THE CENTRAL OFFICE As our members will have noticed, the central office is now operating on an appointment only basis and this will be the case for the foreseeable future. Regarding this and any concerns practitioners may have where they have urgent matters, will you please note the following: 1. The courts service has confirmed to me that every email for an appointment will be responded to within 15 minutes. 2. Each appointment is for a ten-minute slot. There are reasons for this, but please note
that they have made it clear to me that anyone can book several appointments in a row if they have a number of documents that are going to take longer than ten minutes. There’s nothing to stop any office doing that. 3. In urgent cases I have been assured that practitioners will be facilitated as quickly as possible. 4. The central office has indicated that a number of practitioners book appointments and then do not attend. There will of course
be occasions where the appointment has to be cancelled and they have asked if practitioners could please make sure they cancel the appointment. There will be absolutely no difficulty in doing so, and it will allow other members to get a quick appointment. DSBA Litigation Committee
DUBLIN CIVIL CIRCUIT COURT MOTION LIST Recent measures announced by the Dublin Civil Office to address delays caused by Covid-19 are very welcome. The process is ongoing, and it is important that practitioners regularly check the “News” section of Courts.ie, together with the Legal Diaries to ensure they don’t miss date changes relevant to their cases as separate notifications will not issue to firms. 1. County Registrar Motions The following date changes have been made: Original Date 8 November 2022 15 November 2022 22 November 2022 29 November 2022 6 December 2022 13 December 2022 20 December 2022 17 January 2023 24 January 2023 31 January 2023 7 February 2023 14 February 2023 21 February 2023 28 February 2023 7 March 2023 14 March 2023 21 March 2023 28 March 2023 4 April 2023 11 April 2023 18 April 2023 25 April 2023 7 May 2023 9 May 2023 16 May 2023 23 May 2023 30 May 2023
New Date 26 April 2022 26 April 2022 3 May 2022 3 May 2022 5 May 2022 5 May 2022 10 May 2022 10 May 2022 12 May 2022 12 May 2022 16 May 2022 16 May 2022 17 May 2022 17 May 2022 18 May 2022 18 May 2022 19 May 2022 19 May 2022 20 May 2022 20 May 2022 23 May 2022 23 May 2022 24 May 2022 24 May 2022 26 May 2022 26 May 2022 27 May 2022
The lists will be limited to 100 motions each and practitioners should check the Legal Diary for the relevant new date to confirm their matter is listed. 62 the Parchment
The moving party in each application must notify the respondent of the new hearing date and proof of such notification will be required for Court. It is no longer necessary to lodge motion booklets/booklets of pleadings with Dublin Civil Office or Dublin Family Office in advance of County Registrar matters, and such booklets
should be handed into Court on the day of the hearing and will be returned to the practitioner in Court. Motion booklets/ booklets of pleadings are no longer accepted by Dublin Civil Office or Dublin Circuit Family Office. DSBA Litigation Committee
