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- FINDING COMPETENT COURTS/AUTHORITIES
- Article 2(1) – Authorities that can be considered as courts
- Article 3(2) – Requested courts
- Article 4 – Central body
- Article 6 – Languages accepted for completion of the forms
- Article 7 – Means accepted for transmission of requests and other communications
- Article 19 – Central body or competent authority(ies) responsible for decisions on requests for direct taking of evidence
- Article 29 – Agreements or arrangements to which Member States are parties and which comply with the conditions in Article 29(2)
- Article 31(4) – Notification on the early use of the decentralised IT-system
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FINDING COMPETENT COURTS/AUTHORITIES
The search tool below will help you to identify court(s)/authority(ies) competent for a specific European legal instrument. Please note that although every effort has been made to ascertain the accuracy of the results, there may be some exceptional cases concerning the determination of competence that are not necessarily covered.
Article 2(1) – Authorities that can be considered as courts
None
Article 3(2) – Requested courts
District Court 1st Floor,
Aras Ui Dhalaigh, Four Courts,
Dublin 7
Tel.: (353-01) 888 6152
Fax: (353-01) 878 3218
Contact Person: Ms Maeve Foley
Territorial Jurisdiction: National
Article 4 – Central body
Courts Service, 1st Floor,
Aras Ui Dhalaigh, Four Courts,
Dublin 7
Tel.: (353-01) 888 6152
Fax: (353-01) 878 3218
Contact Person: Ms Maeve Foley
Territorial Jurisdiction: National.
Article 6 – Languages accepted for completion of the forms
Forms will be accepted in Irish or English only
Article 7 – Means accepted for transmission of requests and other communications
Requests may be sent by post, fax or email
Article 19 – Central body or competent authority(ies) responsible for decisions on requests for direct taking of evidence
(1) The Circuit Court shall be competent to take evidence pursuant to a request to which Article 1.1(a) of the Council Regulation applies.
(2) Subject to paragraph (3), the power conferred on the Circuit Court by paragraph (1) shall be exercised by the county registrar for the county or county borough in which the witness from whom evidence is to be taken resides, or carries on any profession, trade, business or other occupation.
(3) Where a request relates to more than one witness and paragraph (2) would operate to require the taking of evidence from the witnesses concerned by county registrars for different counties or county boroughs, the power conferred on the Circuit Court by paragraph (1) shall, in relation to the taking of evidence from each of those witnesses, be exercised by such county registrar as may be designated by the Chief Executive of the Courts Service or by such member of staff of the Courts Service as he or she may authorise in that behalf.
(4) The Courts Service is designated as the central body in the State for the purposes of Articles 4 and 19 of the Council Regulation.
Contact details can be found below:
Courts Service, 1st Floor,
Aras Ui Dhalaigh, Four Courts,
Dublin 7
Tel.: (353-01) 888 6152
Fax: (353-01) 878 3218
Contact Person: Ms Maeve Foley
Circuit & District Court Operations Directorate
Courts Service,
4th Floor Phoenix House,
15 - 24 Phoenix St. North,
Smithfield,Dublin 7
Tel: +353 1 888 6066/6070
Fax: (353-01) 888 60 63
Contact person : Treena Hever
Email: CDDirectorate@courts.ie
Superior Courts Directorate
Courts Service,
4th Floor Phoenix House,
15 - 24 Phoenix St. North,
Smithfield,Dublin 7
Contact person: Natasha Whyte
Email: superiorcourtsoperations@courts.ie
Article 29 – Agreements or arrangements to which Member States are parties and which comply with the conditions in Article 29(2)
None
Article 31(4) – Notification on the early use of the decentralised IT-system
N/A
Last update:
08/08/2024
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