Kuwait: Litigation, Mediation & Arbitration

Bahrain has recently enacted Law No. 9 of 2024 concerning the Bahrain International Commercial Court (BICC), establishing it as an independent legal entity under the oversight of the Minister of Justice. This new court is designed to handle a broad range of disputes with a focus on international commercial matters and arbitration-related issues.

There are certain factors that a party must evaluate in the early stages of claim preparation as the process can often be considerably time-consuming and expensive.

For many years, whether disputes based on distribution agreements may be submitted to arbitration was an unsettled matter in Kuwait.