November 29, 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 Part 7 Claim Form dated 14 January 2022 (the “Claim”)
AND UPON the Claimants serving the Claim on the Defendant on 26 January 2022
AND UPON the Defendant filing an Acknowledgement of Service dated 8 February 2022
AND UPON the Claimants filing the Amended Claim Form on 29 March 2022
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 Acknowledgment 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
AND UPON a Consent Order dated 6 October 2022 extending the deadline for filing the Particulars of Claim to 24 October 2022
AND UPON
a Consent Order dated 28 October 2022 extending the deadline for filing the Particulars of Claim to 31 October 2022AND UPON a Consent Order dated 31 October 2022 extending the deadline for filing the Particulars of Claim to 1 November 2022
AND UPON the Claimant filing the Particulars of Claim on 1 November 2022
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 deadline for filing the Defence shall be extended to 13 December 2022.
2. There shall be no order as to costs.
Issued by:
Ayesha Bin Kalban
Registrar
Date of issue: 29 November 2022
At: 10:30am