District Court Rules
District Court Rules

BLACKHALL’S DISTRICT 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
District Court Forms  
Consolidated SI Updates  
Introduction  
PART I: PRELIMINARY AND GENERAL  
Order 1: Sittings 93/97
Order 2: Adjournment of proceedings and of the court 93/97
Order 3: Language 93/97
Order 4: Mode of address 93/97
Order 5: Judges’ robes 77/17; 93/97
Order 6: Right of audience 93/97
Order 7: Minors and other persons under disability 258/05; 526/04; 93/97
Order 8: Tendering of evidence 93/97
Order 9: Affidavits 286/99; 93/97
Order 10: Service of documents in criminal proceedings 285/12; 257/05; 93/97
Order 11: Service out of the jurisdiction 367/09; 635/05; 200/05; 145/19; 93/97
Order 12: Miscellaneous provisions 167/18; 598/14; 33/10; 257/05; 93/97
Order 12A: Funds in court 258/05
Order 12B: Recording of Proceedings 99/13
Orders Ammended SIs
PART II: CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS  
Order 13: Venue 41/08; 203/07; 93/97
Order 14: Admission to court and publication of proceedings 33/10; 41/08; 203/07; 194/01; 93/97
Order 15: Issue of summonses alleging offences 557/10; 167/05; 93/97
Order 16: Issue of warrants charging offences 260/10; 238/06; 119/05; 93/97
Order 17: Procedure on arrest 33/10; 105/09; 41/08; 203/07; 194/01; 166/00; 41/98; 93/97
Order 18: Procedure on admitting to bail 260/10; 33/10; 105/09; 41/08; 194/01; 93/97
Order 19: Remands by the court 149/16; 585/11; 194/01; 41/98; 93/97
Order 20: Arrest of persons in contravention of conditions of bail recognisances 565/18; 260/10; 194/01; 93/97
Order 21: Attendance of witnesses and securing evidence 94/10; 93/97
Order 22: Procedure on accused’s failure to appear 498/08; 93/97
Order 23: Trial of summary offences 19/16; 39/12; 536/11; 106/09; 545/06; 93/97
Order 23A: Criminal Law (Insanity) Act, 2006 154/11; 727/07
Order 24: Proceedings relating to indictable offences 226/19; 585/11; 33/10; 149/06; 201/05; 194/01; 41/98; 93/97
Order 25: Issue of warrants in execution of court orders 19/16; 41/98; 93/97
Order 26: Endorsement, addressing, execution and re-issue of warrants 149/16; 203/07; 93/97
Order 27: Estreatment of recognisances — forfeiture of money lodged 225/19; 260/10; 41/08; 194/01; 93/97
Order 28: Recognisances under the Probation of Offenders Act, 1907 544/06; 93/97
Order 28A: Proceedings under Part 10 of the Criminal Justice Act, 2006 260/10; 105/09; 25/08; 203/07
Order 29: Extradition 93/97
Order 30: Community service 313/07; 93/97
Order 31: Proceedings Under — Criminal Justice Act, 1984 — Criminal Justice Act, 2006, Section 5 — International Criminal Court Act, 2006, Sections 50 and 50A — Criminal Justice (Mutual Assistance) Act, 2008, Sections 79, 79A and 79B — Criminal Procedure 499/20; 567/16; 585/11; 33/10; 41/08; 203/07; 93/97
Order 31A: Proceedings under the Police (Property) Act, 1897 94/10; 93/97
Order 31B: Seizure without warrant, delivery up, forfeiture, disposal and applications for return in intellectual property cases 421/10; 411/04
Order 32: Misuse of drugs 93/97
Order 33: Compensation orders 106/09; 93/97
Order 34: Miscellaneous search warrants 480/18; 653/11; 536/11; 94/10; 106/09; 322/08; 119/05; 700/04; 411/04; 412/03; 207/02; 216/99; 93/97
Order 34A: Criminal Justice (Surveillance) Act, 2009 314/10
Order 35: Certified copies of orders and of other documents 92/09; 41/98; 93/97
Order 36: Costs and witnesses’ expenses 496/20; 93/97
Order 37: Proceedings involving children or young persons 499/20; 567/16; 152/07; 666/04; 539/04; 93/97
Order 38: Miscellaneous matters 262/21; 409/14; 653/11; 47/06; 703/05; 687/05; 199/05; 586/04; 283/03; 206/02; 238/00; 234/99; 170/98; 41/98; 93/97
Orders Ammended SIs
PART III: CIVIL PROCEEDINGS  
Order 39: Civil Proceedings: General Rules 423/19; 9/18; 17/14; 106/09; 257/05; 526/04; 93/97
Order 39A 17/14; 257/05
Order 40: Beginning Civil Proceedings in the Court 423/19; 513/16; 17/14; 93/97
Order 40A: Personal Injuries Proceedings 327/19; 9/18; 102/17; 513/16; 599/14; 17/14
Order 40B: Landlord and Tenant Proceedings (Ejectment) 17/14
Order 40C: Procedure in Statutory Applications by Notice of Application 17/14
Order 40D: Procedure in Statutory Appeals by Notice of Appeal to the Court 17/14
Order 40E: Proceedings begun by the Issue of a Summons in Matters other than Criminal Matters 17/14
Order 40F: Intellectual Property 284/20
Order 41: Service of documents in the state 498/20; 17/14; 258/05; 257/05; 93/97
Order 41A: Service of Documents Outside the State with the Permission of the Court 471/18; 17/14
Order 41B: Service of Documents Outside the State without the Permission of the Court 202/21; 17/14
Order 42: Defence, Particulars and Counterclaim 17/14; 93/97
Order 42A: Third Party Procedure 17/14
Order 43: Joining Claims and Parties 17/14; 93/97
Order 44: Applications by notice of motion 17/14; 93/97
Order 45: Lodgments and Tenders In Lieu of Lodgment 17/14; 257/05; 286/99; 93/97
Order 45A: Security for costs 17/14
Order 45B: Discovery and Inspection of Documents 17/14
Order 45C: Application to have a claim forwarded to the Circuit Court or to the High Court 17/14
Order 45D: Admissions 17/14
Order 45E: Amendment 599/14; 17/14
Order 46: Attendance of witnesses and production of documents 421/19; 17/14; 93/97
Order 46A 17/14; 285/99
Order 46B 17/14; 196/00; 124/99
Order 46C 17/14; 526/04
Order 47: Judgment in Default in Debt Claims 17/14; 218/99; 93/97
Order 47A: Judgment in Default in Non-Debt Claims 17/14
Order 47B: Discontinuance and Withdrawal 17/14
Order 48: Authentication and filing of documents 17/14; 93/97
Order 49: Hearing of civil proceedings 17/14; 93/97
Order 49A: Case management 17/14
Order 49B: Mediation and other alternative dispute resolution 9/18; 17/14
Order 50: Affidavits in civil proceedings 147/21; 17/14; 93/97
Order 51: Execution and enforcement of judgments 497/20; 17/14; 126/99; 93/97
Order 51A: Enforcement of judgments and orders 17/14
Order 51B: Interpleader 17/14
Order 51C: European enforcement orders 17/14
Order 52: European Account Preservation Order 405/17; 17/14; 93/97
Order 53: Costs 9/18; 17/14; 129/10; 526/04; 93/97
Order 53A: Small claims procedure 17/14; 519/09; 82/07; 4/06; 121/05; 410/03; 191/99
Order 53B: European small claims procedure (for cross-border small claims within the European union) 315/18; 17/14; 2/06
Order 53C 17/14; 583/08
Order 54: Maintenance of spouses and children 17/16; 306/13; 325/10; 42/98; 93/97
Order 54A: Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act, 2010 17/16; 414/11
Order 55 311/13; 93/97
Order 56: Attachment of earnings 42/98; 93/97
Order 57: Proceedings Under: Section 8 of the Enforcement of Court Orders Act, 1940; Section 9A of the Family Law (Maintenance of Spouses and Children) Act, 1976; Section 52A of the Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act, 202/21; 17/16; 306/13; 325/10; 93/97
Order 58: Custody and guardianship of children 434/20; 9/18; 17/16; 125/99; 93/97
Order 59: Domestic violence 79/19; 202/05; 93/97
Order 60: Protection of the family home 42/98; 93/97
Order 61: Use of blood tests in determining parentage 93/97
Order 61A: Section 40 Civil Liability and Courts Act, 2004 79/19; 141/15; 469/08; 256/05
Order 62 17/14; 311/13; 301/11; 325/10; 367/09; 635/05; 257/05; 93/97
Order 63: Auctioneers and house agents 93/97
Order 64: Betting Act, 1931 93/97
Order 65: Fisheries 93/97
Order 66: Gaming and Lotteries 63/21; 93/97
Order 67: General dealers 93/97
Order 68: Licensing Acts, 1833 to 2018; Certificates for spirit retailers’ licences, beer retailers’ licences, wine retailers’ licences, wholesale beer licences, producer’s retail licences; Declarations of fitness under section 15 of the Intoxicating Liqu 566/18; 174/09; 93/97
Order 69: Restaurant certificates and declarations as to suitability of premises 93/97
Order 70: Objections to the first grant of wine retailers’ on-licences 93/97
Order 71: Special exemption orders 174/09; 259/05; 93/97
Order 72: General exemption orders 566/18; 174/09; 93/97
Order 73: Exemptions for special events 93/97
Order 74: Exemptions for licensed business on Sunday afternoons and Saint Patrick’s Day 93/97
Order 75: Exemptions for unlicensed business on Sunday afternoons and Saint Patrick’s Day 93/97
Order 76: Occasional licences 566/18; 93/97
Order 77: Ad-interim transfers of licences 123/98; 93/97
Order 78: Transfers of licences held by nominees 93/97
Order 79: Certificates of transfer 93/97
Order 80: Objections to renewal of intoxicating liquor licences, forms of renewal certificate and recording of renewals of licences 259/05; 93/97
Order 81: Annual Licensing Court 93/97
Order 82: Register of licences 162/06; 93/97
Order 83: Registration of clubs, granting of club authorisations 397/06; 161/06; 259/05; 198/05; 93/97
Order 84: Child care 143/15; 469/08; 5/06; 539/04; 93/97
Order 84A: Mental Health Act, 2001 97/07
Order 85: Water disconnection rules 93/97
Order 86: Public dancing 93/97
Order 87: Public music and singing 93/97
Order 88: Street and house to house collections 93/97
Order 89: Wildlife 93/97
Order 90: Air navigation (Eurocontrol) 93/97
Order 90A: Railway infrastructure 534/04
Order 91: Control of dogs 93/97
Order 92: Fire services 93/97
Order 93: Housing (private rented dwellings) 497/20; 93/97
Order 93A: Applications under the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act, 2009 162/10
Order 93B: Applications to Extend Time for Delivery of Annual Return Under Section 343 of the Companies Act 2014 256/15
Order 93C: Residential Tenancies Acts 2004 to 2016 497/20, 431/20; 69/18
Order 94: Irish nationality and citizenship 93/97
Order 95: Malicious injuries 93/97
Order 96: Protection of the environment and control of pollution 93/97
Order 96A: Food safety 700/04
Order 96B: Orders Concerning Retail Premises Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act, 2003 Criminal Justice (Psychoactive Substances) Act, 2010 536/11; 545/06
Order 96C: Civil Orders under the Criminal Justice Act, 2006, Part II and Behaviour Orders under the Children Act, 2001, Part 12A 408/07; 314/07
Order 96D: Harassment Orders Under The Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017 262/21
Order 97: Road traffic 235/18; 564/07; 314/06; 93/97
Order 98: Social welfare 17/16; 93/97
Order 99 17/14; 93/97
Order 99A: Procedure Under: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1997; Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 497/20; 506/16; 133/06; 217/99
Order 99B: Employment Equality Act, 1998 and Equal Status Act, 2000 263/06; 409/03
Order 99C: Deleted and replaced by Order 40F 284/20; 411/04
Orders Ammended SIs
PART IV: APPEALS AND CASES STATED  
Order 100 17/14; 203/07; 19/07; 209/06; 93/97
Order 101: Appeals to the Circuit Court 405/17; 41/08; 80/05; 484/03; 93/97
Order 102: Cases stated 398/06; 93/97
District Court Fees Order 2014 439/20; 22/14; 241/13; 108/12; 408/11; 202/08; 446/04; 87/03; 487/01; 253/01; 369/97
Schedule 123/16; 17/14; 126/99