November 09, 2020 COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE - ORDERS
Claim No. CFI 079/2020
THE DUBAI INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL CENTRE COURTS
IN THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
BETWEEN
PUNJAB NATIONAL BANK, DIFC BRANCH
Claimant
and
(1) NMC HEALTHCARE LLC
(2) NEW MEDICAL CENTRE TRADING LLC
(3) NMC SPECIALITY HOSPITAL LLC, DUBAI
(4) NMC SPECIALITY HOSPITAL LLC, ABU DHABI
(5) NEW MEDICAL CENTRE SPECIALITY HOSPITAL LLC, AL AIN
(6) MR. B.R. SHETTY
(7) NMC HEALTH PLC (IN ADMINISTRATION)
Defendants
CONSENT ORDER
UPON the Claimant filing a Claim Form and a Particulars of Claim on 28 September 2020
AND UPON the First and Third Defendants filing an Acknowledgment of Service contesting jurisdiction on 25 October 2020
AND UPON the company registration of the First and Third Defendants being continued into the Abu Dhabi General Market (“ADGM”) as NMC Healthcare LTD and NMC Specialty Hospital LTD respectively, and an administration order being issued by the ADGM Courts on 27 September 2020 in relation to, inter alia, the First and Third Defendants (the "Administration Order") and Mr Benjamin Cairns and Mr Richard Fleming of Alvarez & Marsal Europe LLP being appointed joint administrators (the “Joint Administrators”)
AND UPON the Joint Administrators filing an application for recognition of the Administration Order in the DIFC Courts on 20 October 2020 under DIFC Court Claim No CFI-090-2020 (the “Recognition Application”)
AND UPON the Claimant and the First and Third Defendants having agreed to the terms set forth
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED BY CONSENT THAT there will be an interim stay of this proceeding as against the First and Third Defendants until the Court determines the Recognition Application, or until the first available date after 26 November 2020 if there has been no determination on the Recognition Application by 26 November 2020.
Issued by:
Nour Hineidi
Registrar
Date of Issue: 9 November 2020
At: 8am