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The Four Courts in Dublin, home to the Supreme Court and High Court. The Courts of Ireland consist of the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal, the High Court, the Circuit Court, the District Court and the Special Criminal Court. With the exception of the Special Criminal Court, all courts exercise both civil and criminal jurisdiction, although ...
The building originally housed four superior courts, of Chancery, King's Bench, Exchequer and Common Pleas, giving the building its name. [3]Under the Supreme Court of Judicature Act (Ireland) 1877, these four courts were replaced by two - the Court of Appeal, presided over by the Lord Chancellor, and the High Court of Justice, headed by the Lord Chief Justice - but the building has retained ...
According to Elrington Ball [1] the Irish Court of Common Pleas, which was known in its early years as the Common Bench or simply the Bench, was fully operational by 1276.It was headed by its Chief Justice (the Chief Justice of the Irish Common Pleas, as distinct from the Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, who was the head of the Irish Court of King's Bench).
In a change from previous older courts buildings in Ireland, the building has facilities to hold up to 100 prisoners in the basement, with separate entrances for each court. [3] Jurors are also based in a separate part of the building with their own court entrances after being empanelled, in order to keep them separate from the public. [3]
The court consists of a president and sixty-three judges. Although, strictly speaking, there is just one District Court, in reality for the purposes of the administration of justice the country is divided into a Dublin Metropolitan District (covering the same area as the Garda Síochána's Dublin Metropolitan Area) and 23 District Court areas. [17]
But on Wednesday the court heard that the two sides were unable to resolve matters and asked the court to schedule a hearing date. The case is now due to be heard on Wednesday December 6 at noon ...
All Courts of Justice and the Offices thereof save in so far as the same are reserved to the Executive Council or are excepted from the authority of the Executive Council or of an Executive Minister. Police. The General Prisons Board for Ireland and all Prisons. The Registrar of District Court Clerks. The Public Record Office. The Registry of ...
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