December 15, 2022 court of first instance - Orders
Claim No: CFI 030/2022
THE DUBAI INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL CENTRE COURTS
IN THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
BETWEEN
MAD ATELIER INTERNATIONAL B.V.
Claimant
and
(1) AXEL MANES
(2) CATHERINE ZHILLA
Defendants
ORDER OF JUSTICE SIR JEREMY COOKE
UPON the Order of Justice Sir Jeremy Cooke dated 14 October 2022 setting out document production directions (the “Order”)
AND UPON the First Defendant’s Request to Produce Documents dated 29 November 2022 (the “First Defendant’s Request”)
AND UPON the Claimant’s Objections to Produce filed in response to the First Defendant’s Request dated 13 December 2022
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT the First Defendant’s Request is denied.
Issued by:
Ayesha Bin Kalban
Registrar
Date of issue: 15 December 2022
At: 4pm
SCHEDULE OF REASONS
1. So far as concerns the First Defendant’s document requests, they are all refused as being immaterial to the outcome of the DIFC proceedings, following the immediate judgment recognising the English judgment and, to the extent that the First Defendant has not specified that the documents sought are not in his possession, for that reason also.