Practitioner’s Guide on Civil Procedure Code

This practitioner’s guide was initially developed as a toolkit to the in-house attorneys at Riza & Co. LLP. This guide is intended to summarize, consolidate and explain the basic concepts of the civil procedure as laid out in the newly enacted Civil Procedure Code, the Civil Court’s Regulation on Civil Procedure and the Model Regulation issued by the Maldives Supreme Court.

This guide will be published in volumes in a thematic manner. For any queries or comments regarding this guide, readers are encouraged to email to info@rco.attorney.

VOLUME 1: JURISDICTION

VOLUME 2: LIMITATION

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