DIFC Courts

Registrar’s Direction No 2 of 2009 Specified Period of Time

August 16, 2009 Registrar Directions

IN THE JUDICIAL AUTHORITY OF THE DUBAI INTERNATIONAL CENTRE
DIFC COURTS

REGISTRAR’S DIRECTION NO 2 OF 2009

Specified Period of Time

Citation

This Registrar’s Direction will come into effect on the date of signature. It may be cited as Registrar Direction 2 of 2009 – Specified Period of Time and may be abbreviated to RD 2/2009.

Specified Period of Time

1. This Registrar’s Direction should be read in conjunction with the Rules of the DIFC Courts and in particular Rules 2.12 and Rule 2.14 (Time).

 

2. Rule 2.14 provides that when computing a specified period of time that is 5 days or less, a day that is not a normal working day in the DIFC is not counted.

 

3. For the sake of clarification, where the specified period of time (for the purposes of the Rules) is 6 days or more, both normal working days in the DIFC and non-working days in the DIFC shall be counted.

 

Dated this 16th day of August 2009

Mark Beer
Registrar of the DIFC Courts