Further to President Ryan’s direction of 6 January 2021, the three weeks in January 2021 of the five-week sitting are adjourned to the Callover in March 2021 subject to the following provision for urgent matters:
Parties can apply, on notice to the other parties, to Judge O’ Malley Costello each Tuesday seeking the Judge’s permission to hear cases which had been scheduled to be heard during these three weeks. Where the Judge deems a case urgent, arrangements for the hearing will be made to occur within these three weeks. Such hearings will be conducted remotely where possible. Parties can also apply to the Judge to rule settlements and infant settlements each Tuesday, on notice to the other party.
Judge O’ Malley Costello will hold a virtual court every Tuesday in Trim Courthouse at 10.30am to hear such applications during the period 12 January- 1 February 2021. Links to the virtual courts each week will be sent to the legal practitioners several days in advance.
Judge O’ Malley Costello will be available during this three-week period for dealing with all other urgent applications of a criminal, family, civil and insolvency nature and such applications can also be made to the Judge at the Tuesday morning virtual courts.
Where necessary, Judge O’Malley Costello will be available to conduct courts in person in Trim Courthouse.
Lay Litigants in family and civil cases listed during this three-week period are advised to email trimcourtoffice@courts.ie if they have an urgent matter. Arrangements for a hearing can be made where the Judge deems the matter urgent.
Civil cases scheduled for the subsequent two-week period of 1 February - 12 February 2021 remain listed for hearing. These will be subject to review on a weekly basis from the 26th January 2021.
Personal Insolvency hearings will continue to be heard remotely. Any new cases that are ready for hearing can be called on at the callover on Monday 11 January for a hearing date during January 2021.
The Civil callover will occur by videolink on Monday 8 March 2021 and the Family callover will occur by videolink on Friday 12 March 2021. The Possession callover will occur via email on 8 March 2021. Lay litigants will be asked to email.
Meath County Registrar Courts – January and February 2021
The virtual Family court on 8 January will proceed. The afternoon physical Family court on 8 January is adjourned to 5 March.
The Personal Insolvency callover on 11 January will proceed virtually. The Civil motions court will proceed virtually on 18 January for cases where there are solicitors for all parties in each case. The Possessions court on 25 January is adjourned to 23 April 2021.
The virtual Family court on 5 February will proceed. The Civil motions court will proceed virtually on 8 February where there are solicitors for all parties in each case. The Possessions court on 22 February will be reviewed by the end of January and parties advised further.
Civil Motions involving lay litigants scheduled for January and February courts are adjourned to the 15 March court.
Taxations, marriage exemptions, care rep applications and ground rents will continue via virtual courts.
Links to the virtual courts will be emailed in advance to legal practitioners and parties can seek a link from trimcourtoffice@courts.ie.
Consent applications/ adjournments can continue to be received by email and be ruled at court.