Claim No: CFI-021-2015
THE DUBAI INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL CENTRE COURTS
IN THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
BEFORE H.E. JUSTICE ALI AL MADHANI
BETWEEN
THERON ENTERTAINMENT LLC
and
MAG FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC
CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER OF H. E. JUSTICE ALI AL MADHANI
UPON reading the Case Management Bundle
AND UPON hearing Counsel for the Claimant and Counsel for the Defendant at the Case Management Conference held on 24 November 2015.
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED BY CONSENT THAT:
Settlement Negotiations
1. The parties will engage in settlement discussions in the period between 25 November 2015 and 17 December 2015.
Agreed List of Issues
2. Adjacent to each paragraph of each witness statement, reply witness statement (if any) and skeleton argument shall be inserted the issue or issues to which that paragraph relates as numbered in the Agreed List of Issues, in order for the Court to understand to which of the agreed issues that paragraph relates.
Production of Documents
3. Standard production of documents to be made by each party on or before 4pm on Thursday, 17 December 2015.
4. The parties to file and serve any Request to Produce by no later than 4pm on Monday, 11 January 2016.
5. The parties shall produce documents, to the extent they do not object to the Request to Produce, or file and serve Objections to Requests to Produce by no later than 4pm on Monday, 25 January 2016.
6. Where objections to any Requests to Produce have been made, the Court will determine those objections and will make any Disclosure Order within the following 10 days and in any event by no later than 4pm on Thursday, 4 February 2016.
7. The parties shall comply with the terms of any Disclosure Order within 14 days thereafter and in any event by no later than 4pm on Thursday, 18 February 2016.
Witness Statements
8. Signed statements of witnesses of fact are to be exchanged by no later than 4pm on Monday, 14 March 2016.
9. Any witness statement in reply to be filed and served within 14 days thereafter and in any event by no later than 4pm on Monday, 28 March 2016.
Progress Monitoring Date
10. Parties to send the Registry (with copy to all other parties) a Progress Monitoring Information Sheet within 10 days from filing of any witness statement evidence in reply and in any event no later than 4pm on Thursday, 7 April 2016.
Pre-Trial Review
11. A pre-trial review is to be listed in April 2016.
Trial Bundles
12. Agreed trial bundles to be completed in accordance with Part 35 of the RDC and lodged by not later than 1 week before trial.
Reading List
13. A single reading list approved by all parties’ legal representatives for trial to be lodged with the Registry not later than 2 clear days before fixed trial date, together with an estimate of time required for reading.
Skeleton Argument, Opening Statements and Chronology
14. Skeleton Arguments and Written Opening Statements to be served on all other parties and lodged with the Court 4 days before the start of the trial.
15. Parties to prepare a Chronology of significant events cross-referenced to significant documents, pleadings and witness statements to be agreed, insofar as possible, and to be filed together with the Skeleton Arguments.
Trial
16. The trial of this matter is to take place in May 2016 with an estimated duration of 2-3 days.
Issued by:
Natasha Bakirci
Assistant Registrar
Date of issue: 7 December 2015
At: 10am
