High Court - Vacation Sittings - August / September 2021

High Court Notice
Long Vacation 2021

Practitioners are hereby advised of the following arrangements during the Long Vacation 2021.

A High Court Judge will be available every day throughout the Vacation to hear urgent applications.

Applications will not be listed before the vacation Judge without certification from the High Court Duty Registrar that the matter is urgent. In the case of any such matter please contact the Four Courts at 01-8886000 and make arrangements with the High Court Duty Registrar.  

All sittings before the vacation Judge will take place Monday to Friday in the Four Courts (Court 1) at 11.00 a.m. unless otherwise advised by the Registrar.

In addition to the foregoing, the following categories of business shall be heard as follows:

The Wards of Court List will take place at 11.00a.m. in Court 4 Four Courts on the 11^th and 25^th days of August and the 8^th, 22^nd, and 29^th of September. The Duty Judges are authorised to deal with urgent Wardship business on all other dates.

The Special Care List will take place at  11.00 a.m. in Court 3 Four Courts on the 12^th  of August and 16^th of September.

The Hague List will take place at  11.00 a.m. in Court 2 Four Courts on the 23^rd  of August and 29^th of September.

There will be a Commercial Court Motion List at 11.00 a.m. in Court 2 Four Courts on the 31^st August and the 7^th and 21^st of September.

There will be a Chancery Motion List at 11.00 a.m. in Court 3 Four Courts on the 6^th, 7^th, 20^th and 21^st of September.

The Bail List will continue in the CCJ each Tuesday and Thursday throughout August and September.

The Extradition List will take place in the  CCJ on the 5^th and 20^th of August and the 6^th and 23^rd of September.

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 August and September Vacation.

Central Office of the High Court

To comply with current Government  physical distancing guidelines the Central Office is open for business by appointment only made through  dublincivillaw@courts.ie.

Communication with the office should be by phone or email and documentation for non urgent business can be filed in accordance with Practice Direction HC90.

Bernard Regan
Principal Registrar
30^th July 2021