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When is the deadline for automatic stay where the court is told proceedings have settled and nothing further is done?
Court and parties considering procedural status must check ADGM Court Procedure Rules 2016, Part 19, rule 172A(1). One calendar month since the Court was informed. The identified act is to determine whether the claim has become stayed. No further steps and no discontinuance notice or consent order may have intervened. This is a conditional stay; any party may later apply to lift it. This guide preserves the source boundary without a calculated final date or paid calculation.
- Period
- One calendar month since the Court was informed
- Trigger
- Actual written notice to the Court that the proceedings settled or resolved
- Rule
- ADGM Court Procedure Rules 2016, Part 19, rule 172A(1)
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. One calendar month since the Court was informed. Establish actual written notice to the Court that the proceedings settled or resolved 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 automatic stay where the court is told proceedings have settled and nothing further is done?
Court and parties considering procedural status must check ADGM Court Procedure Rules 2016, Part 19, rule 172A(1). One calendar month since the Court was informed. The identified act is to determine whether the claim has become stayed. No further steps and no discontinuance notice or consent order may have intervened. This is a conditional stay; any party may later apply to lift it. This guide preserves the source boundary without a calculated final date or paid calculation.
Responsible actor. Court and parties considering procedural status.
Actual written notice to the Court that the proceedings settled or resolved
No further steps and no discontinuance notice or consent order may have intervened. This is a conditional stay; any party may later apply to lift it.
Source guide. One calendar month since the Court was informed. Establish actual written notice to the Court that the proceedings settled or resolved 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 19, rule 172A(1)How does this provision count time?
- One calendar month since the Court was informed
- 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 19, rule 172A(1)Which facts prevent one automatic date?
Source guide. One calendar month since the Court was informed. Establish actual written notice to the Court that the proceedings settled or resolved 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
- No further steps and no discontinuance notice or consent order may have intervened. This is a conditional stay; any party may later apply to lift it.
- 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. One calendar month since the Court was informed. Establish actual written notice to the Court that the proceedings settled or resolved and the applicable branch. No computed date or paid calculation is available because actual-event and completion qualifications remain unverified.
- ADGM costs payment after an order or certificate concerns pay the costs amount from actual order stating the amount, or later assessment certificate, with within fourteen days of the applicable instrument. ADGM money judgment payment concerns comply with the money judgment or order from actual judgment or order, with within fourteen days. ADGM accepted Part 18 offer payment concerns pay the accepted sum to the claimant from actual acceptance, with within fourteen days of acceptance. Those events do not replace actual written notice to the court that the proceedings settled or resolved for this step.
What must the responsible actor complete?
Questions about this procedure
When is the deadline for automatic stay where the court is told proceedings have settled and nothing further is done?
What period governs ADGM conditional stay after written settlement notice?
One calendar month since the Court was informed. ADGM Court Procedure Rules 2016, Part 19, rule 172A(1) supplies this period. It does not by itself establish the actual event or a final completion date.
ADGM Court Procedure Rules 2016, Part 19, rule 172A(1)Which event controls ADGM conditional stay after written settlement notice?
Establish actual written notice to the court that the proceedings settled or resolved. No further steps and no discontinuance notice or consent order may have intervened. This is a conditional stay; any party may later apply to lift it. The catalog date label does not prove this event.
ADGM Court Procedure Rules 2016, Part 19, rule 172A(1)Who completes the step for ADGM conditional stay after written settlement notice?
Court and parties considering procedural status. The source identifies the act as determine whether the claim has become stayed. Filing, service, payment, a minimum notice and a stay status must remain distinct.
ADGM Court Procedure Rules 2016, Part 19, rule 172A(1)Which conditions change ADGM conditional stay after written settlement notice?
No further steps and no discontinuance notice or consent order may have intervened. This is a conditional stay; any party may later apply to lift it. 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 19, rule 172A(1)How are time and closure treated for ADGM conditional stay after written settlement notice?
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 19, rule 172A(1)Why does ADGM conditional stay after written settlement notice show no final date?
The source period is retained, but the actual actual written notice to the Court that the proceedings settled or resolved 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 19, rule 172A(1)Official sources and review
Provisions used (2)
| Provision | Purpose |
|---|---|
| ADGM Court Procedure Rules 2016, Part 19, rule 172A(1) | 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 |