Rules

BLACKHALL’S CIRCUIT COURT RULES

Note: SI nos listed shows the respective Order has changed by the SI. Those links on the SI will navigate to the Updates page, where you can see the commencement date.

Orders Ammended SIs
Introduction  
Order 1: Sittings, language and office hours 235/09; 312/07; 510/01
Order 2: Venue 618/15; 597/14; 510/01
Order 2A: Jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil or commercial matters 882/04
Order 3: Judges’ robes and mode of address to the judges 433/16; 523/11; 274/06; 510/01
Order 4: Court seal and authentication of court documents 19/19; 583/09; 409/06; 510/01
Order 5: Commencement of proceedings 378/18; 499/17; 201/17; 618/15; 597/14; 312/07; 542/04; 510/01
Order 5A: Procedure by personal injuries summons 215/19; 11/18; 526/05
Order 5B: Procedure in certain actions for possession of land and actions for well-charging relief 171/16; 346/15; 358/12; 264/09
Order 5C: Defamation Act, 2009 486/09
Order 5D: Intellectual Property Claims 499/21
Order 6: Parties 312/07; 510/01
Order 7: Third party procedure 510/01
Order 8: Actions by and against firms and persons carrying on business in names other than their own 510/01
Order 9: Joinder of claims 510/01
Order 10: Indorsement of claim 510/01
Order 11: Issue of civil bills, service of documents 132/09; 312/07; 526/05; 510/01
Order 12: Renewal of civil bill 221/19; 583/09; 510/01
Order 13: Service out of the jurisdiction 312/07; 510/01
Order 14: Service out of the jurisdiction under the 1998 Act, Council Regulation (Ec) No 44/2001 or the Lugano Convention 618/15; 597/14; 188/08; 510/01
Order 14A: Service out of the Jurisdiction Under: Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/2003 (Matrimonial Matters and Matters of Parental Responsibility) Council Regulation (EC) No 4/2009 (Maintenance Obligations) 597/14; 143/06; 881/04
Order 14B: Service in EU member states (including the state) of judicial and extra-judicial documents 147/19; 478/18; 618/15; 597/14; 375/09; 188/08; 312/07; 883/04
Order 15: Appearance, defence, lodgment, offer of payment in lieu of lodgment and counterclaim 378/18; 486/09; 470/09; 525/05; 542/04; 510/01
Order 16: Security for costs 510/01
Order 17: Particulars and further particulars in claim or defence 510/01
Order 18: County registrar 155/10; 191/08; 312/07; 1/06; 510/01
Order 19: Side-bar applications 510/01
Order 19A: Case progression (general) 11/18; 539/09
Order 20: Sittings in chambers and interlocutory applications 510/01
Order 21: Discontinuance 510/01
Order 22: Change of parties 510/01
Order 23: Evidence 328/19; 429/18; 510/01
Order 23A: Taking of evidence for EU courts 302/13
Order 24: Attendance of witnesses 396/20; 132/09; 510/01
Order 25: Affidavits 510/01
Order 26: Judgment by default in cases of liquidated demands and claims for delivery of goods and chattels 312/07; 510/01
Order 27: Judgment by default in cases not coming within the preceding order 470/09; 312/07; 510/01
Order 28: Summary judgment 510/01
Order 29: Judgment by consent in the office 312/07; 510/01
Order 30: Review of judgments 510/01
Order 31: Admissions 510/01
Order 32: Discovery and inspection of documents and interrogatories 122/11; 510/01
Order 33: Trial 94/09; 189/08; 510/01
Order 33A: Mediation and other Alternative Dispute Resolution processes 11/18
Order 34: As to trial of separate issues 510/01
Order 35: Transfer of actions 510/01
Order 35A: European enforcement orders 1/06
Order 35B: European Account Preservation Order 202/17
Order 36: Execution 542/04; 510/01
Order 37: Attachment and committal 510/01
Order 38: Attachment of debts by garnishee 510/01
Order 39: Receiver by way of equitable execution 510/01
Order 40: Interpleader 510/01
Order 41: Appeals from the District Court 510/01
Order 41A: Fines (Payment and Recovery) 379/18
Order 42 489/12; 510/01
Order 43: Sales 155/10; 510/01
Order 44: Security 510/01
Order 45: Administrators pendente lite and receivers 510/01
Order 46: Proceedings by Equity Civil Bill 155/10; 251/09; 510/01
Order 46A: Land and Conveyance Law Reform Act, 2009 155/10
Order 46B: Multi-Unit Developments Act, 2011 153/11
Order 47: Persons of unsound mind 510/01
Order 47A: Mental Health Act, 2001 (No 25 of 2001) 11/07
Order 48: Accounts 510/01
Order 49: Intoxicating liquor licences 510/01
Order 50: Probate actions 312/07; 510/01
Order 51: Landlord and tenant 312/07; 510/01
Order 51A: Residential Tenancies Act, 2004 (No 27 of 2004) 410/06
Order 52: Malicious injuries 132/09; 510/01
Order 53: Restoration of Companies to the Register Pursuant to Chapter 2 of Part 12 of the Companies Act 2014 471/15; 312/07; 615/03; 510/01
Order 53A: Examinership 471/15; 284/14
Order 53B: Investigation of Company’s Affairs Under Part 13 of the Companies Act 2014 471/15
Order 54: Housing Act, 1966 510/01
Order 55: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1979 (No 27 of 1979) 510/01
Order 56: Planning 132/09; 312/07; 510/01
Order 57: Employment 284/12; 151/12; 445/10; 132/09; 312/07; 12/07; 532/06; 531/06; 275/06; 388/05; 387/05; 880/04; 721/04; 510/01
Order 57A: Equal Status Acts, 2000 to 2004 349/06
Order 57B: Pensions Ombudsman 446/10
Order 58: Local Elections (Petitions and Disqualifications) Act, 1974 (No 8 of 1974) 85/16; 354/08; 510/01
Order 59: Family law 400/20; 282/20; 427/18; 12/18; 207/17; 84/16; 18/16; 408/14; 121/11; 445/10; 155/10; 583/09; 132/09; 94/09; 358/08; 189/08; 312/07; 527/05; 510/01
Order 59A: Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act, 2010 282/20; 427/18; 207/17; 18/16; 408/14; 385/11
Order 60: Data protection 222/19; 510/01
Order 61: Provision of documentation pursuant to section 14 of the Jurisdiction of Courts and Enforcement of Judgments (European Communities) Act, 1998 597/14; 510/01
Order 61A: Jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments and decisions of the Circuit Court in civil or commercial matters 432/16; 172/16; 618/15; 597/14; 312/07; 882/04
Order 62: Cases stated 292/20; 510/01
Order 63: Transfer of trial to the Dublin Circuit Court 312/07; 510/01
Order 63D 312/07; 879/04
Order 63E: [Renumbered as Order 57B] 446/10; 588/07
Order 64: Motions 542/04; 510/01
Order 64A: Funds in court 525/05
Order 64B: Procedure in statutory applications 470/09
Order 64C: Procedure in statutory appeals 291/20; 222/19; 470/09
Order 65: Amendments 64/18; 510/01
Order 66: Costs 11/18; 444/10; 155/10; 486/09; 251/09; 353/08; 510/01
Order 67: General 221/19; 22/19; 251/09; 526/05; 510/01
Order 67A: Recording of proceedings 410/14; 100/13; 354/08
Order 68: Sex Offenders Act, 2001 380/18; 142/15; 132/09; 510/01
Order 68A: Criminal Justice Act, 2006; Criminal Justice (Mutual Assistance) Act, 2008 82/10; 169/07
Order 68B: Criminal Law (Insanity) Act, 2006 596/07
Order 69: Section 39 Criminal Justice Act, 1994 312/07; 448/04
Order 70: European Arrest Warrant Act, 2003 57/05
Order 71: Taxi Regulation Act, 2003 350/06
Order 72: Appeals under the Social Welfare Consolidation Act, 2005 10/07
Order 72A: Applications under the Health (Repayment Scheme) Act, 2006 446/07
Order 72B: Consumer Protection Act, 2007 585/08
Order 73: Proceedings Under the Personal Insolvency Act 2012 506/15; 317/13
Circuit Court (Fees) Order, 2014 491/14; 23/14; 240/13; 109/12; 407/11; 201/08; 88/03; 486/01; 252/01
Schedule 491/14; 445/04
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