Upon review of the defendant's appeal notice dated 9 March 2017 seeking permission to appeal against the order of the Court of Appeal dated 28 February 2017, and upon review of the Rules of the DIFC Courts, Part 44, it is ordered that permission to appeal the order of the Court of Appeal dated 28 February 2017 is refused. Permission to re-open the appeals heard on 18 September 2016 is refused. Reasons include there being no basis under the law of the DIFC for any appeal from the decision of 28 February 2017 by the Court of Appeal arising from the hearing before that court on 18 September 2016; the criteria set out in RDC 44.179 are not met in the present case, and; there is nothing to suggest that the ultimate conclusions reached on the defendant's appeals were unjust and there are no exceptional circumstances that mean that the defendant should be permitted to re-open the appeal.

Issued by Maha Almehairi, Judicial Officer.