DIFC and ADGM procedure guides
When is the deadline for fast track: file and serve acknowledgment of service?
Defendant in a proposed Fast Track case must check ADGM Court Procedure Rules 2016, Part 40, rule 326(1)(a). Within seven days of service. The identified act is to file and serve the acknowledgment and allocation response. The claimant must actually propose Fast Track allocation. Proposed allocation and final allocation are different events. This guide preserves the source boundary without a calculated final date or paid calculation.
- Period
- Within seven days of service
- Trigger
- Actual service of the claim form
- Rule
- ADGM Court Procedure Rules 2016, Part 40, rule 326(1)(a)
The maintained official ADGM index links the consolidated Rules and Amendment No. 1 of 2025, reissued October 17, 2025. Current division, Fast Track allocation, practice directions and orders remain material. This guide does not assume a historical matter uses that edition.
Source guide · No automated date
Check the applicable procedure
Source guide. Within seven days of service. Establish actual service of the claim form and the applicable branch. No computed date or paid calculation is available because actual-event and completion qualifications remain unverified.
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When is the deadline for fast track: file and serve acknowledgment of service?
Defendant in a proposed Fast Track case must check ADGM Court Procedure Rules 2016, Part 40, rule 326(1)(a). Within seven days of service. The identified act is to file and serve the acknowledgment and allocation response. The claimant must actually propose Fast Track allocation. Proposed allocation and final allocation are different events. This guide preserves the source boundary without a calculated final date or paid calculation.
Responsible actor. Defendant in a proposed Fast Track case.
Actual service of the claim form
The claimant must actually propose Fast Track allocation. Proposed allocation and final allocation are different events.
Source guide. Within seven days of service. Establish actual service of the claim form and the applicable branch. No computed date or paid calculation is available because actual-event and completion qualifications remain unverified.
ADGM Court Procedure Rules 2016, Part 40, rule 326(1)(a)How does this provision count time?
- Within seven days of service
- ADGM Rule 6 counts days as clear days, excluding the start and an event-defined end. For periods of five days or less, Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays do not count. Actual month periods and operative events need their own source review.
- Current Rule 7(5), as amended on October 17, 2025, concerns a specified act whose period ends on a closed registry day, subject to the relevant practice direction. The amendment removed the old restriction to acts at the registry. Minimum notice, status and agreed caps remain distinct; no automatic final date is shown.
ADGM Rule 6 counts days as clear days, excluding the start and an event-defined end. For periods of five days or less, Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays do not count. Actual month periods and operative events need their own source review.
Current Rule 7(5), as amended on October 17, 2025, concerns a specified act whose period ends on a closed registry day, subject to the relevant practice direction. The amendment removed the old restriction to acts at the registry. Minimum notice, status and agreed caps remain distinct; no automatic final date is shown.
ADGM Court Procedure Rules 2016, Part 40, rule 326(1)(a)Which facts prevent one automatic date?
Source guide. Within seven days of service. Establish actual service of the claim form and the applicable branch. No computed date or paid calculation is available because actual-event and completion qualifications remain unverified.
Which conditions and exceptions apply?
- Applicable statutory or procedural branch
- The claimant must actually propose Fast Track allocation. Proposed allocation and final allocation are different events.
- Applicable edition and transition
- The maintained official ADGM index links the consolidated Rules and Amendment No. 1 of 2025, reissued October 17, 2025. Current division, Fast Track allocation, practice directions and orders remain material. This guide does not assume a historical matter uses that edition.
- Source guide. Within seven days of service. Establish actual service of the claim form and the applicable branch. No computed date or paid calculation is available because actual-event and completion qualifications remain unverified.
- ADGM allocated Fast Track answer concerns file and serve the applicable answer from actual service of the claim form, with within twenty-one days after service. ADGM answer while Fast Track allocation is reserved concerns file and serve the applicable answer from actual service of the claim form, with within twenty-eight days of service. ADGM optional Fast Track reply to a defence concerns file and serve the reply from actual service of the defence, with within fourteen days after service. Those events do not replace actual service of the claim form for this step.
What must the responsible actor complete?
Questions about this procedure
When is the deadline for fast track: file and serve acknowledgment of service?
What period governs ADGM proposed Fast Track acknowledgment?
Within seven days of service. ADGM Court Procedure Rules 2016, Part 40, rule 326(1)(a) supplies this period. It does not by itself establish the actual event or a final completion date.
ADGM Court Procedure Rules 2016, Part 40, rule 326(1)(a)Which event controls ADGM proposed Fast Track acknowledgment?
Establish actual service of the claim form. The claimant must actually propose Fast Track allocation. Proposed allocation and final allocation are different events. The catalog date label does not prove this event.
ADGM Court Procedure Rules 2016, Part 40, rule 326(1)(a)Who completes the step for ADGM proposed Fast Track acknowledgment?
Defendant in a proposed Fast Track case. The source identifies the act as file and serve the acknowledgment and allocation response. Filing, service, payment, a minimum notice and a stay status must remain distinct.
ADGM Court Procedure Rules 2016, Part 40, rule 326(1)(a)Which conditions change ADGM proposed Fast Track acknowledgment?
The claimant must actually propose Fast Track allocation. Proposed allocation and final allocation are different events. The maintained official ADGM index links the consolidated Rules and Amendment No. 1 of 2025, reissued October 17, 2025. Current division, Fast Track allocation, practice directions and orders remain material. This guide does not assume a historical matter uses that edition.
ADGM Court Procedure Rules 2016, Part 40, rule 326(1)(a)How are time and closure treated for ADGM proposed Fast Track acknowledgment?
ADGM Rule 6 counts days as clear days, excluding the start and an event-defined end. For periods of five days or less, Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays do not count. Actual month periods and operative events need their own source review. Current Rule 7(5), as amended on October 17, 2025, concerns a specified act whose period ends on a closed registry day, subject to the relevant practice direction. The amendment removed the old restriction to acts at the registry. Minimum notice, status and agreed caps remain distinct; no automatic final date is shown.
ADGM Court Procedure Rules 2016, Part 40, rule 326(1)(a)Why does ADGM proposed Fast Track acknowledgment show no final date?
The source period is retained, but the actual actual service of the claim form and applicable completion route need checking against your case. Check the actual documents and orders. No paid calculation is available.
ADGM Court Procedure Rules 2016, Part 40, rule 326(1)(a)Official sources and review
Provisions used (2)
| Provision | Purpose |
|---|---|
| ADGM Court Procedure Rules 2016, Part 40, rule 326(1)(a) | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| ADGM Rules6-7 with Amendment No. 1 of 2025 paragraph4 | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |