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Course C.—Tuesdays and Saturdays, 9 a.m., com
mencing Tuesday, October 13th.
The fee payable on application to attend each
course o f lectures is £8 8 o.
S.I. No. 254 o f 1953.
RULES OF HIGH COURT AND
SUPREME COURT
HIGH COURT RULES (NO. 2) 1953
WE, the Superior Courts Rules Committee
constituted pursuant to the provisions of Section
67 o f the Courts o f Justice Act, 1936, by virtue of
the powers conferred upon us by Section 36 of the
Courts o f Justice Act, 1924, and Section 68 of the
Courts o f Justice Act 1936, and all other powers
enabling us in this behalf, do hereby make the
annexed Rules o f Court.
Dated this 3rd day o f July 1953.
CONCHUBHAR A . M
a
GUIDHIR, C.J.
J
ames
A .
M
urnaghan
.
J
ohn
O’B
yrn e
.
J
ohn
O ’L
ea ry
.
T
homas
V.
D
avy
.
R
aymond
O ’N
e il l
.
J
ames
R.
Q
u irk e
.
C
ah ir
D
avitt
.
K
ev in
D
ixon
.
I concur in the making of the annexed Rules of
Court.
Dated this 14th day o f July, 1953.
£ G
erald
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oland
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Aire Dli agus Cirt
S
ittings
and
V
acations
.
1.
The Sittings o f the Supreme Court and
the Sittings in Dublin o f the High Court shall be
four in every year, viz : The Hilary Sittings (Suidh-
eanna na Feile Brighde), the Easter Sittings (Suidh-
eanna na Casga), the Trinity Sittings, (Suidheanna
na Trionoide), and the Michaelmas Sittings (Suidh
eanna na Feile Michil). The Hilary Sittings shall
begin on the n th January and end on the Saturday
o f the week preceding the Easter Vacation; the
Easter Sittings shall begin on the Monday o f the
week following the Easter Vacation and end on the
Thursday preceding Whit Sunday; the Trinity
Sittings shall begin on the Wednesday o f the week
following Whitsun week and end on the 31st July,
and the Michaelmas Sittings shall begin on the
first Monday in October and end on the 21st Dec-
cember, provided that, if the n th January shall
be a Saturday or Sunday, the Hilary Sittings shall
begin on the following Monday.
2. The Vacations to be observed in the several
Courts and Offices o f the Supreme Court and the
High Court shall be four in every year, v iz : The
Easter Vacation, the Whitsun Vacation, the Long
Vacation, and the Christmas Vacation. The Easter
Vacation shall begin on the Monday o f the week
before Easter week and end on the Saturday o f Easter
Week. The Whitsun Vacation shall begin on the
Friday o f the week preceding Whitsun and end on
the Saturday o f Whitsun Week. The Long Vac-
cation shall begin on the 1st August and end on
the 30th September. The Christmas Vacation
shall begin on the 24th December and end on the
6th January.
3. The days of commencement and termination
o f each Sittings and Vacation shall be included in
such Sittings and Vacation respectively.
4. The several offices of the Supreme Court and
o f the High Court shall be open on every day of the
year except Sundays, St. Patrick’s Day, Good
Friday, Easter Eve, Monday and Tuesday in
Easter
Week,
Whit
Monday,
the
1st
Monday in August, Christmas Day and the seven
next following days, and all days duly appointed to
be observed as public holidays in public offices.
5. One o f the Judges o f the High Court shall be
selected at the beginning o f each long vacation for
the hearing in Dublin during vacation o f all such
applications as may require to be immediately or
promptly heard. Such Judge shall act as Vacation
Judge for one year from his selection. In the
absence o f arrangement between the Judges, the
Vacation Judge shall be the Judge last appointed if
he has not already served as Vacation Judge for two
years, and, if he has already so served, then the
Vacation Judge shall be the Junior Judge who has
not served for two years according to juniority o f
appointment, and if and whenever all the Judges
have served for two years then and in such event
each Judge in succession in order of juniority shall
act as Vacation Judge for one year. Any other
Judge o f the High Court may sit in vacation for
any Vacation Judge. The Chief Justice shall not
not be liable to act as Vacation Judge.
6. Any interval between the sittings o f the High
Court, not included in a vacation, shall, so far as
the disposal of business by the Vacation Judge is
concerned, be deemed to be a portion of the vacation.
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