CFI 003/2022 (1) American International Group UK Limited (As Transferee Of AIG Europe Limited) (2) Markel Syndicate Management Limited (3) Talbot Underwriting Limited (4) Berkshire Hathaway International Insurance Ltd v Qatar Insurance Co. (Branch Of A Foreign Company)
CFI 003/2022 (1) American International Group UK Limited (As Transferee Of AIG Europe Limited) (2) Markel Syndicate Management Limited (3) Talbot Underwriting Limited (4) Berkshire Hathaway International Insurance Ltd v Qatar Insurance Co. (Branch Of A Foreign Company)
December 12, 2022  COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE - ORDERS
Claim No. CFI 003/2022
THE DUBAI INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL CENTRE COURTS
IN THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
BETWEEN
(1) AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP UK LIMITED (AS TRANSFEREE OF AIG EUROPE LIMITED)
(2) MARKEL SYNDICATE MANAGEMENT LIMITED
(3) TALBOT UNDERWRITING LIMITED
(4) BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INTERNATIONAL INSURANCE LTD
Claimants
and
QATAR INSURANCE CO. (BRANCH OF A FOREIGN COMPANY)
Defendant
CONSENT ORDER
UPON
the Claimants' filing a claim by way of a Part 7 Claim Form issued on 14 January 2022 (the ‘‘Claim’’)
AND UPON
the Claimants serving the Claim on the Defendants on 26 January 2022
AND UPON
the Defendant filing an Acknowledgement of Service issued on 8 February 2022
AND UPON
the Claimants filing the Amended Claim Form on 29 March 2021
AND UPON
the Claimants filing the Re-amended Claim Form on 22 August 2022
AND UPON
hearing the Defendant’s Application No. CFI-003-2022/1 dated 22 February 2022 for a declaration that the DIFC Courts have no jurisdiction to hear the claim (the ‘‘Application’’) and the Defendant’s Application No. CFI-003-2022/2 dated 14 July 2022 (the ‘‘Expert Evidence Application’’) at a hearing on 21 July 2022
AND UPON
ordering, inter alia, that the Expert Evidence Application and the Application are refused by way of the Order of Justice Lord Angus Glennie dated 29 August 2022
AND UPON
the Defendant filing a Further Acknowledgment of Service issued on 12 September 2022
AND UPON
the parties settling the Claimants’ costs of the Application and the Expert Evidence Application and the Parties settling the Claimants' Application No. CFI-003-2022/3 dated 6 September 2022 and the Defendant’s Application No. CFI-003-2022/4 dated 14 September 2022
AND UPON
a Consent Order issued on 6 October 2022 extending the deadline for filing the Particulars of Claim to 24 October 2022
AND UPON
a Consent Order issued on 28 October 2022 extending the deadline for filing the Particulars of Claim to 31 October 2022.
AND UPON
a Consent Order issued on 31 October 2022 extending the deadline for filing the Particulars of Claim to 1 November 2022.
AND UPON
the Claimant filing the Particulars of Claim on 1 November 2022.
AND UPON
a Consent Order issued on 29 November 2022 extending the deadline for filing the Defence to 13 December 2022.
AND UPON
considering the Rules of the DIFC Courts.
AND UPON
the parties having agreed to the terms of this Order.
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED BY CONSENT THAT:
1. The deadline for filing the Defence shall be extended to
4pm, on 3 January 2023.
2. There shall be no order as to costs.
Issued by:
Delvin Sumo
Assistant Registrar
Date of issue: 12 December 2022
At: 11am