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DIAC arbitration deadline calculator

Time limits under the Dubai International Arbitration Centre rules, encoded from the rules themselves with the citation, period, trigger and roll-over treatment for each. Pick a seat in the calculator below to compute a due date on that seat's real weekend and public-holiday calendar.

2022 edition in force from 2022-03-21 · Methodology

Keep the England and Wales civil defaults and go straight to what happened, or change the jurisdiction and forum first.

Jurisdiction

Institution

DIAC (Dubai International Arbitration Centre) deadlines, encoded from the institution's rules with their citations. Choose the seat (which sets the weekends and public holidays), the date the clock started, and the deadline. Confirm the exact rule edition before relying on a date.

Seat of arbitration

Drives the holiday calendar and the seat-law deadlines below.

When did the clock start? (trigger date)

Which deadline?

Receipt of the Centre’s list of candidates for the sole arbitrator.

After the award

Court deadlines under the seat law (United Kingdom (England & Wales))

These run under the law of the seat, not the institutional rules, and must be tracked separately. They are computed from the date of the award; confirm the seat and dates with counsel.

Challenge / appeal the award (England & Wales)

Date of the award (or, for awards on/after 1 Aug 2025, the "applicable date" under the Arbitration Act 2025)

28 days

Arbitration Act 1996 s.70(3)

Limitation to enforce the award (England & Wales)

The cause of action to enforce accrues

6 years

Limitation Act 1980 s.7

Legal disclaimer

Deadline Engine provides calculated dates based on procedural rules. It is not legal advice. You must independently verify every deadline against the underlying rules and the facts of your matter. Deadline Engine accepts no liability for missed deadlines.

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Cited to the rule

DIAC deadlines this calculator covers

4 encoded time limits, version-stamped to their rule edition.

Extension of time to submit the AnswerDIAC Rules 2022 Art. 5.7

10 days from A reasoned application by the respondent to extend the time for the Answer

Advisory2022 editionRolls over on the recipient's calendar

Return the ranked list for the sole arbitratorDIAC Rules 2022 Art. 13

7 days from Receipt of the Centre’s list of candidates for the sole arbitrator

Binding2022 editionRolls over on the recipient's calendar

Constitute the tribunal (Expedited Proceedings)DIAC Rules 2022 Art. 32

5 days from The Centre’s decision that the Expedited Proceedings apply

Binding2022 editionRolls over on the recipient's calendar

Final award (Expedited Proceedings)DIAC Rules 2022 Art. 32

3 months from Transmission of the file to the tribunal

Binding2022 editionRolls over on the seat's calendar

Time limits at a glance

The headline periods below restate the encoded rules. Run the calculator above for the exact date on the seat's calendar.

Return the ranked list for the sole arbitrator: what is the time limit under the DIAC rules?

7 days from Receipt of the Centre’s list of candidates for the sole arbitrator, under DIAC Rules 2022 Art. 13 (2022 edition). The period rolls over on the recipient's calendar.

Constitute the tribunal (Expedited Proceedings): what is the time limit under the DIAC rules?

5 days from The Centre’s decision that the Expedited Proceedings apply, under DIAC Rules 2022 Art. 32 (2022 edition). The period rolls over on the recipient's calendar.

Final award (Expedited Proceedings): what is the time limit under the DIAC rules?

3 months from Transmission of the file to the tribunal, under DIAC Rules 2022 Art. 32 (2022 edition). The period rolls over on the seat's calendar.

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