DIFC and ADGM procedure guides
When is the deadline for claimant to file request for judgment on an admission before the claim is stayed?
Claimant choosing judgment on an admission must check Rules of the DIFC Courts (RDC 2014), Part 15, rule 15.22. Fourteen days after service before the stay consequence. The identified act is to file the request for judgment. Failure causes a stay until the request is filed. This does not impose an unconditional duty to seek judgment or permanently extinguish the claim. This guide preserves the source boundary without a calculated final date or paid calculation.
- Period
- Fourteen days after service before the stay consequence
- Trigger
- Actual service of the admission on the claimant
- Rule
- Rules of the DIFC Courts (RDC 2014), Part 15, rule 15.22
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. Fourteen days after service before the stay consequence. Establish actual service of the admission on the claimant 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 claimant to file request for judgment on an admission before the claim is stayed?
Claimant choosing judgment on an admission must check Rules of the DIFC Courts (RDC 2014), Part 15, rule 15.22. Fourteen days after service before the stay consequence. The identified act is to file the request for judgment. Failure causes a stay until the request is filed. This does not impose an unconditional duty to seek judgment or permanently extinguish the claim. This guide preserves the source boundary without a calculated final date or paid calculation.
Responsible actor. Claimant choosing judgment on an admission.
Actual service of the admission on the claimant
Failure causes a stay until the request is filed. This does not impose an unconditional duty to seek judgment or permanently extinguish the claim.
Source guide. Fourteen days after service before the stay consequence. Establish actual service of the admission on the claimant 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 15, rule 15.22How does this provision count time?
- Fourteen days after service before the stay consequence
- 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 15, rule 15.22Which facts prevent one automatic date?
Source guide. Fourteen days after service before the stay consequence. Establish actual service of the admission on the claimant 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
- Failure causes a stay until the request is filed. This does not impose an unconditional duty to seek judgment or permanently extinguish the claim.
- 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. Fourteen days after service before the stay consequence. Establish actual service of the admission on the claimant and the applicable branch. No computed date or paid calculation is available because actual-event and completion qualifications remain unverified.
- DIFC admission and its applicable service event concerns return or file the admission under the applicable Part 15 route from actual service of the particulars if the form said they would follow, otherwise claim-form service, with fourteen days after the applicable service. DIFC jurisdiction application after acknowledgment concerns make the evidence-supported jurisdiction application from actual filing of the acknowledgment of service, with within fourteen days after filing. DIFC optional reply to a defence concerns file the reply and serve all other parties at the same time from actual service of the defence, with within twenty-one days after service. Those events do not replace actual service of the admission on the claimant for this step.
What must the responsible actor complete?
Questions about this procedure
When is the deadline for claimant to file request for judgment on an admission before the claim is stayed?
What period governs DIFC judgment request after an admission?
Fourteen days after service before the stay consequence. Rules of the DIFC Courts (RDC 2014), Part 15, rule 15.22 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 15, rule 15.22Which event controls DIFC judgment request after an admission?
Establish actual service of the admission on the claimant. Failure causes a stay until the request is filed. This does not impose an unconditional duty to seek judgment or permanently extinguish the claim. The catalog date label does not prove this event.
Rules of the DIFC Courts (RDC 2014), Part 15, rule 15.22Who completes the step for DIFC judgment request after an admission?
Claimant choosing judgment on an admission. The source identifies the act as file the request for judgment. Filing, service, payment, a minimum notice and a stay status must remain distinct.
Rules of the DIFC Courts (RDC 2014), Part 15, rule 15.22Which conditions change DIFC judgment request after an admission?
Failure causes a stay until the request is filed. This does not impose an unconditional duty to seek judgment or permanently extinguish the claim. 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 15, rule 15.22How are time and closure treated for DIFC judgment request after an admission?
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 15, rule 15.22Why does DIFC judgment request after an admission show no final date?
The source period is retained, but the actual actual service of the admission on the claimant 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 15, rule 15.22Official sources and review
Provisions used (2)
| Provision | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Rules of the DIFC Courts (RDC 2014), Part 15, rule 15.22 | 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 |