Index of Circuit Court Rules

Circuit Court Rules Status: Current version as at 18 December 2019

Order 42 Appeals to the Court of Criminal Appeal
General Amendment 2 S.I. No. 188 of 2008: Circuit Court Rules (Jurisdiction, Recognition, Enforcement and Service of Proceedings) 2008
General Amendment 3 S.I. No. 251 of 2009: Circuit Court Rules (Miscellaneous) 2009
General Amendment 4 S.I. No. 276 of 2014: Circuit Court Rules (Registered Post) 2014
General Amendment 5 S.I. No. 317 of 2013: Circuit Court Rules (Personal Insolvency) 2013
General Amendment 6 S.I. No. 379 of 2018: Circuit Court Rules (Fines (Payment and Recovery)) 2018
General Amendment 7 S.I. No. 445 of 2010: Circuit Court Rules (Miscellaneous) 2010
General Amendment 8 S.I. No. 583 of 2009: Circuit Court Rules (Combined Court Offices) 2009
General Amendment 9 S.I. No. 597 of 2014: Circuit Court Rules (Lugano Convention and Maintenance Regulation) 2014
Order 1 Sittings, language and office hours
Order 2 Venue
Order 2A Jurisdiction and the Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Civil or Commercial Matters : S.I. No. 882 of 2004
Order 3 Judges' robes and mode of address to the judges
Order 4 Court Seal and Authentication of Court documents
Order 5 Commencement of proceedings
Order 5A Procedure by personal injuries summons : S.I. No. 526 of 2005
Order 5B Actions for Possession and Well-charging Reliefs : S.I. No. 264 of 2009
Order 6 Parties
Order 5C Defamation Act 2009 : S.I. No. 486 of 2009
Order 7 Third Party Procedure
Order 8 Actions by and against firms and persons carrying on business in names other than their own
Order 9 Joinder of Claims
Order 10 Indorsement of claim
Order 11 Issue of civil bills - service of documents : S.I. No. 132 of 2009
Order 12 Renewal of Civil Bill
Order 13 Service out of the jurisdiction
Order 14 Service out of the Jurisdiction under the 1998 Act, Regulation No. 1215/2012 or the Lugano Convention : S.I. No. 618 of 2015
Order 14A Service out of the Jurisdiction under: Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/2003 (Matrimonial Matters and Matters of Parental Responsibility) Council Regulation (EC) No 4/2009 (Maintenance Obligations) : S.I. No. 597 of 2014
Order 14B Service in EU Member States (including the State) of judicial and extra-judicial documents : S.I. No. 883 of 2004 (as amended by S.I. No. 597 of 2014)
Order 15 Appearance, defence, lodgment, offer of payment in lieu of lodgment and counterclaim
Order 16 Security for costs
Order 17 Particulars and further particulars in claim or defence
Order 18 County Registrar
Order 19 Side-bar applications
Order 19A Case Progression (General) : S.I. No. 539 of 2009
Order 20 Sittings in chambers and interlocutory applications
Order 21 Discontinuance
Order 22 Change of parties
Order 23 Evidence
Order 23A Taking of evidence for EU Courts : S.I. No. 302 of 2013
Order 24 Attendance of witnesses
Order 25 Affidavits
Order 26 Judgment by default in cases of liquidated demands and claims for delivery of goods and chattels
Order 27 Judgment by default in cases not coming within the preceding order
Order 28 Summary judgment
Order 29 Judgment by consent in the office
Order 30 Review of judgments
Order 31 Admissions
Order 32 Discovery and inspection of documents and interrogatories
Order 33 Trial
Order 33A Mediation and other alternative dispute resolution processes : S.I. No. 11 of 2018
Order 34 Order as to trial of separate issues
Order 35 Transfer of Actions
Order 35A European Enforcement Orders : S.I. No. 1 of 2006
Order 35B European Account Preservation Order : S.I. No. 2012 of 2017
Order 36 Execution
Order 37 Attachment and committal
Order 38 Attachment of debts by garnishee
Order 39 Receiver by way of equitable execution
Order 40 Interpleader
Order 41 Appeals from the District Court
Order 41A Fines (Payment and Recovery) : S.I. No. 379 of 2018
Order 43 Sales
Order 44 Security
Order 45 Administrators pendente lite and receivers
Order 46 The County Officers and Courts (Ireland) Act, 1877; the Settled Land Acts; the Trustee Relief Acts; and the Trustee Acts
Order 46A Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 : S.I. No.155 of 2010
Order 46B Multi-Unit Developments Act 2011 : S.I. No. 153 of 2011
Order 47 Persons of unsound mind
Order 47A Mental Health : S.I. No. 11 of 2007
Order 47B Applications under the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015
Order 48 Accounts
Order 49 Intoxicating liquor licences
Order 50 Probate actions
Order 51 Landlord and tenant
Order 51A Residential Tenancies Act 2004 : S.I. No. 388 of 2005 Circuit Court Rules (Residential Tenancies Act 2004) 2005
Order 52 Malicious injuries
Order 53 Restoration of Companies to the Register pursuant to Chapter 2 of Part 12 of the Companies Act 2014 : S.I. No. 471 of 2015
Order 53A Examinership : S.I. No. 471 of 2015 Circuit Court Rules (Companies Act 2014) 2015
Order 53B Investigation of company’s affairs under Part 13 of the Companies Act 2014 : S.I. No. 471 of 2015
Order 54 Housing Act, 1966
Order 55 Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1979 (No. 27 of 1979)
Order 56 Planning
Order 57 Employment
Order 57A Equal Status Acts 2000 to 2004 : S.I. No. 349 of 2006
Order 57B Pension Ombudsman : S.I. No. 588 of 2007 & S.I. No. 446 of 2010
Order 58 Local Elections (Petitions and Disqualifications) Act, 1974 (No. 8 of 1974)
Order 59 Family law : S.I. No. 427 of 2018
Order 59A Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010 : S. I. No. 385 of 2011
Order 60 Data protection : S.I. No. 222 of 2019
Order 61 Provision of documentation pursuant to section 14 of the Jurisdiction of Courts and Enforcement of Judgments (European Communities) Act, 1998
Order 61A Jurisdiction and the Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments and Decisions of the Circuit Court in Civil or Commercial Matters : S.I. No. 618 of 2015
Order 62 Cases stated
Order 63 Transfer of trial to the Dublin Circuit Court
Order 64 Motions
Order 64A Funds in court : S.I. No. 525 of 2005
Order 64B Procedure in Statutory Applications : S.I. No. 470 of 2009
Order 64C Procedure in Statutory Appeals : S.I. No. 470 of 2009
Order 66 Costs
Order 65 Amendments
Order 67 General
Order 67A Recording of Proceedings : S.I. No. 354 of 2008
Amendment to Order 67A S.I. No. 100 of 2013: Circuit Court Rules (Recording of Proceedings) 2013
Order 68 Sex Offenders Act, 2001
Order 68A Criminal Justice Act 2006 : S.I. No. 169 of 2007
Order 68B Criminal Law (Insanity) Act 2006 : S.I. No. 596 of 2007
Order 69 Section 39 Criminal Justice Act, 1994: S.I. No. 448 of 2004
Order 70 European Arrest Warrant Act 2003 : S.I. No. 57 of 2005
Order 71 Taxi Regulation : S.I. No. 350 of 2006
Order 72 Appeals under the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 : S.I. No. 10 of 2007
Order 72A Health (Repayment Scheme Act 2006) 2007 : S.I. No. 446 of 2007
Order 72B S.I. No. 585 of 2008: Consumer Protection Act 2007
Order 73 Proceedings under the Personal Insolvency Act 2012 : S.I. No. 317 of 2013
General Amendment 1 S.I. No. 155 of 2010: Circuit Court Rules (Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009) 2010