Legal term finishing on Monday

Carawaystick

According to the courts service website, the Michaelmas legal term finished yesterday, the 21st of Dec.

Is there some rationale to finishing on a Monday, with 3 full days to go before xmas?
Rather than finishing last Friday?

Also in a secular republic, should the courts service have terms named after christian religious festivals?

MarkAnthony

Probably not in a secular republic, probably alright in Ireland though.

GerardKeating

Carawaystick wrote: »

Also in a secular republic, should the courts service have terms named after christian religious festivals?

in a secular republic, should we have Days/Months named after Greek/Roman/Viking Gods ?

MarkAnthony

Definitely time for the introduction of Stardates and/or decimalised time.

The_Minister

For us civil heads, the Monday motion list is seriously backed-up, and the delay to get a motion on is now counted in months, not weeks - I'd say they wanted to squeeze one last motion date in to try and stop the backlog growing.

[- The Monday motion list deals with short motions (under 15 minutes). These would normally encompass things like motions brought because the other side had failed to deliver pleadings, or agree to provide documents, etc. Basically, the little visits to court that happen before a matter actually goes to trial. -]

Carawaystick

The_Minister wrote: »

For us civil heads, the Monday motion list is seriously backed-up, and the delay to get a motion on is now counted in months, not weeks - I'd say they wanted to squeeze one last motion date in to try and stop the backlog growing.

[- The Monday motion list deals with short motions (under 15 minutes). These would normally encompass things like motions brought because the other side had failed to deliver pleadings, or agree to provide documents, etc. Basically, the little visits to court that happen before a matter actually goes to trial. -]

So mostly for administrivia then.

last q, what's the difference between vacation time and time out of term?
i.e. 22/23 Dec this week and the 7/8th Jan?

nuac

Carawaystick wrote: »

According to the courts service website, the Michaelmas legal term finished yesterday, the 21st of Dec.

Is there some rationale to finishing on a Monday, with 3 full days to go before xmas?
Rather than finishing last Friday?

Also in a secular republic, should the courts service have terms named after christian religious festivals?

Unless there is some extreme urgency, few legal offices will be going full blast this week.

Distinguished barristers may be easier found in the usual watering holes.

johnnyskeleton

Traditionally the term starts on the first monday of October and ends on the 21st or the friday before the 21st if its a saturday/sunday. Its just tradition.

Likewise the trinity term ends on the 31st July even if that falls on a monday.

Carawaystick

nuac wrote: »

Unless there is some extreme urgency, few legal offices will be going full blast this week.

Distinguished barristers may be easier found in the usual watering holes.

Ah but where would they go from ten till opening time?
Ned's? Or Capel St?!


What's the traditional break for the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox term?

Dublinensis

Carawaystick wrote: »

Also in a secular republic, should the courts service have terms named after christian religious festivals?

Ireland is officially a Christian republic.

What about in a secular monarchy?