MALICIOUS INJURIES
Rule 1 - Malicious Injuries Act, 1981
1. In this Order, ‘the Act’ means the Malicious Injuries Act, 1981, (No 9 of 1981).
‘Local Authority’ has the meaning assigned to it by section 2 of the Act.
2. All applications shall be brought by originating motion on notice in accordance with the Form 33A in the Schedule of Forms or such modification thereof as may be appropriate. Every motion issued under this Order shall name as defendant the Local Authority upon which the preliminary notice under section 8 of the Act has been served and shall be dated and bear the name, address and description of the plaintiff and shall be signed by his solicitor, if any, or if none, by himself. The application shall be commenced in the county in which the Local Authority against which an award of compensation is sought and upon which the preliminary notice has been served is established.
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