IN THE DUBAI INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL CENTRE COURTS
PRACTICE DIRECTION NO. 3 OF 2014
Confidentiality of Small Claims Tribunal (SCT) Judgments on Appeal to Court of First Instance
Citation
This Practice Direction will come into effect on the date of signature. It may be cited as Practice Direction 3 of 2014 — Confidentiality of SCT Judgments on Appeal — and may be abbreviated to PD 3/2014.
1. Where an SCT judgment has been appealed to the Court of First Instance in accordance with RDC (“
Rules of the
DIFC Courts”)
53.75 and
44.143; and where the Court of First Instance subsequently issues a judgment which is to be made publically available, both the parties’ names and the names of individuals referred to in the judgment shall remain confidential unless the Court orders otherwise.
2. Paragraph 1 above may be read as an extension of the principle of the confidentiality of the SCT process (see in this regard
53.45).
Dated this 28 day of May 2014
Chief Justice Michael Hwang
