Practitioners please note, the Circuit Court Family Law Courts are dealing with Divorce and Judicial Separation motions on consent and will continue to do so until the end of the current term. From the 9th of March 2021 the Court will also begin scheduling Domestic Violence District Court Appeals, and notification letters will issue shortly.
Keep reading →Due to the continuation of public health measures as a result of Covid-19, the High Court Civil Jury List to Fix Dates scheduled for Thursday 4th March 2021 has been cancelled.
Parties are advised to continue to check the Courts Service web site (www.courts.ie) and the High Court legal diary (http://legaldiary.courts.ie/high-court – jury list section) for further updates on these lists and the date of the next List to Fix Dates.
Following the Government announcement to extend current Level 5 restrictions, the Courts Service and the Judiciary have agreed to continue existing Covid-19 Level 5 protocols into the month of March 2021. The Courts Service and Judiciary will review the situation on 15 March 2021, taking into consideration Government and public health advices, as well as required lead-in times for a phased increase of Court business.
Keep reading →Please be advised that all cases that were listed for hearing for Hilary term (weeks commencing Tuesday the 12th of January 2021 up to Friday the 26h of March 2021) together with new cases awaiting a hearing date all now stand adjourned to a list to fix dates to be held on Monday the 15th of March 2021 – with a view to assigning hearing dates.
Keep reading →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:
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