The Gazette 1952-1955

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.

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. J i

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 B oland , 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