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Dublin Circuit Court - County Registrar Lists for Michaelmas Term 2020
Thursday 27th August 2020
Terms & Sittings
1549 Days ago

Dublin Circuit Court
County Registrar Lists for Michaelmas Term 2020

Further to the statement of the President of the Circuit Court Published on 8 May 2020 and the Dublin County Registrar Notice published on 9th June 2020 and due to the current provisions of the Health Act 1947 (Section 31A -Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) Regulations 2020.  For the moment, Nursing Home Support Scheme Act 2009 applications for the appointment of Care Representatives and applications for marriage exemptions will continue to be ruled without the necessity of the parties being present in court and subject to the paperwork being in order and where possible to do so.

Steps have been taken for the listing for hearing of Taxation of Costs and Landlord and Tenant (Ground Rent) applications and the Notice published on 24th June 2020 remains in place. Matters will not be listed for hearing without compliance with that notice even if dates have been assigned. Taking of Foreign Evidence hearings will continue as normal.

Civil Motions will be listed for hearing in staggered hearing lists like those undertaken in July. 

Arrangements are in place to ensure compliance with HSE distancing requirements and your cooperation is appreciated. To comply with social distancing requirements staggered times have been allocated for practitioners to attend Court for the hearing of these matters. You must only attend Court at your scheduled time. The hearing will take place in accordance with public health and the Courts Service guidelines.
 

PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING FOR CIVIL MOTIONS

  1. Attend court at the appointed/designated time as there are no waiting facilities. There will not be a second call due to the current restrictions.
  2. Only one representative for each party to attend court, who must be able to deal with the matter.
  3. The parties must leave court and take all belongings at the expiry of the allotted time.
  4. All affidavits and exhibits musts be filed in the Circuit Court Civil Office NOT LATER THAN 72 hours prior to the hearing. The moving party must lodge in the Civil Office a clean, complete,  indexed and paginated book of pleadings and proceedings for the court for the application NOT LATER THAN 72 hours prior to the hearing. Documents will not be accepted in Court. When filing documents for upcoming court attendance ensure the Court Office is notified of the correct record number, date and time of hearing of the matter.
  5. Where a party to the Motion is a lay litigant the solicitor for the other party must inform the lay litigant of the hearing date and time.
  6. The consent email address cannot be used for County Registrar Motions and all applications for orders on consent must now be made in court when the motion is listed for hearing.

 

POSSESSION PROCEEDINGS

Certain motions previously adjourned by Order of the President of the Circuit Court will be listed for hearing during the Michaelmas Term 2020. The list of all such Motions is annexed hereto. The date and times for such hearings will be published in due course. Those motions will be listed for hearing in Court 27 in a staggered hearing list and the above notice regarding civil motions applies.

Possession Civil Bill lists have been adjourned since 19th March 2020 as per the Order of the President of the Circuit Court. Any party now wishing to have an affected Possession Civil Bill listed for hearing must complete the attached Questionnaire and submit it to the Dublin Circuit Court Office with a complete indexed and paginated book of pleadings and proceedings and a letter to the other party setting out that a date for hearing is being sought. Once the completed questionnaire and book of documents is received the Civil Bill will be relisted for the next available Thursday. The party applying for the hearing date will be notified and that party must notify the other party in writing of the return date not later than 10 days prior to the hearing date. All other Possession Civil Bills previously adjourned by the said Order of the President of the Circuit Court will stand adjourned to Hilary Term 2021.

For any newly issued Possession Civil Bills a Questionnaire must be completed and lodged in the Dublin Circuit Court Civil Office prior to the return date for the Civil Bill.

Possession Civil Bills already listed for Michaelmas term 2020 will proceed to hearing on the date assigned in Court 27 or such other date as may be more appropriate.

The possession civil bills will be listed for hearing in a staggered hearing list. Please notify the other party of the time for the hearing.
 

PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING FOR POSSESSION CIVIL BILLS

  1. Attend court at the appointed/designated time as there are no waiting facilities. There will not be a second call due to the current restrictions.
  2. Only those persons necessary for the hearing to attend court.
  3. The parties must leave court and take all belongings at the expiry of the allotted time.
  4. All affidavits and exhibits musts be filed in the Circuit Court Family Law Office NOT LATER THAN 72 hours prior to the hearing. The moving party must lodge in the Civil Office a clean, complete,  indexed and paginated book of pleadings and proceedings for the court for the application NOT LATER THAN 72 hours prior to the hearing. Documents will not be accepted in Court. When filing documents for upcoming court attendance ensure the Court Office is notified of the correct record number, date and time of hearing of the matter.
  5. Where a party to the Civil Bill is a lay litigant the solicitor for the other party must inform the lay litigant of the hearing date and time.
  6. The consent email address  dublincircuitcivilconsents@courts.ie can be used to seek orders striking out possession civil bills on consent only. In order to have such an Order rules a copy of the first page of the civil bill, the date that the Civil Bill is next listed before the Court, written consent of the other party/parties to the order being sought and the exact terms of the Order sought must be emailed in a single email. If this is not done the email will not be acted upon.

POSSESSION CIVIL BILL QUESTIONNAIRE ONLY
BEFORE THE COUNTY REGISTRAR FOR DUBLIN

  1. What is the title and record number of the case?
  2. What date was the matter listed for hearing or last listed (if applicable)?
  3. What is the current status of the matter- if not a new application?
  4. If there is a degree of urgency about the case, please specify same?
  5. Is the hearing of the case practicable while at all times observing guidelines on social distancing and other measures for the time being imposed by the Government to prevent the spread of the Covid 19 virus?
  6. Are both parties represented? If not, which party is unrepresented?
  7. Are the parties aware of any unusual public interest in the case?
  8. What is the anticipated duration of the case (agreed between the parties if applicable)?
  9. Is there any other information which is thought relevant as to whether the case is suitable for disposal during the currency of the provisions of the Health Act 1947 (Section 31A -Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) Regulations 2020 and if so please specify?

 

Signed:                                                                      Date:
(Mandatory)
Print name and full postal address of the representative for moving party


PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING FOR FAMILY LAW

Family Law motion lists and lists to fix dates will continue. Family Law Case progression will commence. A separate notice has been published to deal with the listing of Family Law Case progression before the Dublin County Registrar. The existing Notice relating to the hearing of Family Law Motions and Lists to Fix Dates remain in force. Please watch the Courts Service website www.courts.ie for further updates, including the relisting and fixing dates for adjourned matters.

Further, as per the Order of the President of the Circuit Court dated the 6th April 2020, where cases are settled and require to be struck out or consent orders need to be ruled, these will continue to be dealt with by email requests from both parties and will be ruled by the County Registrar without the necessity of parties being present in court.

As per the Notice of 09/04/2020 the following dedicated mailboxes have been set up to deal with such consent applications only by the County Registrar for Dublin.

Dublin Circuit Court Family Law: - email dublincircuitfamilyconsents@courts.ie

The request must include a copy of the application before the Court, the written consent of the other party to the application (if there is a party on notice) the relevant exhibits and the exact terms of the Order sought on consent. This email address cannot be used for matters listed for hearing before the County Registrar and the parties must attend court when the matter is listed before the County Registrar to seek orders in such cases.

Dublin Circuit Court Civil Office email: - dublincircuitcivilconsents@courts.ie

The request must include a copy of the application before the Court, the written consent of the other party to the application (if there is a party on notice) the relevant exhibits and the exact terms of the Order sought on consent and when the case is next listed before the Dublin Circuit Court. This email address cannot be used for matters listed for hearing before the County Registrar and the parties must attend court to seek the orders when the matter is listed before the County Registrar. All information must be contained in a single email.

Please ensure all consent applications are directed to the appropriate designated e-mail address as they will not be dealt with if sent to the incorrect email address.

Dated 27th August 2020
Rita Considine