Please note the following notice regarding March sittings of the Circuit Court:
I, Patricia Ryan, President of the Circuit Court, in pursuance of the powers vested in me by Section 10 of the Courts of Justice Act, 1947, and by other powers conferred on me, and having consulted the permanent Judges of the Dublin Circuit, do hereby Order the following:
Keep reading →His Honour Judge Colin Daly, President of the District Court has issued the following notice:
Due to the continuation of the current Covid-19 level 5 restrictions, the advice from NPHET concerning the projected rate of infection in the community over the coming weeks and other relevant Covid-19 information, the measures adopted by the District Court for the conduct of criminal, civil, family law and child care law from the 7th January to the 1st March 2021 will be extended to the 5th April 2021. These measures will be reviewed periodically according to public health and government’s advice.
Due to the imposition of the current Covid-19 level 5 restrictions and the advice from NPHET concerning the projected rate of infection in the community it is not possible to give any definitive date as to when criminal jury trials can safely be recommenced. The situation will be reviewed again on 15th March 2021. Updated notices will thereafter appear in the Legal Diary and on the Courts Service Website. Please read the full notice on the Courts Website here.
Due to the continuation of the current Covid-19 level 5 restrictions, the advice from NPHET concerning the projected rate of infection in the community over the coming weeks and other relevant Covid-19 information, it has been decided that until further notice civil work in the High Court will proceed subject to same limitations as were first imposed at the time of the 19th October 2020 level 5 lockdown which limitations were reinstated further to the direction of the President dated the 5th January 2021. The situation will continue be reviewed on a weekly basis commencing Monday 15th March 2021 leaving open the possibility that current limitations may be reduced or removed before the formal end of present level 5 restrictions. Please see the summary on the Courts service website here for further details.
The callover of the list for the upcoming High Court Civil Jury sessions from 27th April 2021 for three weeks will take place remotely on Thursday 4th March 2021 before Mr. Justice Barton at 10.30am. Please see list here.
Keep reading →Please note, only matters capable of being heard remotely will be included in the Bankruptcy List until further notice.
Contested matters not capable of being heard remotely have been adjourned as follows:
Keep reading →Please note, due to the current Level 5 Covid-19 restrictions, it is not possible to have a physical sitting for the The Taxation of Costs list scheduled for hearing on 22 February 2021.
Keep reading →Further to the Order of the President of the Circuit Court on Wednesday 6th January, 2021, the following arrangements now apply:
Keep reading →In accordance with the Covid-19 Notice of the President of the High Court dated 5 January 2021 only matters capable of being heard remotely will be included in the Bankruptcy List until further notice.
Keep reading →In light of the current Level 5 restrictions, public health guidance and the high incidence of the Covid-19 virus in the community and pursuant to the Notice of the President of the High Court Justice Mary Irvine in relation to the conduct of Civil Business in the High Court, all business of the High Court Family Law List that was scheduled for the weeks commencing the 8th 15th and 22nd of February 2021 and 1st of March 2021 has been cancelled.
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