DIFC and ADGM procedure guides
When is the deadline for file certificate of service where the claimant served the claim form?
Claimant who served the claim form must check Rules of the DIFC Courts (RDC 2014), Part 9, rule 9.43(1). Not later than seven days after that due date. The identified act is to file the certificate of service. The certificate duty is displaced if the acknowledgment has already been filed by that date. This event is not the original service date. This guide preserves the source boundary without a calculated final date or paid calculation.
- Period
- Not later than seven days after that due date
- Trigger
- Actual date by which the defendant must file an acknowledgment
- Rule
- Rules of the DIFC Courts (RDC 2014), Part 9, rule 9.43(1)
Use the maintained DIFC rule collection and actual orders. This review selects Amended Appeals for Part 44 and keeps Former Appeals separately as historical text. It does not assume every older matter uses the current route.
Source guide · No automated date
Check the applicable procedure
Source guide. Not later than seven days after that due date. Establish actual date by which the defendant must file an acknowledgment 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 file certificate of service where the claimant served the claim form?
Claimant who served the claim form must check Rules of the DIFC Courts (RDC 2014), Part 9, rule 9.43(1). Not later than seven days after that due date. The identified act is to file the certificate of service. The certificate duty is displaced if the acknowledgment has already been filed by that date. This event is not the original service date. This guide preserves the source boundary without a calculated final date or paid calculation.
Responsible actor. Claimant who served the claim form.
Actual date by which the defendant must file an acknowledgment
The certificate duty is displaced if the acknowledgment has already been filed by that date. This event is not the original service date.
Source guide. Not later than seven days after that due date. Establish actual date by which the defendant must file an acknowledgment and the applicable branch. No computed date or paid calculation is available because actual-event and completion qualifications remain unverified.
Rules of the DIFC Courts (RDC 2014), Part 9, rule 9.43(1)How does this provision count time?
- Not later than seven days after that due date
- RDC 2.12 counts days as clear days. The start day is excluded, and an event-defined end day is excluded too. RDC 2.13 excludes nonbusiness days for periods of five days or less; RDC 2.14 counts them for longer periods. RDC 2.19 uses calendar months.
- RDC 2.15 protects an act at the Registry when its prescribed period ends on a closed Registry day. It does not automatically extend every payment, service, minimum interval or conditional stay. RDC 2.17 ordinarily requires a stated-date act by 4 p.m., subject to the actual rule and order.
RDC 2.12 counts days as clear days. The start day is excluded, and an event-defined end day is excluded too. RDC 2.13 excludes nonbusiness days for periods of five days or less; RDC 2.14 counts them for longer periods. RDC 2.19 uses calendar months.
RDC 2.15 protects an act at the Registry when its prescribed period ends on a closed Registry day. It does not automatically extend every payment, service, minimum interval or conditional stay. RDC 2.17 ordinarily requires a stated-date act by 4 p.m., subject to the actual rule and order.
Rules of the DIFC Courts (RDC 2014), Part 9, rule 9.43(1)Which facts prevent one automatic date?
Source guide. Not later than seven days after that due date. Establish actual date by which the defendant must file an acknowledgment 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 certificate duty is displaced if the acknowledgment has already been filed by that date. This event is not the original service date.
- Applicable edition and transition
- Use the maintained DIFC rule collection and actual orders. This review selects Amended Appeals for Part 44 and keeps Former Appeals separately as historical text. It does not assume every older matter uses the current route.
- Source guide. Not later than seven days after that due date. Establish actual date by which the defendant must file an acknowledgment and the applicable branch. No computed date or paid calculation is available because actual-event and completion qualifications remain unverified.
- DIFC separately served particulars of claim concerns serve the particulars of claim from actual filing of an acknowledgment indicating an intention to defend, with within twenty-eight days of that filing. DIFC claim form service outside the DIFC or Dubai concerns serve the claim form on the defendant from actual issue of the claim form, with within six calendar months after issue. DIFC claim form service in the DIFC or Dubai concerns serve the claim form on the defendant from actual issue of the claim form, with within four calendar months after issue. Those events do not replace actual date by which the defendant must file an acknowledgment for this step.
What must the responsible actor complete?
Questions about this procedure
When is the deadline for file certificate of service where the claimant served the claim form?
What period governs DIFC certificate after the acknowledgment due date?
Not later than seven days after that due date. Rules of the DIFC Courts (RDC 2014), Part 9, rule 9.43(1) supplies this period. It does not by itself establish the actual event or a final completion date.
Rules of the DIFC Courts (RDC 2014), Part 9, rule 9.43(1)Which event controls DIFC certificate after the acknowledgment due date?
Establish actual date by which the defendant must file an acknowledgment. The certificate duty is displaced if the acknowledgment has already been filed by that date. This event is not the original service date. The catalog date label does not prove this event.
Rules of the DIFC Courts (RDC 2014), Part 9, rule 9.43(1)Who completes the step for DIFC certificate after the acknowledgment due date?
Claimant who served the claim form. The source identifies the act as file the certificate of service. Filing, service, payment, a minimum notice and a stay status must remain distinct.
Rules of the DIFC Courts (RDC 2014), Part 9, rule 9.43(1)Which conditions change DIFC certificate after the acknowledgment due date?
The certificate duty is displaced if the acknowledgment has already been filed by that date. This event is not the original service date. Use the maintained DIFC rule collection and actual orders. This review selects Amended Appeals for Part 44 and keeps Former Appeals separately as historical text. It does not assume every older matter uses the current route.
Rules of the DIFC Courts (RDC 2014), Part 9, rule 9.43(1)How are time and closure treated for DIFC certificate after the acknowledgment due date?
RDC 2.12 counts days as clear days. The start day is excluded, and an event-defined end day is excluded too. RDC 2.13 excludes nonbusiness days for periods of five days or less; RDC 2.14 counts them for longer periods. RDC 2.19 uses calendar months. RDC 2.15 protects an act at the Registry when its prescribed period ends on a closed Registry day. It does not automatically extend every payment, service, minimum interval or conditional stay. RDC 2.17 ordinarily requires a stated-date act by 4 p.m., subject to the actual rule and order.
Rules of the DIFC Courts (RDC 2014), Part 9, rule 9.43(1)Why does DIFC certificate after the acknowledgment due date show no final date?
The source period is retained, but the actual actual date by which the defendant must file an acknowledgment and applicable completion route need checking against your case. Check the actual documents and orders. No paid calculation is available.
Rules of the DIFC Courts (RDC 2014), Part 9, rule 9.43(1)Official sources and review
Provisions used (2)
| Provision | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Rules of the DIFC Courts (RDC 2014), Part 9, rule 9.43(1) | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| RDC 2.11-2.20, time and variations | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |