DIFC and ADGM procedure guides
When is the deadline for serve default judgment on all other parties?
Claimant obtaining default judgment must check ADGM Court Procedure Rules 2016, Part 21, rule 178(2). Within fourteen days. The identified act is to serve every other party. The Court or relevant practice direction may specify another method or period. General eCourts availability is not automatically this specific service. This guide preserves the source boundary without a calculated final date or paid calculation.
- Period
- Within fourteen days
- Trigger
- Actual date the default judgment was made
- Rule
- ADGM Court Procedure Rules 2016, Part 21, rule 178(2)
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 fourteen days. Establish actual date the default judgment was made 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 serve default judgment on all other parties?
Claimant obtaining default judgment must check ADGM Court Procedure Rules 2016, Part 21, rule 178(2). Within fourteen days. The identified act is to serve every other party. The Court or relevant practice direction may specify another method or period. General eCourts availability is not automatically this specific service. This guide preserves the source boundary without a calculated final date or paid calculation.
Responsible actor. Claimant obtaining default judgment.
Actual date the default judgment was made
The Court or relevant practice direction may specify another method or period. General eCourts availability is not automatically this specific service.
Source guide. Within fourteen days. Establish actual date the default judgment was made 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 21, rule 178(2)How does this provision count time?
- Within fourteen 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 21, rule 178(2)Which facts prevent one automatic date?
Source guide. Within fourteen days. Establish actual date the default judgment was made 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 Court or relevant practice direction may specify another method or period. General eCourts availability is not automatically this specific service.
- 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 fourteen days. Establish actual date the default judgment was made and the applicable branch. No computed date or paid calculation is available because actual-event and completion qualifications remain unverified.
- ADGM conditional stay after an unanswered claim concerns determine whether the claim is stayed from actual defence filing and service expiry, with at least four calendar months since expiry. ADGM jurisdiction application after claim service concerns make an evidence-supported application from actual service of the claim, with within twenty-eight days after service. ADGM optional ordinary reply to a defence concerns file the reply and serve all other parties simultaneously from actual service of the defence, with within twenty-one days after service. Those events do not replace actual date the default judgment was made for this step.
What must the responsible actor complete?
Questions about this procedure
When is the deadline for serve default judgment on all other parties?
What period governs ADGM default judgment service by the claimant?
Within fourteen days. ADGM Court Procedure Rules 2016, Part 21, rule 178(2) supplies this period. It does not by itself establish the actual event or a final completion date.
ADGM Court Procedure Rules 2016, Part 21, rule 178(2)Which event controls ADGM default judgment service by the claimant?
Establish actual date the default judgment was made. The Court or relevant practice direction may specify another method or period. General eCourts availability is not automatically this specific service. The catalog date label does not prove this event.
ADGM Court Procedure Rules 2016, Part 21, rule 178(2)Who completes the step for ADGM default judgment service by the claimant?
Claimant obtaining default judgment. The source identifies the act as serve every other party. Filing, service, payment, a minimum notice and a stay status must remain distinct.
ADGM Court Procedure Rules 2016, Part 21, rule 178(2)Which conditions change ADGM default judgment service by the claimant?
The Court or relevant practice direction may specify another method or period. General eCourts availability is not automatically this specific service. 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 21, rule 178(2)How are time and closure treated for ADGM default judgment service by the claimant?
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 21, rule 178(2)Why does ADGM default judgment service by the claimant show no final date?
The source period is retained, but the actual actual date the default judgment was made 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 21, rule 178(2)Official sources and review
Provisions used (2)
| Provision | Purpose |
|---|---|
| ADGM Court Procedure Rules 2016, Part 21, rule 178(2) | 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 |