FORM 5A
AN CHÚIRT *TEAGHLAIGH CHUARDA
THE CIRCUIT *FAMILY COURT
CIRCUIT COUNTY OF
IN THE MATTER OF
*the Convention on jurisdiction and the enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters signed at Brussels on 27 September 1968
*Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 *the Convention on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters signed at Lugano on 30 October 2007
*Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/2003
*Council Regulation (EC) No 4/2009
AND IN THE MATTER OF [insert any other applicable legislation]
BETWEEN
........... *Plaintiff/*Applicant AND
........... *Defendant/*Respondent
APPEARANCE CONTESTING JURISDICTION
1. To the County Registrar at
I request you will enter an Appearance herein on behalf of the *Defendant/ * Respondent to the proceedings served upon him on ..... 20.... for the purpose of contesting the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court to hear and determine the within proceedings.
Dated this .... day of. 20....
Signed: ...............
*Defendant/*Respondent/Solicitors for the *Defendant/ *Respondent
2. To the *Plaintiff/*Applicant /Solicitors for the *Plaintiff/*Applicant
The Appearance mentioned above was this day lodged by hand / sent by post and the said *Defendant/*Respondent intends to contest the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court to hear and determine the within proceedings.
This Appearance is entered by ........, solicitors, whose registered place of business is at ......, solicitors for the defendant *[who consent to the service of documents in the proceedings by electronic mail to ........]
[or]
This Appearance is entered by .........., the defendant in person who * [resides/has his/her place of business] at ...... *[and who consents to the service of documents in the proceedings by electronic mail to ..........].
Dated this .... day of ...... 20....
Signed: ..............
*Defendant/*Respondent/Solicitors for the *Defendant/* Respondent
*delete where inapplicable
Form 5A substituted by SI 597 of 2014, effective 19 December 2014; substituted again by S.I. 618 of 2015, effective 30 December 2015 and re-substituted by S.I. 378 of 2018, effective 17 October 2018.