Each county circuit Court office is presided over by a County Registrar. Since the mid-1990s,\u00a0 County Registrars have been given increased powers to hear interim applications in court cases. \u00a0Often, the threat of such an application will be sufficient to enable parties to agree to the necessary steps Sometimes, however, there are disputes as to, for example, as to documents which must be revealed and disclosed to the other side.<\/p>\n
The County registrar hears a variety of applications in the course of a Circuit Court cases including an application for extension of time, service, discovery, disclosure and production of documents. It is \u00a0possible to appeal such orders to the Circuit Court judge.<\/p>\n
Rules for active case progression by the court have been recently introduced in the Circuit Court for certain types of proceeds These follow the approach found in the Irish Commercial Court, England and the United States. Case management involves the court taking a more active role in supervising and managing the proceedings. At present, it applies to certain more complex claims. This is likely to be extended.<\/p>\n
The County Register or judge may make directions in the case of his own accord at any listing hearing. The purpose is to ensure that the case is prepared for a trial in a way that is just, expeditious, will minimise costs and use court resources best. In most category of cases, the case is listed before the County Registrar for case progression. The parties must file papers in advance.<\/p>\n
The County Registrar may seek that the matters in dispute are narrowed and defined.v The County Register must establish what steps remain to be taken to prepare for the trial. He may fix a timetable for preparation of the case or adopt a timetable proposed by the parties. He may make orders in relation to exchange the information, discovery and inspection. He may seek information in relation to the duration and arrangements for the trial. He makes such orders are appropriate.<\/p>\n
The County Registrar may direct a witness to consult with other party\u2019s witnesses for the purpose of identifying and agreeing issues where possible.\u00a0 He may require that witnesses record a joint memorandum of the particulars and the outcome of their discussions.<\/p>\n
The case progression application can be adjourned as necessary to entice and place pressure on parties to use mediation, conciliation and arbitration or other dispute resolution. Generally, counsel\u2019s fees are not allowed in case progression cases.<\/p>\n\n
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Organisation There are eight circuits in the State. Outside of Dublin and Cork, the Circuit judges travel through the circuit hearing cases in the principal towns in the circuit in accordance with regular scheduled sessions, up to four times a year in each town. There are full time standing Circuit Courts in Dublin and Cork. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[315],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2463"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2463"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2463\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}