S.I. No. 130/1961 - Rules of High Court and Supreme Court Mode of Address Rules, 1961

1. The Judges of the Supreme Court, the High Court (including the Central Criminal Court), and the Court of Criminal Appeal respectively shall be addressed, in Irish or English, by their respective titles and names, and may be referred to, in Irish, as " an Chúirt ", or, in English, as " the Court ".

2. Order XXX, rule 1 of the Rules of the High Court and Supreme Court, 1926, is hereby revoked.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These rules prescribe revised modes of address of judges of the Supreme Court, the High Court (including the Central Criminal Court) and the Court of Criminal Appeal.

S.I. No. 130 of 1961.

RULES OF HIGH COURT AND SUPREME COURT MODE OF ADDRESS RULES, 1961

We, the Superior Courts Rules Committee constituted pursuant to the provisions of

Section 67

of the

Courts of Justice Act, 1936

, and reconstituted pursuant to the provisions of

Section 15

of the

Courts of Justice Act, 1953

, by virtue of the powers conferred upon us by

Section 36

of the

Courts of Justice Act, 1924

, and

Section 68

of the

Courts of Justice Act, 1936

, and of all other powers enabling us in this behalf, do hereby make the annexed Rules of Court.

Dated this 23rd day of June, 1961

CONCHUBHAR A. MAGUIDHIR

CAHIR DAVITT

CECIL LAVERY RALPH J. WALKER

GEO. D. MURNAGHAN

JOHN O'LEARY

I concur in the making of the annexed Rules of Court.

Dated this 27th day of June, 1961

OSCAR TRAYNOR

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