Court of Appeal Legal Diary, 2022-05-24

• Judgment Date: 24 May 2022
• Issuer: Court of Appeal

AN CHUIRT ACHOMHAIRC (CHOIRIÚIL)
THE COURT OF APPEAL (CRIMINAL)

NOTICES - COVID-19 (updated 19th January 2022)

The Court of Appeal Office Criminal in The Criminal Courts of Justice building is conducting business by appointment only.
An appointment may be arranged via email to courtofappealcriminal@courts.ie. Documents will also be accepted by post or via DX (No. 262001).

APPEALS FOR HEARING IN EASTER TERM 2022
As and from Monday the 24th of January 2022 the Court of Appeal resumed hearing all Appeals by way of a physical hearing unless otherwise directed by the Court. Any queries in respect of this should in the first instance be made to the Office of the Registrar of the Court of Appeal or to the Office of the Court of Appeal Criminal by emailing courtofapppealcriminal@courts.ie

All parties attending Court are expected to adhere to the Covid-19 guidelines

LODGING OF BOOKS OF APPEAL (CIVIL APPEALS)
There is no change in respect of the lodging of Books of Appeal. Parties are required to lodge completed books of appeal (in hard and soft copy) not later than 4 weeks prior to the date of the appeal in accordance with Practice Direction CA06, or such other date as shall be fixed by the Court. This must include the transcript of the DAR or approved note of the judgment of the High Court where appropriate and a joint book of authorities. A party who has been authorised to file the books of appeal may file the books in accordance with this direction notwithstanding the failure of another party to the appeal to furnish its written submissions to such party for inclusion in the books of appeal.

In the event that the books are not lodged within the time fixed, the appeal shall be relisted in the next directions list in the Court of Appeal for mention. If the books are not lodged by the latter date, the Court may make an order extending the time for the late filing of the books of appeal for such short period as it deems appropriate subject to an order that the appeal shall stand struck out for failure to comply with the directions of the court. In the event of a failure to comply with such order the appeal shall be struck out. Where an appeal is listed in the directions list by reason of the foregoing, the party in default may be liable for the costs arising from attendance at the directions list.

Parties should lodge the books of appeal (including the books of authorities) in hardcopy (x 3) and also in soft copy via the ShareFile platform.

CASE MANANGEMENT LIST
With effect from Friday the 28th January 2022 the weekly Case Management List before The President will be conducted by way of hybrid hearing in Court of Appeal Criminal (CCJ-Court 16).
This means that The President/Judge and the Registrar will be sitting in the Courtroom physically and that Parties can either attend physically or attend remotely by means of the VMR platform.

While it is intended to have a list every Friday in term practitioners are advised to check the Legal Diary on an ongoing basis to confirm that there is a list scheduled on a Friday where a matter is required to be listed for case-management. The court office will also be able to confirm the dates of such lists.

In accordance with provisions of Order 86A Rule 16(1) the directions book is to be lodged in the office by close of business on the preceding Friday. In accordance with the provisions of Order 86 Rule 12(5) (dealing with interlocutory applications) the motion book is to be lodged in the office by close of business on the preceding Tuesday.

VIRTUAL MEETING ROOM (VMR) DETAILS FOR FRIDAY LISTS - IMPORTANT
Parties are asked to note that the Virtual Meeting Room (VMR) details for the Case Management List on each Friday will be furnished to them directly by e-mail from the Court of Appeal Office. Parties are advised, in this regard, to ensure that e-mail contact details furnished to that Office remain valid / are fully up-to-date.
As and from the 24th January 2022, any party will be able to attend the Court physically if they wish to while adhering to covid-19 guidelines.

DELIVERY OF ELECTRONIC JUDGMENTS
Written judgments of courts may be delivered by means of a copy of the judgment being sent electronically to the parties and a copy, subject to such redactions as would ordinarily apply, being posted as soon as possible on the Courts Service website. The date and time of delivery to the parties will be...