The Chief Justice of ADGM Courts, acting under a power delegated to him by the Board of Directors of Abu Dhabi Global Market, makes the following rules under section 228 of ADGM Courts, Civil Evidence, Judgments, Enforcement and Judicial Appointments Regulations 2015, which may be cited as the Rules of Conduct 2016.
1. The Rules of Conduct of the ADGM Courts (“Rules”) apply to lawyers appearing before the ADGM Courts.
2. The purpose of these Rules is to assist lawyers to act ethically and in accordance with the principles set out in these Rules.
3. Lawyers must comply with the Rules, notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in any rules of conduct to which they are subject in any other jurisdiction in which the lawyers are duly authorised to practise law.
4. Failure to comply with these Rules may give rise to sanctions by the Courts in accordance with Rule 10 of these Rules.
1. In these Rules –
a. “ADGM” means the Abu Dhabi Global Market, the financial free zone established by Federal Decree No. 15 of 2013 issued by the President of the United Arab Emirates, as delimited by Cabinet Decision N...