DIFC and ADGM procedure guides
When is the deadline for file acknowledgment of service in judicial review?
Person acknowledging a judicial-review claim must check Rules of the DIFC Courts (RDC 2014), Part 42, rule 42.20(1). File within twenty-one days after service, then serve as soon as practicable and within seven days after filing. The identified act is to file and then serve the acknowledgment. These are two distinct duties and anchors. Directions may alter whom the filed acknowledgment must be served on. This guide preserves the source boundary without a calculated final date or paid calculation.
- Period
- File within twenty-one days after service, then serve as soon as practicable and within seven days after filing
- Trigger
- Actual claim-form service and actual later filing
- Rule
- Rules of the DIFC Courts (RDC 2014), Part 42, rule 42.20(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. File within twenty-one days after service, then serve as soon as practicable and within seven days after filing. Establish actual claim-form service and actual later filing 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 acknowledgment of service in judicial review?
Person acknowledging a judicial-review claim must check Rules of the DIFC Courts (RDC 2014), Part 42, rule 42.20(1). File within twenty-one days after service, then serve as soon as practicable and within seven days after filing. The identified act is to file and then serve the acknowledgment. These are two distinct duties and anchors. Directions may alter whom the filed acknowledgment must be served on. This guide preserves the source boundary without a calculated final date or paid calculation.
Responsible actor. Person acknowledging a judicial-review claim.
Actual claim-form service and actual later filing
These are two distinct duties and anchors. Directions may alter whom the filed acknowledgment must be served on.
Source guide. File within twenty-one days after service, then serve as soon as practicable and within seven days after filing. Establish actual claim-form service and actual later filing 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 42, rule 42.20(1)How does this provision count time?
- File within twenty-one days after service, then serve as soon as practicable and within seven days after filing
- 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 42, rule 42.20(1)Which facts prevent one automatic date?
Source guide. File within twenty-one days after service, then serve as soon as practicable and within seven days after filing. Establish actual claim-form service and actual later filing 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
- These are two distinct duties and anchors. Directions may alter whom the filed acknowledgment must be served on.
- 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. File within twenty-one days after service, then serve as soon as practicable and within seven days after filing. Establish actual claim-form service and actual later filing and the applicable branch. No computed date or paid calculation is available because actual-event and completion qualifications remain unverified.
- DIFC prompt judicial review claim concerns file the claim form from actual first accrual of the review grounds, with promptly and in any event not later than three calendar months after accrual. DIFC detailed judicial review grounds after permission concerns file and serve detailed grounds and evidence from actual service of the permission order, with within thirty-five days after service. DIFC respondent notice and permission branches concerns file the respondent's notice from actual service of the appellant's notice, receipt of permission, or notification of a combined permission and appeal hearing, with twenty-one days after the applicable rdc44.80 event unless directed otherwise. Those events do not replace actual claim-form service and actual later filing for this step.
What must the responsible actor complete?
Questions about this procedure
When is the deadline for file acknowledgment of service in judicial review?
What period governs DIFC judicial review acknowledgment filing and service?
File within twenty-one days after service, then serve as soon as practicable and within seven days after filing. Rules of the DIFC Courts (RDC 2014), Part 42, rule 42.20(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 42, rule 42.20(1)Which event controls DIFC judicial review acknowledgment filing and service?
Establish actual claim-form service and actual later filing. These are two distinct duties and anchors. Directions may alter whom the filed acknowledgment must be served on. The catalog date label does not prove this event.
Rules of the DIFC Courts (RDC 2014), Part 42, rule 42.20(1)Who completes the step for DIFC judicial review acknowledgment filing and service?
Person acknowledging a judicial-review claim. The source identifies the act as file and then serve the acknowledgment. Filing, service, payment, a minimum notice and a stay status must remain distinct.
Rules of the DIFC Courts (RDC 2014), Part 42, rule 42.20(1)Which conditions change DIFC judicial review acknowledgment filing and service?
These are two distinct duties and anchors. Directions may alter whom the filed acknowledgment must be served on. 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 42, rule 42.20(1)How are time and closure treated for DIFC judicial review acknowledgment filing and service?
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 42, rule 42.20(1)Why does DIFC judicial review acknowledgment filing and service show no final date?
The source period is retained, but the actual actual claim-form service and actual later filing 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 42, rule 42.20(1)Official sources and review
Provisions used (2)
| Provision | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Rules of the DIFC Courts (RDC 2014), Part 42, rule 42.20(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 |