September 20, 2022 COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE - ORDERS
Claim No. CFI 003/2022
THE DUBAI INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL CENTRE COURTS
IN THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
BETWEEN
(1) AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP UK LIMITED (AS TRANSFEREE OF AIG EUROPE LIMITED)
(2) MARKEL SYNDICATE MANAGEMENT LIMITED
(3) TALBOT UNDERWRITING LIMITED
(4) BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INTERNATIONAL INSURANCE LTD
Claimants
and
QATAR INSURANCE CO. (BRANCH OF A FOREIGN COMPANY)
Defendant
CONSENT ORDER
UPON the Claimants' filing a claim by way of a Part 7 Claim Form issued on 14 January 2022 (the ‘‘Claim’’)
AND UPON the Claimants serving the Claim on the Defendants on 26 January 2022
AND UPON the Defendant filing an Acknowledgement of Service issued on 8 February 2022
AND UPON the Claimants filing the Amended Claim Form on 29 March 2021
AND UPON the Claimants filing the Re-amended Claim Form on 22 August 2022
AND UPON hearing the Defendant’s Application No. CFI-003-2022/1 dated 22 February 2022 for a declaration that the DIFC Courts have no jurisdiction to hear the claim (the ‘‘Application’’) and the Defendant’s Application No. CFI-003-2022/2 dated 14 July 2022 (the ‘‘Expert Evidence Application’’) at a hearing on 21 July 2022
AND UPON ordering, inter alia, that the Expert Evidence Application and the Application are refused by way of the Order of Justice Lord Angus Glennie dated 29 August 2022
AND UPON the Defendant filing a further Acknowledgement of Service issued on 12 September 2022
AND UPON the Parties settling the Claimants’ costs of the Application and the Expert Evidence Application and the Parties settling the Claimants' Application No. CFI-003-2022/3 dated 6 September 2022 and the Defendant’s Application No. CFI-003-2022/4 dated 14 September 2022 (the ‘‘Slip Applications’’) on the terms set out below
AND UPON considering the Rules of the DIFC Courts
AND UPON the Parties having agreed to the terms of this Order
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED BY CONSENT:
1. The Defendant shall pay to the Claimants USD 195,000.00.
2. Payment is to be made within 14 days of the date of this Order.
3. The Slip Applications are considered withdrawn with no order as to costs in those applications.
Issued by:
Ayesha Bin Kalban
Deputy Registrar
Date of issue: 20 September 2022
At: 3:30pm