S.I. No. 378/2018 - Circuit Court Rules (Service) 2018

1. To the County Registrar at …………………………

I request that you will enter an Appearance herein on behalf of the respondent to the originating *[notice of motion] *[notice of appeal] served upon him on.............. 20.....

Dated.............. 20.....

Signed: ……………………………

Respondent/Solicitor for the Respondent, of …………………………..

2. To the Applicant/Appellant/Solicitor for the Applicant/Appellant

The Appearance mentioned above was this day lodged by hand (by post) and the said respondent intends to defend this proceeding.

This Appearance is entered by ……………, solicitors, whose registered place of business is at.........., solicitors for the defendant *[who consent to the service of documents in the proceedings by electronic mail to ……………]

[or]

This Appearance is entered by ……………, the defendant in person who *[resides/has his/her place of business] at...... *[and who consents to the service of documents in the proceedings by electronic mail to ……………].

Dated.............. 20.....

Signed: ………………………………………

Respondent/Solicitor for the Respondent

*delete where inapplicable

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

These rules amend Order 5 and Order 15 to enable parties to indicate their willingness to receive documents in the proceedings by e-mail.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

28

th September

, 2018.

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

section 69

of the

Courts of Justice Act 1936

, 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

),

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 and Equality, make the annexed Rules of Court.

Dated this 2nd day of May 2018.

Jacqueline Linnane

Sarah Berkeley

Fiona Duffy Coady

Keith Walsh

Rita Considine

Noel Rubotham

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

Dated this 25th day of September 2018.

Signed

CHARLES FLANAGAN,

Minister for Justice and Equality.

S.I. No. 378 of 2018

CIRCUIT COURT RULES (SERVICE) 2018