S.I. No. 274/2006 - Circuit Court Rules (Mode of Address of Judges) 2006

1. The Circuit Court Rules are hereby amended by the substitution for rule 2 of Order 3 of the following

“2. (1) The President of the Circuit Court shall be addressed, in Court, by his title in Irish or English and other Judges of the Court shall be addressed, in Court individually, in Irish, as “A Bhreithimh” or, in English, as “Judge”. Judges of the Court may be referred to, in Irish, as “An Chúirt” or, in English, as “The Court”.

(2) This Rule does not affect the existing practice by which Judges of the Court shall be addressed or referred to, other than in Court, by their respective titles and names, in Irish or in English.”

2. These Rules shall come into operation on the 5

th

day of June 2006.

3. These Rules shall be construed together with the Circuit Court Rules 2001 to 2006 and may be cited as the Circuit Court Rules (Mode of Address of Judges 2006.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This does not form part of the instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation)

These Rules regulate the mode of address in Court of Judges of the Circuit Court.

S.I. No.274 of 2006

CIRCUIT COURT RULES (MODE OF ADDRESS OF JUDGES) 2006

We, the Circuit Court Rules Committee, constituted pursuant to the provisions of

section 69

of the

Courts of Justice Act, 1936

, and

section 12

of the

Courts of Justice Act, 1947

by virtue of the powers conferred on us by

section 66

of the

Courts of Justice Act, 1924

and

section 70

of the

Courts of Justice Act, 1936

, (as applied by

section 48

of the

Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act, 1961

) and

section 27

of the

Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act, 1961

, and of all other powers enabling us in this behalf, do hereby, with the concurrence of the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, make the annexed Rules of Court.

Dated this day 4

th

of May, 2006.

(Signed): Matthew Deery

(Chairman of the Circuit Court Rules Committee)

Katherine Delahunt

Patrick Hunt

Fergal Foley

Joe Deane

Noel Rubotham

Susan Ryan (Secretary)

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

Dated this 29

th

day of May, 2006.

MICHAEL McDOWELL

Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform

S.I. No.274 of 2006

Circuit Court Rules (Mode of Address of Judges) 2006