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PART 22 - – Statements of truth - Dubai World Tribunal
PART 1 – Citation, commencement, application and the overriding objectivePART 2 — InterpretationPART 3 – Organisation of the TribunalPART 4 – The Tribunal’s case management powersPART 5 – FormsPART 6 – Tribunal documentsPART 7 – How to start a claim – the claim formPART 8 – Alternative procedure for claimsPART 9 – ServicePART 10 – Responding to the particulars of claim – GeneralPART 11 – Acknowledgment of servicePART 12 – Disputing the Tribunal’s JurisdictionPART 13 – Default JudgmentPART 14 – Setting aside or varying default judgmentPART 15 – AdmissionsPART 16 – Defence and ReplyPART 17 – Statements of casePART 18 – Amendments to statements of casePART 19 – Further informationPART 20 – Addition and substitution of partiesPART 21 – Counterclaims and other additional claimsPART 22 – – Statements of truthPART 23 – General Rules about applications for Tribunal OrdersPART 24 – Immediate judgmentPART 25 – Interim remedies and security for costsPART 26 – Case ManagementPART 27 – Justice by reconciliationPART 28 – Production of documentsPART 29 – EvidencePART 30 – Witnesses and depositionsPART 31- Experts and assessorsPART 32 – Offers to settlePART 33 – Payments inPART 34 – DiscontinuancePART 35 – Miscellaneous provisions relating to hearingsPART 36 – Judgments and OrdersPART 37 – Change of Legal RepresentativePART 38 – General Rules about costsPART 39 – Procedure for detailed assessment of costsPART 40 – Proceedings by or against the Centre, its Bodies and the GovernmentPART 41 – Arbitration ClaimsPART 42 – InterpleaderPART 43 – ContemptPART 44 – Small Claims Panel ContentsDocuments to be verified by a statement of truthForm of the statement of truthWho may sign the statement of truthPower of the Tribunal to require a document to be verifiedFailure to verify a statement of casePenalty
The following documents must be verified by a statement of truth –
(1) a statement of case;
(5) a certificate of service;
(7) a notice of objections to an account being taken by the Tribunal, unless verified by an affidavit or witness statement;
(8) a schedule or counter-schedule of expenses and losses in a personal injury claim, and any amendments to such a schedule or counter-schedule, whether or not they are contained in a statement of case.
Where a statement of case is amended, the amendments must be verified by a statement of truth unless the Tribunal orders otherwise.
A statement of truth is a statement that –
(3) in the case of a certificate of service, the person who signs the certificate,
The statement of truth must be signed by –
(1) in the case of a statement of case, a response or an application –
A statement of truth in a statement of case may be made by –
The form of the statement of truth verifying a statement of case, a response, an application notice or a notice of objections should be as follows:
In a statement of case, a response or an application notice, the statement of truth must be signed by:
(1) the party or
(2) the legal representative for the party.
A statement of truth verifying a notice of objections to an account must be signed by the objecting party or his legal representative.
If insurers are conducting proceedings on behalf of many claimants or defendants, a statement of truth in a statement of case may be signed by a senior person responsible for the case at a lead insurer, but –
(3) the Tribunal may order that a statement of truth also be signed by one or more of the parties.
Where a legal representative has signed a statement of truth, his signature will be taken by the Tribunal as his statement:
The following are examples of the possible application of this Part describing who may sign a statement of truth verifying statements in documents other than a witness statement. These are only examples and not an indication of how a Tribunal might apply this Part to a specific situation.
If an insurer has a financial interest in a claim involving its insured then, if the insured is the party, the insurer may sign a statement of truth in a statement of case for the insured party. Rules 22.16 and 22.17 apply to the insurer if it is a company. The claims manager employed by the insurer responsible for handling the insurance claim or managing the staff handling the claim may sign the statement of truth for the insurer (see next example).
Rules 22.16 and 22.17. The word ‘manager’ will be construed in the context of the phrase ‘a person holding a senior position’ which it is used to define. The Tribunal will consider the size of the company and the size and nature of the claim. It would expect the manager signing the statement of truth to have personal knowledge of the content of the document or to be responsible for managing those who have that knowledge of the content. A small company may not have a manager, apart from the directors, who holds a senior position. A large company will have many such managers. In a larger company with specialist claims, insurance or legal departments the statement may be signed by the manager of such a department if he or she is responsible for handling the claim or managing the staff handling it.
Legal representative is defined in the Schedule to Part 2. A legal representative employed by a party may sign a statement of truth. However a person who is not legally qualified, but who is employed by the company and is managed by such a person, is not employed by that person and so cannot sign a statement of truth. (This is unlike the employee of a lawyer in private practice who would come within the definition of legal representative.) However such a person may be a manager and able to sign the statement on behalf of the company in that capacity.
22.26 A party may apply to the Tribunal for permission that a statement of truth be signed by a person other than one of those required by the Part.
Power of the Tribunal to require a document to be verified
22.27 The Tribunal may order a person who has failed to verify a document in accordance with Rule 22.1 to verify the document.
22.28 Any party may apply to the Tribunal for an order under Rule 22.27 that unless within such period as the Tribunal may specify the statement of case is verified by the service of a statement of truth, the statement of case will be struck out.
22.29 The usual order for the costs of an application referred to in Rule 22.28 will be that the costs be paid by the party who had failed to verify in any event and forthwith.
22.30 If a party fails to verify his statement of case by a statement of truth –
22.31 The Tribunal may strike out a statement of case which is not verified by a statement of truth.
22.32 Attention is drawn to Section VI of Part 29 which sets out the consequences of verifying a statement of case containing a false statement without an honest belief in its truth.