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Circuit Court Rules
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Index of Circuit Court Rules
Circuit Court Rules Status:
Current version as at 18 December 2019
Order 42
Appeals to the Court of Criminal Appeal
General Amendment 2
S.I. No. 188 of 2008: Circuit Court Rules (Jurisdiction, Recognition, Enforcement and Service of Proceedings) 2008
General Amendment 3
S.I. No. 251 of 2009: Circuit Court Rules (Miscellaneous) 2009
General Amendment 4
S.I. No. 276 of 2014: Circuit Court Rules (Registered Post) 2014
General Amendment 5
S.I. No. 317 of 2013: Circuit Court Rules (Personal Insolvency) 2013
General Amendment 6
S.I. No. 379 of 2018: Circuit Court Rules (Fines (Payment and Recovery)) 2018
General Amendment 7
S.I. No. 445 of 2010: Circuit Court Rules (Miscellaneous) 2010
General Amendment 8
S.I. No. 583 of 2009: Circuit Court Rules (Combined Court Offices) 2009
General Amendment 9
S.I. No. 597 of 2014: Circuit Court Rules (Lugano Convention and Maintenance Regulation) 2014
Order 1
Sittings, language and office hours
Order 2
Venue
Order 2A
Jurisdiction and the Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Civil or Commercial Matters : S.I. No. 882 of 2004
Order 3
Judges' robes and mode of address to the judges
Order 4
Court Seal and Authentication of Court documents
Order 5
Commencement of proceedings
Order 5A
Procedure by personal injuries summons : S.I. No. 526 of 2005
Order 5B
Actions for Possession and Well-charging Reliefs : S.I. No. 264 of 2009
Order 6
Parties
Order 5C
Defamation Act 2009 : S.I. No. 486 of 2009
Order 7
Third Party Procedure
Order 8
Actions by and against firms and persons carrying on business in names other than their own
Order 9
Joinder of Claims
Order 10
Indorsement of claim
Order 11
Issue of civil bills - service of documents : S.I. No. 132 of 2009
Order 12
Renewal of Civil Bill
Order 13
Service out of the jurisdiction
Order 14
Service out of the Jurisdiction under the 1998 Act, Regulation No. 1215/2012 or the Lugano Convention : S.I. No. 618 of 2015
Order 14A
Service out of the Jurisdiction under: Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/2003 (Matrimonial Matters and Matters of Parental Responsibility) Council Regulation (EC) No 4/2009 (Maintenance Obligations) : S.I. No. 597 of 2014
Order 14B
Service in EU Member States (including the State) of judicial and extra-judicial documents : S.I. No. 883 of 2004 (as amended by S.I. No. 597 of 2014)
Order 15
Appearance, defence, lodgment, offer of payment in lieu of lodgment and counterclaim
Order 16
Security for costs
Order 17
Particulars and further particulars in claim or defence
Order 18
County Registrar
Order 19
Side-bar applications
Order 19A
Case Progression (General) : S.I. No. 539 of 2009
Order 20
Sittings in chambers and interlocutory applications
Order 21
Discontinuance
Order 22
Change of parties
Order 23
Evidence
Order 23A
Taking of evidence for EU Courts : S.I. No. 302 of 2013
Order 24
Attendance of witnesses
Order 25
Affidavits
Order 26
Judgment by default in cases of liquidated demands and claims for delivery of goods and chattels
Order 27
Judgment by default in cases not coming within the preceding order
Order 28
Summary judgment
Order 29
Judgment by consent in the office
Order 30
Review of judgments
Order 31
Admissions
Order 32
Discovery and inspection of documents and interrogatories
Order 33
Trial
Order 33A
Mediation and other alternative dispute resolution processes : S.I. No. 11 of 2018
Order 34
Order as to trial of separate issues
Order 35
Transfer of Actions
Order 35A
European Enforcement Orders : S.I. No. 1 of 2006
Order 35B
European Account Preservation Order : S.I. No. 2012 of 2017
Order 36
Execution
Order 37
Attachment and committal
Order 38
Attachment of debts by garnishee
Order 39
Receiver by way of equitable execution
Order 40
Interpleader
Order 41
Appeals from the District Court
Order 41A
Fines (Payment and Recovery) : S.I. No. 379 of 2018
Order 43
Sales
Order 44
Security
Order 45
Administrators pendente lite and receivers
Order 46
The County Officers and Courts (Ireland) Act, 1877; the Settled Land Acts; the Trustee Relief Acts; and the Trustee Acts
Order 46A
Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 : S.I. No.155 of 2010
Order 46B
Multi-Unit Developments Act 2011 : S.I. No. 153 of 2011
Order 47
Persons of unsound mind
Order 47A
Mental Health : S.I. No. 11 of 2007
Order 47B
Applications under the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015
Order 48
Accounts
Order 49
Intoxicating liquor licences
Order 50
Probate actions
Order 51
Landlord and tenant
Order 51A
Residential Tenancies Act 2004 : S.I. No. 388 of 2005 Circuit Court Rules (Residential Tenancies Act 2004) 2005
Order 52
Malicious injuries
Order 53
Restoration of Companies to the Register pursuant to Chapter 2 of Part 12 of the Companies Act 2014 : S.I. No. 471 of 2015
Order 53A
Examinership : S.I. No. 471 of 2015 Circuit Court Rules (Companies Act 2014) 2015
Order 53B
Investigation of company’s affairs under Part 13 of the Companies Act 2014 : S.I. No. 471 of 2015
Order 54
Housing Act, 1966
Order 55
Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1979 (No. 27 of 1979)
Order 56
Planning
Order 57
Employment
Order 57A
Equal Status Acts 2000 to 2004 : S.I. No. 349 of 2006
Order 57B
Pension Ombudsman : S.I. No. 588 of 2007 & S.I. No. 446 of 2010
Order 58
Local Elections (Petitions and Disqualifications) Act, 1974 (No. 8 of 1974)
Order 59
Family law : S.I. No. 427 of 2018
Order 59A
Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010 : S. I. No. 385 of 2011
Order 60
Data protection : S.I. No. 222 of 2019
Order 61
Provision of documentation pursuant to section 14 of the Jurisdiction of Courts and Enforcement of Judgments (European Communities) Act, 1998
Order 61A
Jurisdiction and the Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments and Decisions of the Circuit Court in Civil or Commercial Matters : S.I. No. 618 of 2015
Order 62
Cases stated
Order 63
Transfer of trial to the Dublin Circuit Court
Order 64
Motions
Order 64A
Funds in court : S.I. No. 525 of 2005
Order 64B
Procedure in Statutory Applications : S.I. No. 470 of 2009
Order 64C
Procedure in Statutory Appeals : S.I. No. 470 of 2009
Order 66
Costs
Order 65
Amendments
Order 67
General
Order 67A
Recording of Proceedings : S.I. No. 354 of 2008
Amendment to Order 67A
S.I. No. 100 of 2013: Circuit Court Rules (Recording of Proceedings) 2013
Order 68
Sex Offenders Act, 2001
Order 68A
Criminal Justice Act 2006 : S.I. No. 169 of 2007
Order 68B
Criminal Law (Insanity) Act 2006 : S.I. No. 596 of 2007
Order 69
Section 39 Criminal Justice Act, 1994: S.I. No. 448 of 2004
Order 70
European Arrest Warrant Act 2003 : S.I. No. 57 of 2005
Order 71
Taxi Regulation : S.I. No. 350 of 2006
Order 72
Appeals under the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 : S.I. No. 10 of 2007
Order 72A
Health (Repayment Scheme Act 2006) 2007 : S.I. No. 446 of 2007
Order 72B
S.I. No. 585 of 2008: Consumer Protection Act 2007
Order 73
Proceedings under the Personal Insolvency Act 2012 : S.I. No. 317 of 2013
General Amendment 1
S.I. No. 155 of 2010: Circuit Court Rules (Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009) 2010