The President of the High Court hereby issues the following Practice Direction in accordance with s.11(12) and (13) of the Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020.
Introduction
1. This Practice Direction is intended to apply to all miscellaneous matters, proceedings and applications listed to be heard by the President of the High Court except for matters concerning Wardship or matters which fall under other Practice Directions such as HC 115 (Professional Disciplinary List) and HC 116 (Arbitration List). These matters will appear in a list called the “President’s List”.
2. For the avoidance of doubt, this Practice Direction is intended to apply to all matters listed to be heard by the President of the High Court:
(i) Where the application must be made to the President of the High Court in order to comply with statute or any other legal requirement, or
(ii) Where applications of that nature are conventionally made to the President of the High Court, or
(iii) Where the moving party has requested the matter to be listed before the President of the High Court, or
(iv) Where the moving party is on notice that the matter will be heard by the President of the High Court, or
(v) Where the matter has been transferred by another High Court judge to be heard by the President of the High Court.
Please see full Practice Direction: HC118