DIFC and ADGM procedure guides
When is the deadline for minimum period specified in a part 18 offer to settle?
Offeror must check ADGM Court Procedure Rules 2016, Part 18, rule 154(2)(b)(i). Not less than twenty-one days. The identified act is to specify the acceptance period and required consequences. The requirement does not apply when the offer is made less than twenty-one days before trial. This is a minimum specified period, not an automatic expiry. This guide preserves the source boundary without a calculated final date or paid calculation.
- Period
- Not less than twenty-one days
- Trigger
- Actual offer terms and actual trial timing
- Rule
- ADGM Court Procedure Rules 2016, Part 18, rule 154(2)(b)(i)
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. Not less than twenty-one days. Establish actual offer terms and actual trial timing 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 18, rule 154(2)(b)(i)What lawyers say
5.0“The platform is really easy to use.”
Michael B.Employment litigation attorney · California
“The Evidence Record saved us time with our insurance on bankruptcy matters.”
MariaBankruptcy and commercial attorney · London, UK
“The most up-to-date service we could find.”
Li ChenArbitration practitioner · Singapore
When is the deadline for minimum period specified in a part 18 offer to settle?
Offeror must check ADGM Court Procedure Rules 2016, Part 18, rule 154(2)(b)(i). Not less than twenty-one days. The identified act is to specify the acceptance period and required consequences. The requirement does not apply when the offer is made less than twenty-one days before trial. This is a minimum specified period, not an automatic expiry. This guide preserves the source boundary without a calculated final date or paid calculation.
Responsible actor. Offeror.
Actual offer terms and actual trial timing
The requirement does not apply when the offer is made less than twenty-one days before trial. This is a minimum specified period, not an automatic expiry.
Source guide. Not less than twenty-one days. Establish actual offer terms and actual trial timing 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 18, rule 154(2)(b)(i)How does this provision count time?
- Not less than twenty-one days
- 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 18, rule 154(2)(b)(i)Which facts prevent one automatic date?
Source guide. Not less than twenty-one days. Establish actual offer terms and actual trial timing 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 requirement does not apply when the offer is made less than twenty-one days before trial. This is a minimum specified period, not an automatic expiry.
- 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. Not less than twenty-one days. Establish actual offer terms and actual trial timing and the applicable branch. No computed date or paid calculation is available because actual-event and completion qualifications remain unverified.
- ADGM accepted Part 18 offer payment concerns pay the accepted sum to the claimant from actual acceptance, with within fourteen days of acceptance. ADGM money judgment payment concerns comply with the money judgment or order from actual judgment or order, with within fourteen days. 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. Those events do not replace actual offer terms and actual trial timing for this step.
What must the responsible actor complete?
Questions about this procedure
When is the deadline for minimum period specified in a part 18 offer to settle?
What period governs ADGM Part 18 offer minimum acceptance period?
Not less than twenty-one days. ADGM Court Procedure Rules 2016, Part 18, rule 154(2)(b)(i) supplies this period. It does not by itself establish the actual event or a final completion date.
ADGM Court Procedure Rules 2016, Part 18, rule 154(2)(b)(i)Which event controls ADGM Part 18 offer minimum acceptance period?
Establish actual offer terms and actual trial timing. The requirement does not apply when the offer is made less than twenty-one days before trial. This is a minimum specified period, not an automatic expiry. The catalog date label does not prove this event.
ADGM Court Procedure Rules 2016, Part 18, rule 154(2)(b)(i)Who completes the step for ADGM Part 18 offer minimum acceptance period?
Offeror. The source identifies the act as specify the acceptance period and required consequences. Filing, service, payment, a minimum notice and a stay status must remain distinct.
ADGM Court Procedure Rules 2016, Part 18, rule 154(2)(b)(i)Which conditions change ADGM Part 18 offer minimum acceptance period?
The requirement does not apply when the offer is made less than twenty-one days before trial. This is a minimum specified period, not an automatic expiry. 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 18, rule 154(2)(b)(i)How are time and closure treated for ADGM Part 18 offer minimum acceptance period?
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 18, rule 154(2)(b)(i)Why does ADGM Part 18 offer minimum acceptance period show no final date?
The source period is retained, but the actual actual offer terms and actual trial timing 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 18, rule 154(2)(b)(i)Official sources and review
Provisions used (2)
| Provision | Purpose |
|---|---|
| ADGM Court Procedure Rules 2016, Part 18, rule 154(2)(b)(i) | 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 |