ADGM Court Procedure Rules Amendment No 2 of 2020

The Chief Justice of Abu Dhabi Global Market Courts, having power under section 187 of the ADGM Courts, Civil Evidence, Judgments, Enforcement and Judicial Appointments Regulations 2015 to make court procedure rules, hereby enacts the following –

Amendments to ADGM Court Procedure Rules 2016

The ADGM Court Procedure Rules are amended as follows:

1

In Rule 3(1)(j) the words “, including a counterclaim” shall be inserted directly after the words ““claim form” means any document which initiates proceedings,”

2

A new Rule 15(1a) shall be inserted as follows:

“(1a) Part 37 applies to service of a claim in the Small Claims Division.”

3

In Rule 15(3) the reference to paragraph (7) shall be amended to (8).

4

A new sub-rule 15(3)(f) shall be inserted as follows:

“(f) in the case of a counterclaim, through the eCourts Platform where the person to be served has access (including through a legal representative) to the eCourts Platform; or”

and existing sub-rule 15(3)(f) shall be amended to be 15(3)(g).

5

A new sub-rule 15(7) shall be inserted as follows:

“(7) Where a claim form is to be served outside the jurisdiction, it shall be...