Talhouni agrees to ACC's demand for specialised economic judicial chambers

AMMAN — Justice Minister Bassam Talhouni on Monday welcomed a request by the Amman Chamber of Commerce (ACC) to establish specialised economic judicial chambers in Jordanian courts. At a meeting with president and members of ACC at the ministry, Talhouni said establishing such a chamber at this time is urgent, especially after the increasing number of economic and financial cases. Such a measure is an important step to examine many commercial cases that have been in courts for long times, in addition to the fact that it would enhance justice principles, Talhouni added. The Jordanian commercial sector, the minister indicated, has several legal tools through which it can solve commercial disputes without referring to courts, such as dispute-settling by-law, arbitration and commercial mediation. ACC President Issa Murad praised government cooperation with the private sector, noting that ACC is the biggest commercial chamber in the Kingdom which includes 46,000 companies, constituting 80 per cent of the overall commercial and service activity in the country.