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High Court - Cases per day ?

  • 17-07-2010 1:25am
    #1
    nenagh_lad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21 ✭


    Hello,

    I have to attend a high court court case. Thing is, it is listed as being on a 'Monday' and it is the 15th case of the day.

    Just wondering if the high court gets through that many in a day ? Just don't want to waste a long trip to Dublin only to have to come back another day !

    Thanks.
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Comments

  • #2
    Greenmachine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,063 ✭✭✭Greenmachine


    How long is a piece of string. Your letter should tell you time and date you are required to appear. Normal enough for cases to be read out of a Monday and appointed dates and times as they are read out. Format of the hearing would depend on what it involves. Your legal rep should be able to advise.


  • #3
    nuac
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,769 ✭✭✭nuac


    Talk to the solicitor who asked you to attend.

    All sorts of variables. Cases can be settled, adjourned, asigned to other judges for hearing that day.

    A High Court case can take from 2 to 3 days to months, depending on complexity. On the other hand a case can start, and be stopped in five minutes either because it is being settled, or there is an objection to something counsel said in opening the case.


  • #4
    Our man in Havana
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,473 ✭✭✭✭Our man in Havana


    I would be confident in saying if it is listed for Monday there is only a slight chance it will go ahead on Monday. It will probably be on Tuesday or Wednesday if you are lucky.


  • #5
    Tom Young
    Legal Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 4,338 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tom Young


    This is not strictly accurate.

    Monday does see hearings taking place depending on the nature of the case. Non-Jury actions, Circuit Appeals, and some JR takes place on Mondays.

    See, this is why accepting what's posted on a thread might see your case jeopardised, because someone says:

    "Ah sure, the chance of it being reached on a Monday is slim"

    While I do accept there might be some truth in that assumption, it is a sweeping and broad assumption. Most Mondays in Civil are Motion days - Hundreds of cases are dealt with for procedural matters, which if you are a litigant in person, you should show-up for. The President of the High Court has a list of reserve Judges for hearings on a Monday of other short matters which generally do get/go on.

    Tom


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