Legal Framework
From The Report: Saudi Arabia 2025
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Saudi Arabia’s legal sector has undergone significant reform in recent years, reflecting the broader economic and institutional transformation under way as part of Vision 2030. The reform programme has focused on strengthening legal certainty, improving enforcement mechanisms and modernising institutions to support investment, commercial activity and long-term economic diversification. A central element of this process has been the codification of private law. The introduction of the Civil Transactions Law marked a major step towards establishing a unified framework governing contractual and civil relationships, providing clearer guidance on rights, obligations and remedies across commercial activity. Alongside this, the Evidence Law clarified evidentiary standards and procedures, contributing to greater consistency and predictability in dispute resolution. These reforms have strengthened confidence in contractual enforcement and reduced reliance on fragmented or discretionary interpretation.

This chapter contains a viewpoint with Abdulmohsen Aljamhor, Managing Partner, Aljamhor Law Company.

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