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ADGM Courts, Civil Evidence, Judgments, Enforcement and Judicial Appointments Regulations 2015
A reference record of ADGM Courts, Civil Evidence, Judgments, Enforcement and Judicial Appointments Regulations 2015, 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 Courts, Civil Evidence, Judgments, Enforcement and Judicial Appointments Regulations 2015 |
| Instrument type | ADGM Courts Regulations |
| Enacted | 2015 |
| Jurisdiction | Abu Dhabi Global Market |
| Parts | 10 |
| Numbered sections | 221 |
| Chapters | 11 |
How ADGM Courts, Civil Evidence, Judgments, Enforcement and Judicial Appointments Regulations 2015 is organised
The 10 Parts below are the instrument's own divisions, in the order the official text sets them out.
| Part | Heading |
|---|---|
| Part 1 | Establishment Of The Courts |
| Part 2 | Sovereignty And Jurisdiction Of The Courts |
| Part 3 | Constitution Of The Courts |
| Part 4 | Powers Of The Court |
| Part 5 | Evidence |
| Part 6 | Practice, Procedure And Enforcement |
| Part 7 | Adgm Court Procedure Rules |
| Part 8 | Judicial And Other Appointments |
| Part 9 | Miscellaneous Provisions About Legal Services |
| Part 10 | Interpretation, Citation, Extent And Commencement |
What ADGM Courts, Civil Evidence, Judgments, Enforcement and Judicial Appointments Regulations 2015 covers, section by section
The 221 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.
- The Courts
- Seal of Courts
- Writs, orders, judgments and process issued by the Courts
- Register of judgments, orders and directions made by the Courts
- No criminal jurisdiction
- No imprisonment for debt
- Penalty for fraudulently obtaining credit
- Judgment debts to carry interest
- Orders of the Courts to have effect of judgments
- Guarantee of continued judicial independence
- Representations to the Board
- General Jurisdiction of the Court of Appeal
- Appeals to the Court of Appeal
- Applications for a new trial
- Restrictions on appeals to the Court of Appeal
- General Jurisdiction of the Court of First Instance
- Mandatory, prohibiting and quashing orders
- Appeals from inferior courts
- Application for judicial review
- Use of information about financial resources
- Interveners and costs
- Capping of costs
- Capping of costs: orders and their terms
- Appeals against Decisions or Procedures of Global Market's Authorities
- The Court of Appeal
- Composition of the Court of Appeal
- The Court of First Instance
- Composition of the Court of First Instance
- Judges to exercise first instance and appellate jurisdiction
- Power to create or alter Divisions or transfer certain Courts to different Divisions
- Chair of Divisions
- Chief Justice of the Courts
- Orders for interim payment
- Orders for provisional damages for personal injuries
- Powers of the Court of First Instance exercisable before commencement of action
- Provisions supplementary to sections 36 and 37
- Power of the Court of First Instance to award interest on debts and damages
- Powers of the Court of First Instance with respect to injunctions and receivers
- Relief against forfeiture for non-payment of rent
- Execution of instrument by person nominated by Court of First Instance
- Attachment of debts
- Administrative and clerical expenses of third party debt orders
- Restriction of vexatious legal proceedings
- Specific powers of arbitrator exercisable by the Court of First Instance
- Costs in the Court of Appeal and the Court of First Instance
- Assumed rate of return on investment of damages
- Periodical payments
- Variation of orders and settlements
- Provisional damages and fatal accident claims
- Interpretation
- Admissibility of hearsay evidence
- Notice of proposal to adduce hearsay evidence
- Power to call witness for cross-examination on hearsay evidence
- Considerations relevant to weighing of hearsay evidence
- Competence and credibility
- Previous statements of witnesses
- Persons to be admissible witnesses
- Witness Statements
- Evidence formerly admissible at common law
- Proof of instrument creating power of attorney
- Proof of statements contained in documents
- Proof of foreign judgments etc.
- Proof of records of business or public authority
- Penalty for falsely certifying documents
- Abolition of certain common law privileges
- Witnesses cannot refuse to answer questions
- Court procedure rules with respect to expert reports and oral expert evidence
- Admissibility of expert opinion and certain expressions of non-expert opinion
- Evidence of foreign law
- Power of the Courts to give effect to application for assistance
- Privilege of witnesses
- Court procedure rules
- Power of Courts to make orders for preserving evidence etc.
- Meaning of "civil proceedings"
- Administration of oaths
- Taking evidence for foreign civil proceedings
- False Evidence
- False unsworn statement under section 75
- False statutory declarations and other false statements without oath
- Aiders, abettors, bribers, etc.
- The strict liability rule
- Defence of innocent publication or distribution
- Contemporaneous reports of proceedings
- Discussion of public affairs
- Savings
- Consent required for institution of proceedings
- Use of recording instruments
- Source of information
- Publication of matters exempted from disclosure in Court
- Contempt of court
- Enforcement of fines
- Proceedings to be held in public
- Proceedings to be conducted in English
- Commencing, carrying on and defending proceedings
- Judges not to sit on appeal from their own judgments, etc.
- Sittings and vacations of the Court of Appeal
- Court divided in opinion
- Business assigned to specially nominated Judges
- Proceedings in Court and in chambers
- Exercise of Court of First Instance jurisdiction otherwise than by Judges of that Court
- Assessors
- Sittings and vacations of the Court of First Instance
- Proof of documents bearing seal or stamp of the Courts or any office thereof
- Enrolment and engrossment of instruments
- Bonds given under order of Court
- Production of documents filed in, or in the custody of, the Courts
- Enforcement
- Charging orders
- Property which may be charged
- Provisions supplementing sections 115 and 116
- Power to set financial thresholds
- Stop orders and notices
- Permission to appeal
- Second appeals
- Power to prescribe alternative destination of appeals
- Enforcement agents
- Certificate to act as an enforcement agent
- Power of the Court of First Instance to stay execution
- Abolition of common law right
- Commercial rent arrears recovery (CRAR)
- Landlord
- Lease
- Commercial premises
- Rent
- The rent recoverable
- Intervention of the Court of First Instance
- Use of CRAR after the termination or expiration of the lease
- Right to rent from a sub-tenant
- Off-setting payments under a notice
- Withdrawal and replacement of notices
- Recovery of sums due and overpayments
- Contracts for similar rights to be void
- Rules
- Court of First Instance to have power to attach earnings
- Orders to which these Regulations apply
- Principal definitions
- Effect and contents of attachment of earnings order
- The fixed deductions scheme
- Compliance with an attachment of earnings order by an employer
- Interrelation with alternative remedies open to creditors
- Variation, lapse and discharge of attachment of earnings orders
- Suspension of fixed deductions orders
- Termination of employer's liability to made deductions
- Application of sums received by collection officer
- Power of the Court of First Instance to obtain a statement of earnings etc.
- Obligation of debtor and his employers to notify changes of employment and earnings
- Penalties for non-compliance with section 153 orders
- Power of the Court of First Instance to determine whether particular payments are earnings
- Consolidated attachment orders
- Meaning of "earnings"
- General Interpretation
- Application for information about action to recover judgment debt
- Action by the Court of First Instance
- Information orders
- Information order: required information not held etc.
- Using information about the debtor
- Penalty for unauthorised use or disclosure
- Information rules
- Interpretation
- Applicable treaties with foreign countries
- Recognition of the courts of a foreign country not party to an applicable treaty
- Requirements for registration of recognised courts' judgments
- Application for, and effect of, registration of judgment of a recognised court
- Court procedure rules
- Cases in which registered judgments must, or may, be set aside
- Powers of Court of First Instance on application to set aside registration
- Judgments of recognised courts which can be registered not to be enforceable otherwise
- General effect of certain judgments
- Arbitral awards
- Defendant's right to set-off
- Defendant's right to cross-claim
- Fees
- Annual Report
- ADGM Court Procedure Rules
- Chief Justice to make court procedure rules
- Process for making court procedure rules
- Power to make consequential amendments
- Court procedure rules requested by the Board
- Practice directions
- Judicial appointments: "judicial-appointment eligibility condition"
- "Relevant qualification" in section 192: further provision
- Assisting the transaction of judicial business
- Appointment of Chief Justice, Registrar and Judges of the ADGM Courts
- Tenure of office of Judges of the ADGM Courts
- Remuneration etc. of Judges of the ADGM Courts
- Precedence and seniority of Judges of the ADGM Courts.
- Property held by officers of the Courts
- Registry
- Delegation of certain administrative functions of the Registrar
- Delegation of certain administrative functions of the Chief Justice
- Form of judicial affirmation
- Persons to take the judicial affirmation
- Name of His Highness for time being to be used in the judicial affirmation
- Functions of the Chief Justice during vacancy or incapacity
- Transfer, modification or abolition of functions by order
- Transfer: supplementary
- Registrar
- Officers and staff
- Accommodation, facilities and other resources
- Court Security officers
- Rules for the security of the Courts
- Disciplinary powers
- Disciplinary powers: interpretation
- Rules about procedures
- Delegation of functions
- Judges holding office in foreign courts
- Rights of audience
- Duties of lawyers
- Notaries
- Conditional fee agreements
- Conditional fee agreements: supplementary
- Damages-based agreements
- Litigation funding agreements
- Payments in respect of pro bono representation
- Interpretation
- Rules
- Correction of errors in the Regulations
- Short title, extent, commencement and savings
- Other provisions about powers of entry
- Payment of amount outstanding
- Application to assignee or transferee
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