with the implementing regulations.