March 24, 2023 COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE - ORDERS
Claim No: CFI 044/2021
IN THE DUBAI INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL CENTRE
IN THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
BETWEEN
SHIRAZ MAHMOOD
Claimant
and
STANDARD CHARTERED BANK
Defendant
CONSENT ORDER
UPON the Case Management Order of H.E. Justice Maha Al Mheiri dated 9 September 2022 (the “CMO”)
AND UPON the amendments made to the CMO by the Consent Orders dated 28 September 2022, 21 October 2022, 23 December 2022 and 26 January 2023 (the “Consent Orders”)
AND UPON reviewing email correspondence to the DIFC Courts’ Registry from the parties’ legal representatives with respect to the terms set out in this Order
AND UPON the parties having agreed to the terms set out in this Order
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED BY CONSENT THAT:
1. Paragraph 11A shall be inserted to the CMO to read as follows:
"Where objections have been made, the requesting party shall have until 4pm on Thursday 30 March 2023 to respond to the objections and/or to provide the revised request(s) (the "Revised Request to Produce")".
2. Paragraph 11B shall be inserted to the CMO to read as follows:
"Objections to the Revised Request to Produce must be filed and served by no later than 4pm on Thursday 6 April 2023".
3. Paragraph 11C shall be inserted to the CMO to read as follows:
"Where there are no objections to the Revised Request to Produce, documents responsive to that request are to be produced by no later than 4pm on Thursday 20 April 2023".
4. Paragraph 12 of the CMO shall be amended to read as follows:
"If a party is not satisfied with any objection to any Request to Produce and/or any Revised Request to Produce then it may, by no later than Thursday 27 April 2023, make a document production application to the Court for a document production order using the Part 23 Form. Upon making such an application, the usual timelines under RDC 23 for progression of such applications will apply.".
5. All other deadlines shall remain as ordered in the CMO, or as amended by the Consent Orders.
6. Costs of this Consent Order shall be costs in the case.
7. The parties shall have liberty to apply.
Issued by:
Delvin Sumo
Assistant Registrar
Date of issue: 24 March 2023
At: 10am