DIFC Courts Practice

Edited by Rupert Reed KC, Serle Court and Tom Montagu-Smith KC, 3VB

• ContentsForeword by Justice Sir Richard Field viiiForeword by Chief Justice Zaki Azmi xForeword by Sir Jeremy Cooke xiiPreface xiiiPART A DEVELOPMENTS IN DIFC LAW1. DIFC LAW AND CONFLICTS OF LAW 2Matthew Watson, 3 Verulam Buildings2. Jurisdiction 29James Weale, Serle Court3. DIFC Courts and other courts of the UAE 66Timothy Killen, 2 Temple Gardens4. Arbitration 85Gregor Hogan, Serle Court5. Substantive Law 130John Eldridge, Serle Court, James Bickford-Smith, Littleton Chambers and Matthew Watson,3 Verulam Buildings6. Procedure 185David Holloway, Al Tamimi, Tom Stewart Coats, XXIV Old Buildings and and Harris Bor, 20Essex StreetPART B RULES AND COMMENTARYPart 1 Citation, commencement, application and the overriding objective 223Part 2 Interpretation 228Part 3 Organisation of the Court 236Part 4 The Court’s case management powers 246Part 5 Forms 286Part 6 Court documents 287Part 7 How to start proceedings—the claim form 296Part 8 Alternative procedure for claims 304Part 9 Service 314Part 10 Responding to particulars of claim—general 339Part 11 Acknowledgment of service 340Part 12 Disputing the Court’s jurisdiction 344Part 13 Default judgment 351Part 14 Setting aside or varying default judgment 359Part 15 Admissions 366Part 16 Defence and reply 377Part 17 Statements of case 382Part 18 Amendments to statements of case 402Part 19 Further information 414Part 20 Addition and substitution of parties 422Part 21 Counterclaims and other additional claims 439Part 22 Statements of truth 449Part 23 General rules about applications for Court orders 455Part 24 Immediate judgment 483Part 25 Interim remedies and security for costs 511Part 26 Case management 581Part 27 Alternative dispute resolution 602Part 28 Production of documents 605Part 29 Evidence 635Part 30 Witnesses, depositions and evidence for other Courts 665Part 31 Experts and assessors 679Part 32 Offers to settle 718Part 33 Payments into Court 728Part 34 Discontinuance 731Part 35 Miscellaneous provisions relating to hearings 736Part 36 Judgments and orders 758Part 37 Change of legal representative 777Part 38 General rules about costs 782Part 39 Fixed costs 834Part 40 Procedure for detailed assessment 839Part 41 Court rules 849Part 42 Judicial review 854Part 43 Arbitration claims 866Part 44 (Amended) Appeals 886Part 45 General rules about enforcement of judgments and orders 951Part 46 Charging orders, stop orders and stop notices 959Part 47 Attachment of future assets and earnings 974Part 48 Execution against assets 991Part 49 Court’s power to appoint receiver 1003Part 50 Orders to obtain information from judgment debtors 1012Part 51 Interpleader 1018Part 52 Contempt of Court 1024Part 53 Small Claims Tribunal 1038Part 54 Insolvency proceedings 1068Part 55 Rules of the DIFC Courts relating to probate claims and claims relating to theadministration of estates 1110Part 56 Technology and construction division 1122Part 57 Non-Muslim Wills Registry 1131Part 58 Digital Economy Court 1133Index 1144

‘...tells the practitioner essentially all he needs to know about how to grapple with the DIFC Courts’ system and procedures. I cannot speak too highly of this work and am happy to endorse it and recommend [it] as a paradigm example of what a Commercial Court Rule book should be.’