BCDR’s roster of neutrals for Section One cases - Bahrain Chamber for Dispute Resolution (BCDR)

26 February 2023

As previously reported, in order to expand the Bahrain Chamber for Dispute Resolution (“BCDR”) roster of neutrals in Section One cases, Resolution 134 of 2021 of the Minister of Justice, Islamic Affairs and Waqf established a selection committee tasked with reviewing applications and selecting roster members.

In accordance with Resolution 134, the selection committee is headed by BCDR’s CEO and further comprises two representatives of the Supreme Judicial Council, two representatives of the BCDR’s Board of Trustees, one representative of each of the Minister of Justice, of the Central Bank, of the Economic Development Board, and of the Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Resolution 134 also provides that the roster may include judges appointed by the Supreme Judicial Council as third members on Section One tribunals.

The selection committee invited interested and suitably-qualified individuals to submit their applications and supporting documents electronically no later than 15 October 2022.

Applicants were required to be professionals practicing in the fields of commercial disputes (including telecommunication disputes); conventional banking, finance, investment, and insurance disputes; Islamic banking and finance disputes; and construction and real estate disputes.

After several meetings of the selection committee and deliberation among its members, the following names have been added to the roster:

Dr. Aseel Zimmo
Dr. Yousif Abdulhady Al Ekiaby
Mr. Mirza Ibrahim Salman Al Marzouk
Ms. Eman Jaafar Hasan Al Aradi
Dr. Manaf Yousuf Hamza
Dr. AbdulAziz Bin Saïd Bin Abdullah Al Kuthairy
Mr. Majid Jawad Ibrahim Al Ras Romani
Mr. Ali Yousif Ali Mohamed Janahi
Dr. Abdulla Yousuf Taleb
Ms. Rasha Anwar Mohamed Al Balbisi
Mr. Hamza Mohamed Noor Al Zubair Mohamed Noor
Dr. Abdulkader Ghaleb Sultan
Ms. Nayla Naser Hamoud Mohamed Al Dokhi
Mr. David Lutran

The selection committee has also retained the following names from the previously established roster:

Mr. Ahmed Al Thukair
Ms. Elham Ali Hasan
Ms. Ameena Al Onaisi
Dr. Jameel Al Alawi
Mr. Husain Mahdy Al Kaidoum
Mr. Salman Issa Flayfel
Mr. Abbas Abdulmohsen Radhi
Dr. Zakariya Sultan Al Abbasi
Mr. Farid Ghazi
Mr. Salah Al Madfaa
Mr. Saad Al-Shamlan
Dr. Mohammed Redha Abu Hussain
Mr. Abdullah Abbas Habib Al Shamlawi
Mr. Ahmed Ourfali
Dr. Georges Affaki
Dr. Adnan Amkhan
Judge Fady Elias
Dr. Fathi Kemicha
Dr. Karim A. Youssef
Dr. Mohamed Abdel Raouf
Dr. Mohamed S. Abdel Wahab
Dr. Maan Bou Saber
Judge Mouhib Maamari
Mr. Karim Nassif
Mr. Alec Emmerson
Mr. John Gaffney
Mr. Jonathan Sutcliffe
Mr. Reza Mohtashami KC

In addition, the Supreme Judicial Council provided the selection committee with the following list of judges approved as third members on Section One tribunals:

Judge Fatema Faisal Hubail Mansour (President at the Grand Civil Court)
Judge May Sami Husain Matar (President at the Grand Civil Court)
Judge Hamad Ahmed Mohammed Al Souaidy (President at the Grand Civil Court)
Judge Dr. Jawaher Adel Abdulrahman (President at the Grand Civil Court)
Judge Dr. Riyad Mohamed Ibrahim Siyadi (Vice-President at the Grand Civil Court)

The selection committee will continue to review and update the roster as needed.