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ADGM Court Procedure Rules 2016
A reference record of ADGM Court Procedure Rules 2016, drawn from the instrument's own official text. It sets out how the law is organised — its Parts, its section count and its length — and links to the text itself. It does not interpret the law or offer advice on it.
At a glance
| Citation | ADGM Court Procedure Rules 2016 |
| Instrument type | ADGM Courts Procedure Rules |
| Enacted | 2016 |
| Jurisdiction | Abu Dhabi Global Market |
| Parts | 39 |
| Numbered sections | 320 |
| Chapters | 0 |
How ADGM Court Procedure Rules 2016 is organised
The 39 Parts below are the instrument's own divisions, in the order the official text sets them out.
| Part | Heading |
|---|---|
| Part 1 | Scope And Interpretation |
| Part 2 | General Powers Of Management |
| Part 3 | Court Documents |
| Part 4 | Service Of Documents |
| Part 5 | Commencement Of Proceedings |
| Part 6 | Defence And Reply |
| Part 7 | Parties And Group Litigation |
| Part 8 | General Rules About Applications For Court Orders |
| Part 9 | Summary Judgment |
| Part 10 | Interim Remedies |
| Part 11 | Security For Costs |
| Part 12 | Case Management |
| Part 13 | Disclosure And Inspection Of Documents |
| Part 14 | Evidence |
| Part 15 | Witnesses And Depositions |
| Part 16 | Evidence From Foreign Courts |
| Part 17 | Experts And Assessors |
| Part 18 | Offers To Settle |
| Part 19 | Discontinuance |
| Part 20 | Miscellaneous Provisions Relating To Hearings |
| Part 21 | Judgments And Orders |
| Part 22 | Damages |
| Part 23 | Change Of Lawyer |
| Part 24 | Fees And Costs |
| Part 25 | Appeals |
| Part 26 | Judicial Review |
| Part 27 | Arbitration |
| Part 28 | Court'S Power To Appoint A Receiver |
| Part 29 | General Rules About Enforcement Of Judgments And Orders |
| Part 30 | Orders To Obtain Information From Judgment Debtor |
| Part 31 | Third Party Debt Orders |
| Part 32 | Charging Orders, Stop Orders And Stop Notices |
| Part 33 | Applications In Relation To Contempt Of Court |
| Part 34 | Reciprocal Recognition And Enforcement Of Judgments Of Other Jurisdictions |
| Part 35 | Enforcement Of The Court'S Judgments |
| Part 36 | Court-Annexed Mediation |
| Part 37 | Small Claims Division |
| Part 38 | Employment Division |
| Part 39 | Writ Of Control |
What ADGM Court Procedure Rules 2016 covers, section by section
The 320 section headings below are the instrument's own, reproduced in its order. They are a map of the law, not a summary of it — for the wording of any article, read the official text.
- Citation and commencement
- Scope and objective
- Interpretation
- Court documents
- Forms
- Time
- Time limits
- The Court's general powers of management
- Striking out a statement of case
- Sanctions for non-payment of Court fees
- Non-compliance with these Rules
- Signature of documents
- Filing and sending documents
- Access to Court records
- Methods of service
- Personal service on an individual
- Places for service of the claim form
- Deemed time of service
- Service of documents by an alternative method or at an alternative place
- Power of the Court to dispense with service
- Certificate of service
- Address for service to be given after proceedings are started
- Notification of change of address
- Service of the claim form and other documents out of the Jurisdiction
- Notice of statement of grounds
- Service of Documents from Foreign Courts or Tribunals
- The claim form
- Service of a claim form
- Application by defendant for service of claim form
- Alternative Procedure for claims — Rule 30 Procedure
- Evidence under the alternative procedure
- Filing and serving written evidence under the alternative procedure
- Procedure where defendant objects to use of the Rule 30 procedure
- Modifications to the general rules
- Answering a claim
- Acknowledgment of service and consequence of not filing an acknowledgment of service
- Period for filing and serving acknowledgment of service
- Procedure for disputing the Court’s jurisdiction
- Default judgment
- Conditions to be satisfied
- Setting aside or varying default judgment
- Admissions
- Request for time to pay
- Filing and serving a defence
- Filing and serving a reply
- Extending the period for filing and serving a defence
- Claim stayed if not defended or admitted
- The defence
- Contents of defence
- Counterclaim
- Defendant's additional claim
- Amendments of statements of case
- Permission to amend statements of case
- Further information
- Parties — general
- Addition and substitution of parties
- Representative parties
- Power to make judgments binding on non-parties
- Derivative claims
- Derivative claims under the Companies Regulations
- Derivative claims — other bodies corporate
- Derivative claims arising in other proceedings
- Group Litigation Orders
- Application notices
- Service of application where application made without notice
- Applications to be disposed of without a hearing
- Dismissal of totally without merit application
- Grounds for summary judgment
- Evidence for the purpose of a summary judgment hearing
- Court's power when it determines a summary judgment application
- Orders for interim remedies
- Timing and other considerations for an order for an interim remedy
- Interim payments
- Powers of Court where it has made an order for interim payment
- Security for costs
- Security for costs of an appeal
- Directions
- Stay to allow for settlement of the case
- Case management conference
- Steps taken by the parties
- Variation of case management timetable
- Pre-trial checklist
- Setting a trial timetable
- Transfer of proceedings
- Scope of disclosure
- Order for disclosure
- Duties where further or specific disclosure required
- Order against a non-party
- Use of disclosed documents
- Right of inspection
- Failure to disclose or to permit inspection
- Power of the Court to control evidence
- Evidence of witnesses
- Witness statements
- Evidence in proceedings other than at trial
- Order for cross-examination
- Witness statements and exhibits
- Filing of witness statements and exhibits
- Witness summaries
- Consequences of failure to file or serve a witness statement or witness summary
- Cross-examination on a witness statement
- Use of witness statements for other purposes
- Availability of witness statements for inspection
- Affidavit evidence
- Who may take affidavits
- Filing of affidavits
- Affidavit made outside the jurisdiction
- Circumstances where affidavit required
- Notice to admit facts or part of the case
- Notice to admit or produce documents
- Notarial acts and instruments
- Notice of intention to rely on hearsay evidence
- When notice of intention to rely on hearsay evidence is not required
- Power to call witness for cross-examination on hearsay evidence
- Credibility
- Use of plans, photographs and models as evidence
- Evidence on a question of foreign law
- Evidence of consent of trustee to act
- Scope and interpretation
- Witness summons
- Issue of a witness summons
- Witness summons in aid of another court, a tribunal or a panel
- Serving a witness summons
- Right of witness to travelling expenses and compensation
- Evidence by deposition
- Conduct of examination
- Enforcing attendance of deponent
- Use of deposition at a hearing
- Letter of request
- Evidence for Foreign Courts
- Application for foreign assistance order
- Examination
- Dealing with deposition
- Claim to privilege
- Taking of Evidence — Scope and interpretation
- Where a person to be examined is outside the jurisdiction but in a Convention State
- Evidence for courts outside the jurisdiction but in a Convention State
- Interpretation
- Expert's overriding duty to the Court
- Expert's report
- Expert evidence
- Written questions to experts
- Court's power to direct that evidence is to be given by a single joint expert
- Instructions to a single joint expert
- Power of Court to direct a party to provide information
- Expert's right to ask Court for directions
- Assessors
- Scope
- Application of Part 18 to appeals
- Restriction on disclosure of a Part 18 offer
- Who may make a Part 18 offer and in respect of what may it be made
- Defendant's offer
- Form and content of a Part 18 offer
- Clarification of a Part 18 offer
- Withdrawing or changing the terms of a Part 18 offer
- Withdrawal or change of terms of a Part 18 offer before the expiry of the relevant period
- Acceptance of a Part 18 offer
- Acceptance of Part 18 offer in a split trial case
- Acceptance of Part 18 offer made by one or more, but not all, defendants
- Consequences of accepting a Part 18 offer
- Other effects of accepting a Part 18 offer
- Unaccepted Part 18 Offers
- Personal injury claims for future pecuniary loss
- Offer to settle a claim for provisional damages
- Payments into Court
- Where defendant wishes to rely on a defence of tender before claim
- Payment out of Court
- Right to discontinue claim
- Procedure for discontinuing
- Right to apply to have notice of discontinuance set aside
- Liability for costs
- Hearing to be in public
- Failure to attend the trial
- Rights of audience before the Court
- Standard requirements
- Effective date of judgments and orders
- Service of judgments and orders
- Interest on debt, damages and judgment debts
- Time for complying with a judgment or order
- Who may apply to set aside or vary a judgment or order
- Consent orders
- Correction of errors in judgments and orders
- Sale of Real Property
- Declaratory judgments
- Award for provisional damages
- Application for further damages
- Periodical Payments
- Factors to be taken into account
- Lawyer acting for a party
- Change of lawyer — duty to give notice
- Withdrawal of lawyer
- Removal of lawyer who has ceased to act on application of another party
- Fees
- Orders for costs
- Submissions as to costs
- Basis of assessment
- Standard basis
- Indemnity basis
- Procedure for assessing costs
- Time for complying with an order for costs
- Where the Court makes no order for costs
- The Court's powers in relation to misconduct
- Set-off
- Appeals from the Small Claims Division to the Commercial and Civil Division
- Objection by respondent to application for permission to appeal
- Determination of application for permission to appeal
- Appeals before Court of Appeal
- Judgment
- Powers of the Court of Appeal
- Stay
- Non-disclosure of Part 18 offers and payments
- Judicial review appeals from the Court of First Instance
- Reopening of final appeals
- Interpretation
- When the judicial review procedure must be used
- Permission required to proceed with a claim for judicial review
- Claim form
- Filing and service of the claim form
- Acknowledgment of service
- Contents of the acknowledgment of service
- Filing and service of the acknowledgment of service
- Failure to file acknowledgment of service
- Permission given to proceed
- Service of order giving or refusing permission
- Response
- Claimant seeking to rely on additional grounds
- Evidence
- Court's powers
- Arbitration Claims
- Recognition or Enforcement
- Evidence
- Orders for permission to enforce
- Enforcement of an award of interest
- Registration in Court of First Instance of foreign awards
- Court's power to appoint receiver
- Application for the appointment
- Service of order appointing receiver
- Security
- Discharge of receiver
- Receiver's application for directions
- Receiver's remuneration
- Non-compliance by receiver
- Scope and interpretation
- Methods of enforcing judgments or orders
- Court may order act to be done at expense of disobedient party
- Enforcement of judgment or order by or against non-party
- The application for enforcement
- The procedure
- Effect of setting aside judgment or order
- Application for order
- Terms of order
- Failure to comply with order
- Service of order
- Travelling expenses
- Judgment creditor's affidavit
- Conduct of the hearing
- Scope and interpretation
- Application for third party debt order
- Interim third party debt order
- Service of interim third party debt order
- Obligations of third parties served with interim order
- Final third party debt order
- Further consideration of the application
- Effect of a final third party debt order
- Money in Court
- Scope of this Part and interpretation
- Charging orders
- Interim charging order
- Service of interim charging order
- Effect of interim charging order in relation to securities
- Effect of interim charging order in relation to funds in Court
- Further consideration of the application
- Enforcement of charging order by sale
- Stop Orders
- Application for stop order
- Stop order relating to funds in Court
- Stop order relating to securities
- Stop Notices
- Request for stop notice
- Effect of stop notice
- Amendment of stop notice
- Scope and interpretation
- Saving for other powers
- Penalty for breach of a Judgment, Order or Undertaking to do or abstain from doing an act
- Penalty application under Rule 287
- Penalty for interference with the due administration of justice
- Penalty application under Rule 289
- Contempt in the face of the Court
- False statement or disclosure
- Penalty application in relation to a false statement or disclosure statement
- Contravention of section 96 of the Regulations
- Non-payment of fine
- Repayment of fine
- Interpretation and scope
- Applications for registration
- Security for costs
- Service of notice of registration of judgment
- Applications to set aside registration
- Procedure for enforcement of Courts’ judgments
- Interpretation
- Referral to mediation
- Voluntary referral to mediation
- Court-ordered mediation
- Costs
- Application of this Part
- The claim form
- Service of the claim form
- Responding to a small claim
- Default judgment
- Admissions and request for time to pay
- Application of this Part
- The claim form
- Service of the claim form
- Responding to an employment claim
- Default judgment
- Admissions and request for time to pay
- Interpretation and application
- Request for writ of control
- Permission of the Court
- Duration of writ of control and priority
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