Dublin County Registrar update published
An update on County Registrar business during the current public-health restrictions has been published on the Courts Service website:
- Applications for the appointment of a care representative under section 21 of the Nursing Home Support Scheme Act 2009 will proceed as scheduled in staggered hearings,
- Taxation of costs listed for 22 February 2021 will proceed as remote hearings except those cases not suitable for remote hearings,
- Remote hearings listed 2 February 2021 will proceed as listed and scheduled,
- Urgent marriage exemption applications will continue to be heard in line with the procedure adopted since March 2020,
- All other civil motions lists and civil matters, Possession Civil Bill lists, family law motion lists, family law list to fix dates and family law case progression listed between 29 January 2021 and 5 March 2021 (both dates inclusive) stand adjourned for dates to be fixed and the next available date will be fixed in due course,
- The County Registrar will be available to hear urgent matters where necessary and parties should contact the Dublin Circuit Court Office to arrange these.
Applying for consent orders
Notices will be published on the Courts Service website on the relisting of adjourned civil motions and applications and family business, as well as any updates.
The update contains further information for practitioners on taxation of cost matters and applications for a ruling or an order on consent.