The Claimant applied to add the Proposed Defendant to two extant cases within the Court, CTFIC0035/2022 and CTFIC0040/2023. On 5 May 2024, the First Instance Circuit dismissed both applications, and stated in their Order: 'The Claimant’s application of 1 March 2024 for this Court, in exercise of its case management powers under Article 10 of the Qatar Financial Centre Civil and Commercial Court Regulations and Procedural Rules to join International Business Development Group WLL as an additional Defendant in case CTFIC0035/2022 be dismissed. The Court declares that this application is wholly without merit. The Claimant’s application of 19 December 2023 for this Court, in exercise of its case management powers under Article 10 of the Rules, to join International Business Development Group WLL as an additional Defendant in case CTFIC0040/2023 be dismissed. The Court declares that this application is wholly without merit. The Claimant shall pay the costs of and occasioned by these applications, on the indemnity basis, to be assessed if not agreed.' This was the assessment of those costs, the parties having failed to agree their quantum.