The Courts Service has advised practitioners of the arrangements that will apply to the High Court during the courts’ long vacation.

The courts body says that a High Court Judge will be available every day throughout the period to hear urgent applications.

Applications will not be listed before the vacation judge without certification from the High Court duty registrar that the matter is urgent. Practitioners are being advised to contact the Four Courts at 01 888 6000 to make such arrangements.

All sittings before the vacation judge will take place from Monday to Friday in the Four Courts (Court 13) at 11am, unless otherwise advised by the registrar.

Lists

In addition, the following categories of business will be heard as follows:

• The bail list will take place in Cloverhill Courthouse each Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday at 10am throughout August and September,
• The extradition list will take place in the Criminal Courts of Justice in Court 20 at 11am on Thursday 1 August and Friday 2 August, and thereafter on each Wednesday during vacation up until and including Wednesday 2 October,
• The special-care list will take place at 10am on Thursday 1 August, Thursday 29 August, and Thursday 19 September,
• The surrogacy list will take place at 10am on Friday 20 September,
• There will be a Commercial Court motion list at 11am on Wednesday 4 September and Wednesday 18 September,
• The Hague Luxembourg Convention list will take place at 11am on Tuesday 3 September,
• The Wards of Court list will take place at 11am on Thursday 1 August, Wednesday 21 August, and Wednesday 18 September 2024 (the duty judges are authorised to deal with urgent wardship business on all other dates),
• The president’s professional list will take place at 11am on Friday 30 August,
• The inherent jurisdiction (capacity) list will take place at 11am on Wednesday 21 August and Wednesday 18 September.

Legal Diary

The Legal Diary will be published on the Courts Service website on each day on which the Central Office is open during the long vacation.

Due to the Four Courts’ programme of building maintenance scheduled during the period, courtrooms will be assigned only for sittings during the months of August and September on a ‘just-in-time’ basis. Practitioners should check the legal diary for the assigned dates.

The Central Office is open for business by appointment made by using the online appointment system.

For urgent matters, where it is not possible to book online, email dublincivillaw@courts.ie to make an appointment or use the walk-up service.