Claim No: CFI 007/2013
THE DUBAI INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL CENTRE COURTS
IN THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
BEFORE JUDGE SHAMLAN AL SAWALEHI
BETWEEN
| (1) OMAR DOBOUNY (2) DAVID DOBOUNY (3) STEVEN FERRARI (4) ASHLEY FONG (5) DAVID MICKLER (6) OBERON TRADING LIMITED | Claimants |
| andDAMAN REAL ESTATE CAPITAL PARTNERS LIMITED | Defendant |
CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER
UPON reviewing the Court file
AND UPON reading the Case Management Bundle
AND UPON hearing counsel at the Case Management Conference held on 21 May 2013
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED [BY CONSENT] THAT:
Production of Documents
1. Standard production of documents to be made by each party on or before
Tuesday, 18 June 2013. [RDC 2011
Rule 28.6]
2. Parties to file and serve any Request to Produce on or before
Tuesday, 2 July 2013 [RDC
28.13]
3. Objections to Requests to Produce (if any) shall be filed and served within 7 days thereafter and in any event not later than
Tuesday, 9 July 2013. [RDC
28.16]
4. 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 7 days and in any event not later than
Tuesday, 16 July 2013. [RDC
28.20]
5. The parties shall comply with the terms of any disclosure order within 14 days thereafter and in any event not later than
Tuesday, 30 July 2013 [RDC
28.22]
6. Where there are no objections to a particular Request contained in a Request to Produce, documents responsive to that request shall be produced within 14 days from the date of the Request to Produce, and in any event not later than
Tuesday, 16 July 2013 [RDC
28.15]
Witness Statements
7. Signed statements of witnesses of fact, and hearsay notices where required by [RDC
29.2 and
29.103 to
29.105 inclusive] to be exchanged
4 weeks following the close of the disclosure stage.
8. Any Witness Statement evidence in reply to be filed and served within 2 weeks thereafter.
9. The Claimants will produce statements from 6 witnesses of fact.
10. The Defendant will produce statements from 3 witnesses of fact.
11. Unless otherwise ordered, Witness Statements are to stand as
evidence in chief of the witness at trial.
Order for Justice by Reconciliation
12. The parties are to explore the possibility of Justice by Reconciliation prior to the Pre-Trial Review date. If the parties consider Justice by Reconciliation to be appropriate in all circumstances of the case then the parties will prepare a draft Order for Justice by Reconciliation and submit it to the Court for approval no later than 7 days prior to the date of the Pre-Trial Review.
Pre-Trial Review
13. A pre-trial review is to be listed
not less than 28 days after the close of witness evidence referred to at paragraph 8 above [RDC
26.76 and
26.77 — PTR normally takes place between 8 and 4 weeks before trial date].
Trial Bundles
15. Agreed trial bundles to be completed in accordance with
Part 35 of the RDC and lodged by not later than
2 weeks before trial [RDC
35.33].
Reading List
16. A single reading list approved by all parties' legal representatives for trial to be lodged with the
Registry not later than
2 days before fixed trial date, together with an estimate of time required for reading. [RDC
35.50].
Skeleton Argument, Opening Statements and Chronology
17. Skeleton Arguments and Written Opening Statements to be served on all other parties and lodged with the Court — two days before the start of trial for the
Claimant and one day before the start of trial for the Defendant. [RDC
35.61]
18. 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
1 week before trial. [RDC
35.63].
Trial
19. Trial to be listed for 19 November 2013 with a 2 day time estimate.
20. [Costs in the Case].
21. Liberty to apply.
Issued by:
Nassir Al Nasser
Date of issue: 23 May 2013
At: 4:30 pm
