Practitioners are hereby advised of the following arrangements during Christmas Vacation 2024.
A High Court Judge will be available every day throughout the Vacation to hear urgent applications only.
In the case of any such matter please contact the Four Courts at 01-8886000 to make arrangements with the High Court Duty Registrar. Applications will not be listed before the Vacation Judge without certification from the High Court Duty Registrar that the matter is urgent. Please be prepared to put in writing via email an explanation of the urgency.
All sittings before the vacation Judge will take place Monday to Friday in the Four Courts (Court 3 Round Hall) at 11.00 am unless otherwise advised by the High Court Duty Registrar.
In addition to the foregoing, the Bail List will sit in Cloverhill Courthouse on Monday 23rd December, Thursday 2nd January, Tuesday 7th January and Thursday 9th January with the Extradition List sitting in the Criminal Courts of Justice on Thursday 2nd January.
Legal Diary
The Legal Diary will be published on the Courts Service website (www.courts.ie) on each day on which the Central Office is open during the Christmas Vacation (Monday 23rd and 24th of December 2024, Thursday 2nd January, Friday 3 January 2025, and Monday 6th to Friday 10 January 2025).
Central Office of the High Court
In accordance with the Rules of the Superior Courts the Central Office will close at 1 p.m. on Tuesday 24 December and will reopen on Thursday 2 January 2025.
The Central Office is open for business by appointment by using the online appointment system https://www.courts.ie/appointments. For urgent matters, where it is not possible to book online, please email dublincivillaw@courts.ie to make an appointment.
Kim Duffy
Principal Registrar
20 December 2024