New batch of experts takes oath at Ministry of Justice

Experts act as judges’ assistants and form one of the core pillars of prompt justice

Doha: A new batch of experts took the legal oath at the Ministry of Justice on Wednesday as experts accredited before the judicial authorities in the country, in accordance with the regulations set forth in law No. (16) of 2017 regulating the expert work.

The experts were handed registration certificates to embark on their duties, after they were registered as experts on the roster with the Experts Department at the Ministry of Justice.

The new batch includes 12 experts from national cadres and experts in multiple specializations, including computational expertise, mechanical engineering, real estate appraisal, electrical engineering, maritime field, and food safety, in addition to translation and linguistic proofreading specialty which is debuted for the first time to be included in the roster of experts registered at the Ministry of Justice, constituting a new addition to the roster of experts, and meeting the demand in this field before the courts.

Commenting on this occasion, Director of the Experts Department at the Ministry of Justice Abdullah Bushahab Al Marri emphasized the importance of the role performed by the experts as judges’ assistants and one of the core pillars of prompt justice stemming from their legal responsibility in exposing the proofs and evidence with respect to the technical aspects related to a wide diversity of cases. He affirmed that expertise reports play a tremendous role in accelerating the issuance of rulings and adjudication.