Khalid Ajaji
Judge Khalid Hassan Ajaji is a distinguished senior member of the Bahraini judiciary, currently serving as Deputy Judge at the Court of Cassation and as a member of the Supreme Judicial Council. With over four decades of judicial service, he brings extensive experience in both adjudication and alternative dispute resolution, with particular expertise in complex commercial disputes and arbitration.
Born in 1962, Judge Ajaji earned a Bachelor’s degree in Law with high honors from the United Arab Emirates University in 1984. He began his legal career at the Ministry of Justice, serving first as a notary and later as a legal researcher. His judicial service commenced in 1989, and he has since presided across all levels of the Kingdom’s civil and commercial courts. His appointments include Judge at the Lower Civil Court and the High Civil Court, President of the High Civil Court, and Judge at the High Court of Appeal, where he was later appointed President. In 2016, he was appointed Judge at the Court of Cassation, and in 2019 he assumed his current position as Deputy Judge at the Court.
Judge Ajaji has completed mediation skills training and training-of-trainers programs provided by the American Bar Association (ABA), and has participated in mediation training programs in the Bahrain, Jordan, and Oman.
Since 2010, Judge Ajaji has served as a deputized judge at the Bahrain Chamber for Dispute Resolution (BCDR), where he is also the designated judge to hear applications for interim measures. He has also chaired the Arbitration Panel at the Bahrain Stock Exchange.
Beyond his judicial roles, Judge Ajaji held senior executive positions within the Ministry of Justice, serving as Assistant Undersecretary of the Ministry for Courts and Notarization Affairs (2006-2010) and as delegated Undersecretary for Justice Affairs (2010-2015). He has contributed to national legal development as a member of the committee that drafted the Commercial Companies Law, and as a long-serving member of the Higher Committee on Supervision of the Fairness of Referendums and Council Member Elections.