Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

"Iris Oifigiúil" of 28th October, 2014.

We, the Superior Courts Rules Committee, constituted pursuant to the provisions of the Courts of Justice Act 1936 , section 67, and reconstituted pursuant to the provisions of the Courts of Justice Act 1953 , section 15, by virtue of the powers conferred upon us by the Courts of Justice Act 1924 , section 36, the Courts of Justice Act, 1936 , section 68 (as applied by the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 , section 48), the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 , section 14, and of all other powers enabling us in this behalf, do hereby make the following Rules of Court.

Dated this 9th day of October 2014.

Susan Denham

John Edwards

Anthony Barr

Paul McGarry

Stuart Gilhooly

Michael Kavanagh

Mary Cummins

Noel Rubotham

John Mahon

I concur in the making of the following Rules of Court.

Dated this 23rd day of October, 2014.

FRANCES FITZGERALD

Minister for Justice and Equality

S.I. No. 485 of 2014

RULES OF THE SUPERIOR COURTS (COURT OF APPEAL ACT 2014) 2014

1. (1) These Rules, which may be cited as the Rules of the Superior Courts (Court of Appeal Act 2014) 2014, shall come into operation on the 28th day of October 2014.

(2) These Rules shall be construed together with the Rules of the Superior Courts.

(3) The Rules of the Superior Courts as amended by these Rules may be cited as the Rules of the Superior Courts 1986 to 2014.

2. (1) Nothing in these Rules shall affect the validity of any step taken or any other thing done:

(a) in any proceedings on any appeal to the Supreme Court initiated before the establishment day referred to in section 5 of the Court of Appeal Act 2014

(i) from the Court of Criminal Appeal, or

(ii) from the Courts-Martial Appeal Court, or

(iii) from the High Court

(I) which do not fall within a class of appeals specified in a direction given under Article 64.3.1° of the Constitution, or

(II) which fall within a class of appeals specified in a direction given under Article 64.3.1° of the Constitution the effect of which direction has been cancelled, so far as it relates to the proceedings concerned, by an order made in accordance with Article 64.3.3° of the Constitution, and

(III) in respect of which no order has been made in accordance with Article 64.4.1° of the Constitution, or

(b) in any other proceedings before the Supreme Court initiated before the establishment day referred to in section 5 of the Court of Appeal Act 2014 ,

and such proceedings shall, subject to any order made by the Supreme Court, the Chief Justice or a Judge of the Supreme Court nominated by the Chief Justice under section 7 (6) of the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 , in those proceedings, be continued and completed as if these Rules had not been made.

(2) Nothing in these Rules shall affect the validity of any step taken or any other thing done in any proceedings on any appeal to the Court of Criminal Appeal to which section 78 (1) of the Court of Appeal Act 2014 applies, and the proceedings on such an appeal shall, subject to any order made by the Court of Criminal Appeal or a Judge of the Court of Criminal Appeal in those proceedings, be continued and completed as if these Rules had not been made and the powers of the Court of Criminal Appeal in any such proceedings are unaffected by these Rules.

(3) Nothing in these Rules shall affect the validity of any step taken or any other thing done in any proceedings on any appeal to the Courts-Martial Appeal Court to which section 78 (2) of the Court of Appeal Act 2014 applies, and the proceedings on such an appeal shall, subject to any order made by the Courts-Martial Appeal Court or a Judge of the Courts-Martial Appeal Court in those proceedings, be continued and completed as if these Rules had not been made and the powers of the Courts-Martial Appeal Court in any such proceedings are unaffected by these Rules.

(4) In any proceedings in which an appeal to the Supreme Court from the High Court was initiated before the establishment day referred to in section 5 of the Court of Appeal Act 2014 :

(a) which falls within a class of appeals specified in a direction given under Article 64.3.1° of the Constitution the effect of which direction has not been cancelled, so far as it relates to the proceedings concerned, by an order made in accordance with Article 64.3.3° of the Constitution, or

(b) in respect of which an order has been made in accordance with Article 64.4.1° of the Constitution providing that the appeal shall be heard and determined by the Court of Appeal:

(i) the notice of appeal to the Supreme Court shall stand as the notice of appeal to the Court of Appeal;

(ii) each document delivered by a party to the appeal in the Supreme Court shall be deemed to be the corresponding document delivered by that party to the appeal to the Court of Appeal;

(iii) the Registrar of the Supreme Court shall deliver to the Registrar of the Court of Appeal any document lodged in the Office of the Registrar of the Supreme Court in connection with the appeal;

(iv) the Court of Appeal may make any order or give any direction (including any such order or direction which may be made in accordance with Order 86, Order 86A, Order 86B, Order 86C or Order 86D of the Rules of the Superior Courts) for the effective continuance of the appeal before the Court of Appeal as that Court considers necessary.

(5) In any proceedings in respect of which an order has been made in accordance with Article 64.3.3° of the Constitution cancelling the effect of a direction under Article 64.3.1°, the Registrar of the Court of Appeal shall return to the Registrar of the Supreme Court any document held in the Office of the Registrar of the Court of Appeal in connection with the appeal.

3. The Rules of the Superior Courts are amended:

(i) by the substitution for Orders 58 and 59 of the Order set out in Schedule 1,

(ii) by the substitution of the Appendix in Schedule 2 as Appendix FF,

(iii) by the substitution for Orders 86, 86A and 87 of Orders 86, 86A, 86B, 86C, 86D and 87 as set out in Schedule 3,

(iv) by the substitution of the Appendix in Schedule 4 as Appendix U, and

(v) by the substitution for Orders 115 and 116 of Orders 115 and 116 as set out in Schedule 5.

4. The consequential and other amendments in Schedule 6 to the provisions of the Rules of the Superior Courts shall have effect in accordance with that Schedule.

5. The Rules of the Superior Courts are amended by the substitution of the forms in Schedule 7 for the forms bearing the like numbers in Appendix F of the Rules of the Superior Courts.

6. The Rules of the Superior Courts are amended by the deletion from Appendix V of Form No. 8 and by the deletion of Appendix GG inserted in those Rules by the Rules of the Superior Courts (Courts-Martial Appeal Court) 2009 (SI 270 of 2009).

Schedule 1

"ORDER 58

PROCEEDINGS IN THE SUPREME COURT

I. PRELIMINARY AND GENERAL

Interpretation and scope

1. (1) In this Order-

"appellant" means:

(a) a person who makes or intends to make an application for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court; or

(b) a person who has been given leave to appeal to the Supreme Court (including a person maintaining an appeal to the Supreme Court initiated before the establishment day referred to in section 5 of the Court of Appeal Act 2014 and who is entitled by law to continue that appeal before the Supreme Court), and

includes, where the context so admits or requires, and subject to such modifications as may be necessary, the moving party in any matter before the Supreme Court other than by way of application for leave to appeal or appeal;

the "court below" means the court from which an appeal (or application for leave to appeal) is made to the Supreme Court;

"decision" includes judgment, order, verdict, finding or determination;

the "Office" means the Office of the Registrar of the Supreme Court;

"record" has the same meaning as in Order 125;

the "Registrar" means the Registrar of the Supreme Court;

"requisite number" means the number of copies which are to be provided under the relevant statutory practice direction or as directed by the Supreme Court or the Registrar;

"respondent" includes

(i) a respondent to an application for leave to appeal and

(ii) where relevant, any party other than the moving party in any matter before the Supreme Court other than by way of application for leave to appeal or appeal;

"statutory practice direction" means a practice direction issued under section 7 (7) of the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 ;

references to the "Supreme Court" include:

(a) in relation to any interlocutory application or procedural application or motion referred to in section 7 (3A) of the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 , the Chief Justice or any Judge of the Supreme Court nominated by the Chief Justice in accordance with that sub-section to hear and determine such an application, and

(b) in relation to any directions in relation to the conduct of any proceedings before the Supreme Court, the Chief Justice or a Judge of the Supreme Court nominated by the Chief Justice under section 7 (6) of the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 .

(2) This Order applies to all proceedings and applications in proceedings in which the Supreme Court has jurisdiction under law and the procedure under this Order applicable to appeals shall, save where the context otherwise requires, apply, subject to any modifications which may be necessary, to any other form of proceeding before the Supreme Court.

(3) Save where otherwise provided, references in this Order to forms are to the forms in Appendix FF, with the necessary modifications where appropriate to the case.

Conduct of appeals and applications

2. (1) All applications, appeals and other matters before the Supreme Court shall be prepared for hearing or determination in a manner which is just, expeditious and likely to minimise the costs of the proceedings.

(2) The Registrar may from time to time make such inquiries and seek such reports or information of the parties as he considers appropriate or as are directed by the Supreme Court concerning the progress of any application, appeal or other matter and may:

(a) where he considers that the requirements of sub-rule (1) are not being complied with, or

(b) where a time limit imposed by this Order has not been complied with,

list the matter before the Supreme Court.

(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Order, the Supreme Court may at any time direct the lodgment and service of written submissions on an application or appeal, or on any issue or motion in any application or appeal.

Directions, intervention and concurrent listings

3. (1) The Supreme Court may:

(a) of its own motion when determining an application for leave to appeal, or

(b) at any time thereafter and from time to time:

(i) of its own motion and having heard the parties, or

(ii) on the application of a party by motion on notice to the other party or parties

give such directions and make such orders for the conduct of proceedings before the Supreme Court, as appear convenient for the determination of the proceedings in a manner which is just, expeditious and likely to minimise the costs of those proceedings.

(2) Subject to any provision of statute, where any person not a party to an appeal is entitled under any rule of law to apply to be heard in any proceedings before the Supreme Court otherwise than as a party, that person may apply by motion in the proceedings before the Supreme Court on notice to the parties for leave to intervene in the proceedings on such terms as the Supreme Court directs. The Supreme Court, on the hearing of the motion, may give such directions as it considers appropriate as to the hearing of the application for leave to intervene, and where the application is allowed, the extent, form and manner of the intervention permitted and the parties’ rights of response.

(3) The Registrar may cause appeals arising from the same proceedings or appeals raising the same or similar issues to be listed on the same occasion before the Supreme Court.

Time limits

4. (1) The Supreme Court may extend or shorten any time limit set by these Rules (unless to do so would be contrary to any provision of statute).

(2) The Supreme Court may exercise the powers to extend or shorten time either on an application by one or more parties or without an application being made.

(3) The Registrar shall notify the parties when a time limit is varied under this rule.

(4) An application for an extension of time may be granted after the time limit has expired.

Service

5. (1) A document for use in proceedings in the Supreme Court may be served by any of the following methods-

(a) personal service,

(b) registered post,

(c) electronic means where the person to be served has consented to service by such means or a statutory practice direction so permits and

(d) save in the case of a notice of appeal, any other method permitted by Order 121 (and where any such method is used, the provisions of Order 121 apply).

(2) Where, having made such inquiries, if any, as he considers appropriate, the Registrar is not satisfied as to the sufficiency of the service effected in any case, the Registrar may direct service by another method or may direct the giving of notice of the application or appeal by another means.

(3) An affidavit of service shall include details of the persons served, the method of service used and shall state the date on which the document was served personally, posted, delivered to the document exchange or sent electronically, as the case may be.

(4) Service on a party by a means which has been agreed by or among parties in the proceedings in the court below or which has been directed by the court below is, until the contrary is shown, deemed to be sufficient service.

Notifications by the Supreme Court

6. Unless otherwise provided in statute or this Order, where the Registrar is required to notify any person of a matter, the notification may be in such form and may be given in such manner as the Registrar considers appropriate.

Lodgment of documents

7. A document may be lodged in the Office by any of the following methods-

(a) any method permitted by Order 117A (and where any such method is used, the provisions of Order 117A apply);

(b) where permitted by a statutory practice direction, by electronic means in accordance with that direction.

Application in first instance to Court of Appeal or High Court

8. Subject to any provision of statute, whenever under these Rules an application may be made to the court below or to the Supreme Court, it shall be made in the first instance to the court below.

Effect of interlocutory order in court below

9. No interlocutory order or ruling made by a court below from which there has been no appeal operates to bar or prejudice the Supreme Court from giving such decision on the application for leave to appeal or appeal as the Supreme Court considers just.

Application for leave or appeal not to operate as a stay

10. (1) An application for leave to appeal or an appeal to the Supreme Court does not operate as a stay of execution or of proceedings under the decision appealed from, except so far as the Court of Appeal or (as the case may be) the High Court orders.

(2) No intermediate act or proceeding is invalidated by reason of an application for leave to appeal or an appeal to the Supreme Court, except so far as is directed by the Court of Appeal or the High Court.

Security for costs

11. The Supreme Court may under special circumstances direct that a deposit or other security in the amount fixed by the Supreme Court be made or given for the costs to be occasioned by any application for leave to appeal or appeal.

Amendments

12. (1) A notice of appeal, or any other document used in an appeal to the Supreme Court, may be amended at any time on such terms as the Supreme Court thinks fit.

(2) An application for leave to amend shall be made by motion on notice to the other parties who would be affected by the amendment.

Additional interest allowed without special order

13. On an appeal to the Supreme Court, interest for such time as execution has been delayed by the appeal is deemed to be allowed, unless the Supreme Court otherwise orders, and the Taxing Master or other proper officer may compute the additional amount of interest without any order for that purpose.

II. NON-COMPLIANCE

Non-compliance with requirements as to contents of documents

14. (1) The Registrar may refuse to issue any notice of appeal or other document which does not comply with the requirements of this Order or the requirements of any statutory practice direction which applies to the application or appeal in question.

(2) A party aggrieved by a refusal in accordance with sub-rule (1) to issue a notice of appeal or other document may apply within 14 days of the refusal by notice of motion in Form No. 4 to the Supreme Court to authorise the issue of the notice of appeal or other document.

III. COMMENCEMENT OF PROCEEDINGS IN THE SUPREME COURT

Application for leave to appeal

15. All applications for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court shall be brought by the lodgment for issue of a notice in the Form No. 1 (in this Order called the "notice of appeal") which shall:

(a) specify the grounds on which leave to appeal is sought under Article 34.5.3° or, as the case may be, Article 34.5.4° of the Constitution;

(b) specify the grounds of appeal which will be relied upon in the event that leave to appeal is granted.

Lodgment of application

16. (1) Subject to any provision to the contrary in any enactment which applies to the particular category of appeal, and to the provisions of this Order, the notice of appeal and an attested copy of the order of the court below shall be lodged not later than 28 days from the perfecting of the order appealed against.

(2) The date of perfecting shall be indorsed on the order by the proper officer of the Court in which the order was made.

(3) Where a written judgment has been given in the court below, the appellant shall lodge with the Registrar an attested copy of the written judgment approved by the court below when the notice of appeal is lodged or otherwise promptly after it becomes available.

(4) Where a written judgment has not been given in the court below, in any appeal in civil proceedings, the appellant shall, at his own expense, lodge with the Registrar:

(i) a transcript of the oral judgment of the court below certified as accurate by the person responsible for preparing the transcript and authenticated by the court below, and

(ii) where, and then to the extent, necessary for the proper determination of the appeal, a transcript of any ruling or direction of the Judge in the court below.

(5) In any appeal in civil proceedings, the appellant shall, at his own expense, lodge with the Registrar a transcript of any oral evidence received in the court below certified as accurate by the person responsible for preparing the transcript and authenticated by the court below.

IV. SERVICE OF APPLICATION FOR LEAVE TO APPEAL

Service of application

17. (1) A copy of the notice of appeal shall, save in the case of a notice of application for leave to appeal from a decision made otherwise than inter partes, be served, within seven days after the notice of appeal has been lodged, on all parties directly affected by the application for leave to appeal or appeal.

(2) It is not necessary to serve parties to the proceedings in the court below who are not directly affected by the application for leave to appeal or appeal, but the Supreme Court may direct notice of the appeal to be served on all or any of the parties to the proceedings in the court below, or on any other person.

(3) Where the Supreme Court has directed further service of notice of an appeal in accordance with sub-rule (2), it may:

(a) adjourn the determination of the application for leave to appeal or appeal on such terms as it considers just, and

(b) give such judgment and make such order as might have been given or made if the persons served with such notice had been originally parties to the proceedings in the court below or to the appeal.

(4) The appellant shall produce to the Supreme Court or to the Registrar on request, proof of service of the notice of appeal on each respondent served.

V. NOTICE BY RESPONDENT

Lodgment and service of notice by respondent

18. (1) Each respondent served with a notice of appeal shall, within 14 days after service, lodge in the Office and serve on the appellant and every other respondent a notice in the Form No. 2 (in this Order, "respondent’s notice"), containing, in the manner provided for in that form:

(a) a statement of whether or not that respondent opposes the application for leave to appeal;

(b) if that respondent opposes the application for leave to appeal, a concise statement of the grounds on which leave to appeal is opposed;

(c) a concise statement of the grounds on which the appeal will be opposed if leave to appeal is given, and

(d) where the respondent intends, on the hearing of any appeal, to contend that the judgment or order appealed from should be affirmed on grounds other than those set out in the judgment or order of the court below, a concise statement of the additional grounds on which it is alleged the judgment or order appealed from should be affirmed.

(2) The respondent’s notice may be lodged after the time permitted, with the written consent of the appellant.

(3) A respondent who seeks to vary the decision or order of the court below (i.e. to cross-appeal) may only do so by way of notice of appeal in the Form No. 1 and the provisions of rules 15 to 17 inclusive apply to any such appeal.

(4) Unless the Supreme Court otherwise directs, a respondent who does not file notice under this rule will not receive any further communication from the Office concerning the appeal.

VI. DETERMINATION OF APPLICATION FOR LEAVE TO APPEAL

Determination of application

19. (1) Where the Supreme Court requires the delivery of written submissions by the parties participating in an application for leave to appeal (or any other application for leave to appeal arising from the same proceedings), the Registrar shall notify the parties of that requirement and the times at which such submissions shall be lodged and served by each participating party.

(2) A certificate granting leave to appeal:

(a) shall specify the grounds on which leave is given, and

(b) may be accompanied by directions on delivery of the appeal books in accordance with rule 25 and any applicable statutory practice direction.

Notification of determination to parties

20. When the Supreme Court has determined an application for leave to appeal, the Registrar shall notify the parties, and any other person he considers it necessary to notify, of the determination.

Notice of intention to proceed with appeal

21. (1) Where leave to appeal is granted, on all or any of the grounds raised:

(a) the grounds of appeal are limited to those on which leave has been granted;

(b) that part of the notice of appeal other than the grounds on which leave was sought (and excluding any grounds of appeal on which leave to appeal was refused) stands as the notice of appeal;

(c) the appellant shall, within 28 days of the grant by the Supreme Court of leave to appeal:

(i) lodge in the Office and serve on all respondents notice under this rule in the Form No. 3 of intention to proceed with the appeal, or

(ii) lodge in the Office and serve on all respondents written notice of intention to withdraw or abandon the appeal.

(2) Where the appellant does not lodge one or other of the documents referred to in paragraph (c) of sub-rule (1) within the time permitted, or such time as extended by consent or by order, the appeal shall, unless the Supreme Court otherwise orders, be deemed to be abandoned.

(3) Where an appeal is deemed to have been abandoned, any party other than the appellant concerned may apply to the Supreme Court on notice to the other parties for an order as to the costs of the proceedings.

Determination of appeals by settlement, abandonment, etc

22. (1) When an appeal has been settled or compromised, every party who has joined in the settlement or compromise shall notify the Registrar in writing.

(2) Where a party notifies the Registrar in writing that no issue as to the costs of the appeal remains outstanding and no requirement arises for an order to be made by the Supreme Court, and produces to the Registrar a letter from each other party concerned confirming this, the appeal shall be deemed to be determined without further order.

(3) Where notice of intention to withdraw or abandon an appeal is lodged pursuant to rule 21(1)(c)(ii), an appeal is deemed to have been abandoned, or a party notifies each other party concerned and the Registrar in writing of his intention to concede the appeal:

(a) the proceedings may, on the application of a party or at the direction of the Registrar, be listed before the Supreme Court on notice to the other parties or to the parties, to enable the making of any necessary consequential order, and

(b) the Registrar may notify the proper officer of the court below and any other person he considers necessary of the determination of the appeal.

Notice under section 32 (3) of the Civil Liability Act 1961

23. A notice for the purposes of section 32 (3) of the Civil Liability Act 1961 shall be in the Form No. 30 in Appendix C, and shall be lodged in the Office and a copy served on the appellant and every other respondent within 14 days of the service of notice of intention to proceed referred to in rule 21.

VII. DIRECTIONS HEARING

24. (1) Following the lodgment of notice of intention to proceed, unless the Supreme Court has otherwise directed, the Registrar shall list the appeal before the Supreme Court on notice to the parties for the giving of such directions or the making of such orders in relation to the conduct of the proceedings as the Supreme Court thinks appropriate in the circumstances.

(2) Unless the Supreme Court has otherwise directed, the appellant shall lodge in the Office not later than four days before the date fixed for the directions hearing the requisite number of copies of an indexed and paginated directions booklet for the use of the Supreme Court, comprising copies of:

(a) the judgment and/or order appealed from;

(b) the notice of appeal;

(c) every respondent’s notice delivered;

(d) the certificate granting leave to appeal;

(e) the notice of intention to proceed, and

(f) any other document in the appeal to which any party proposes to refer at the directions hearing.

VIII. WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS AND APPEAL BOOKS

Written submissions and appeal books

25. (1) Unless the Supreme Court has otherwise directed, each party shall deliver or exchange and shall lodge in the Office written submissions on the appeal, identifying and addressing the issues arising in the appeal, in conformity with the requirements of, and at the time or times prescribed by, statutory practice direction and such written submissions shall be filed electronically where directed by the Registrar.

(2) Where a party has not delivered or exchanged and lodged written submissions within the time permitted, the Registrar may, at the request of a party not in default or of his own motion, list the appeal before the Supreme Court on notice to the parties for the giving of such directions or the making of such orders as the Supreme Court considers appropriate in the circumstances.

(3) Unless the Supreme Court has otherwise directed, within such time following the delivery of the respondent’s written submissions as is prescribed by statutory practice direction, appeal books, containing such documents as are prescribed by statutory practice direction, shall be delivered, and the requisite number of copies of appeal books lodged in the Office.

(4) In any case where a respondent to an appeal has by separate notice of appeal in accordance with rule 18(3) sought to vary the decision or order of the court below, for the purposes of this rule a single set of the appeal books shall, save where the Supreme Court otherwise directs, be produced for both appeals concerned.

Certificate of readiness

26. (1) Unless the Supreme Court has otherwise directed, the appellant shall lodge with the documents referred to in rule 25 a certificate in such form as may be prescribed by a statutory practice direction or, if not so prescribed, as the Registrar may determine, which shall, where possible, be agreed by the appellant with the respondent, which states:

(a) that the appeal is ready for hearing and/or determination, and includes a reasoned estimate (which shall, where possible, be agreed with the respondent) of the time proposed to be taken for the hearing of the appeal, or

(b) that the appeal is not ready for hearing and/or determination and the further action necessary in order to render the appeal ready for hearing and/or determination.

(2) Where an appellant is represented by counsel, the certificate shall be signed by counsel. Where an appellant is represented by a solicitor but not by counsel, the certificate shall be signed by the appellant’s solicitor.

IX. INTERLOCUTORY APPLICATIONS

Interlocutory applications to the Supreme Court

27. (1) Unless otherwise permitted by the Supreme Court, all interlocutory applications to the Supreme Court shall be brought by notice of application in Form No. 4 on notice to every other party to the appeal, application or other matter, grounded on an affidavit sworn by or on behalf of the moving party.

(2) The notice of application and affidavit shall be lodged in the Office and a copy of the notice and affidavit (and any exhibits) served on every party affected by the interlocutory application not later than four clear days before the date fixed for the hearing of the application.

(3) The Supreme Court may direct service of the notice of application on any other party.

(4) Every party served with the notice of application is at liberty to lodge in the Office and serve a copy of a replying affidavit.

(5) No application for interlocutory relief (including any relief by way of a stay or security for costs) may be made to the Supreme Court before the determination of the application for leave to appeal.

X. APPLICATIONS UNDER ARTICLE 64.3.3° OR ARTICLE 64.4.1° OF THE CONSTITUTION

Conduct and determination of applications under Article 64.3.3° or Article 64.4.1° of the Constitution

28. (1) All applications under Article 64.3.3° or Article 64.4.1° of the Constitution shall be brought by notice (in this rule, the "notice of application") in the Form No. 4, which shall set out the grounds on which it is alleged that an order should be made in accordance with Article 64.3.3° or, as the case may be, Article 64.4.1° of the Constitution in respect of the appeal concerned.

(2) The notice of application shall not be grounded on any affidavit and shall be lodged in the Office together with such other documents as may be specified in a statutory practice direction.

(3) A copy of the notice of application as lodged shall be served, within seven days after the notice of application has been lodged, on every other party to the appeal.

(4) The moving party shall produce to the Supreme Court or to the Registrar on request, proof of service of the notice of application on every other party to the appeal.

(5) Each other party to the appeal served with a notice of application shall, within seven days after service, lodge in the Office and serve on the moving party and every other party to the appeal a notice stating whether or not that party opposes the application, and if that respondent opposes the application, setting out concisely the grounds on which the application is opposed.

(6) When the Supreme Court has determined an application to which this rule applies, the Registrar shall notify the parties, the Registrar of the Court of Appeal, and any other person he considers it necessary to notify, of the determination.

XI. POWERS OF SUPREME COURT ON APPEAL

General

29. (1) Subject to the provisions of the Constitution and of statute–

(a) the Supreme Court has on appeal and may exercise or perform all the powers and duties of the court below,

(b) the Supreme Court may give any judgment and make any order which ought to have been made and may make any further or other order as the case requires.

Powers as to evidence

30. Subject to the provisions of the Constitution and of statute-

(a) the Supreme Court has on appeal full discretionary power to receive further evidence on questions of fact, and may receive such evidence by oral examination in court, by affidavit, or by deposition taken before an examiner or commissioner,

(b) further evidence may be given without special leave on any appeal from an interlocutory judgment or order or in any case as to matters which have occurred after the date of the decision from which the appeal is brought,

(c) on any appeal from a final judgment or order, further evidence (save as to matters subsequent as mentioned in paragraph (b)) may be admitted on special grounds only, and only with the special leave of the Supreme Court (obtained by application by motion on notice setting out the special grounds),

(d) the Supreme Court may draw inferences of fact in accordance with law,

(e) if the Supreme Court considers that the record available to it of the proceedings in the court below is deficient, it may have regard to such evidence, or to such verified notes or other materials as the Supreme Court deems expedient,

(f) where the Supreme Court considers it necessary, it may direct the Registrar to apply to the trial Judge for a report to the Supreme Court on the trial or any part of the trial."

Schedule 2

Appendix FF

Order 58, rule 15

No. 1

SUPREME COURT

Application for Leave and Notice of Appeal

For Office use

[Title and record number as per the High Court proceedings]

1. Decision that it is sought to appeal

2. Applicant/Appellant Details

Where there are two or more applicants/appellants by or on whose behalf this notice is being filed please provide relevant details for each of the applicants/appellants

If the Applicant / Appellant is not legally represented please complete the following

3. Respondent Details

Where there are two or more respondents affected by this application for leave to appeal, please provide relevant details, where known, for each of those respondents

If the Respondent is not legally represented please complete the following

4. Information about the decision that it is sought to appeal

5. Reasons why the Supreme Court should grant leave to appeal

6. Ground(s) of appeal which will be relied on if leave to appeal is granted

7. Other relevant information

Neutral citation of the judgment appealed against e.g. Court of Appeal [2015] IECA 1 or High Court [2009] IEHC 608

8. Order(s) sought

Set out the precise form of order(s) that will be sought from the Supreme Court if leave is granted and the appeal is successful:

Please submit your completed form to:

The Office of the Registrar of the Supreme Court

The Four Courts

Inns Quay

Dublin

together with a certified copy of the Order and the Judgment in respect of which it is sought to appeal.

This notice is to be served within seven days after it has been lodged on all parties directly affected by the application for leave to appeal or appeal.

No. 2

O. 58, r. 18(1)

SUPREME COURT

>Respondent’s Notice

[Title and record number as per the High Court proceedings]

1. Respondent Details

Where there are two or more respondents by or on whose behalf this notice is being filed please also provide relevant details for those respondent(s)

If the details of the respondent’s representation are correct and complete on the notice of appeal, tick the following box and leave the remainder of this section blank; otherwise complete the remainder of this section if the details are not included in, or are different from those included in, the notice of appeal.

Respondent’s Representation

If the Respondent is not legally represented please complete the following

2. Respondent’s reasons for opposing extension of time

3. Information about the decision that it is sought to appeal

4. Respondent’s reasons for opposing leave to appeal

5. Respondent’s reasons for opposing appeal if leave to appeal is granted

6. Additional grounds on which decision should be affirmed

Please submit your completed form to:

The Office of the Registrar of the Supreme Court

The Four Courts

Inns Quay

Dublin

This notice is to be lodged and served on the appellant and each other respondent within 14 days after service of the notice of appeal.

No. 3

O. 58, r. 21(1)(c)(i)

SUPREME COURT

Notice of Intention to Proceed with Appeal

[Title and record number as per the High Court proceedings]

1. Order granting leave

2. Appellant’s notice

The appellant in this appeal:

Signed: ______________

(Solicitor for) the appellant

Please submit your completed form to:

The Office of the Registrar of the Supreme Court

The Four Courts

Inns Quay

Dublin

No. 4

O. 58, r. 27(1)

SUPREME COURT

Notice of Application

[Title and record number as per the High Court proceedings]

1. Return date (Note: not applicable to applications under Article 64.3.3° or Article 64.4.1° of the Constitution)

2. Affidavit(s) relied on in support of this application by moving party (where applicable)

If the details of the applicant’s representation are correct and complete on the notice of appeal (or, as the case may be, respondent’s notice), tick the following box and leave the remainder of this section blank; otherwise complete the remainder of this section.

This notice is to be lodged and served on each respondent within 28 days of the grant by the Supreme Court of leave to appeal.

3. Details of the applicant

If the Applicant / Appellant is not legally represented please complete the following

4. Nature of the application

5. Grounds on which application made

On what grounds are you making this application?

6. Consent/objection to application

* 7. Details of Registrar’s decision being appealed

* Insert where application is being made for review of Registrar’s decision

Schedule 3

"ORDER 86

COURT OF APPEAL: GENERAL

I. PRELIMINARY AND GENERAL

Interpretation and scope

1. (1) In this Order and in Orders 86A, 86B, 86C and 86D-

"appellant" means:

(a) a person who makes or intends to make an appeal to the Court of Appeal (including an appeal initiated in the Supreme Court before the establishment day referred to in section 5 of the Court of Appeal Act 2014 and which is required by law to be continued before the Court of Appeal);

(b) a person who makes or intends to make an application for leave to appeal to the Court of Appeal, in any case in which leave for such an appeal is required by law, and

(c) includes, subject to such modifications as may be necessary, a person who initiates proceedings before the Court of Appeal;

"County Registrar" has the same meaning as in the Circuit Court Rules and, includes where the context requires or permits, any person appointed to act as Registrar to the High Court on Circuit;

"Court of Appeal" means the Court of Appeal and:

(a) in relation to any interlocutory application or procedural application or motion referred to in section 7A(6) of the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 , includes the President of the Court of Appeal or any Judge of the Court of Appeal nominated by the President of the Court of Appeal in accordance with that sub-section to hear and determine such an application, and

(b) in relation to any directions in relation to the conduct of any proceedings before the Court of Appeal, includes the President of the Court of Appeal or a Judge of the Court of Appeal nominated by the President of the Court of Appeal under section 7C(1) of the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 ;

the "court below" means the court (which, for the avoidance of doubt, includes a court-martial or military judge) from which an appeal (or application for leave to appeal) is made to the Court of Appeal, and where the context so admits or requires, includes any tribunal from whose decision a right of appeal lies to the Court of Appeal;

"decision" includes judgment, order, verdict, finding or determination;

"enactment" has the same meaning as in the Interpretation Act 2005 ;

the "Office" means the Office of the Registrar of the Court of Appeal;

the "Registrar" means the Registrar of the Court of Appeal;

"respondent" includes-

(a) a respondent to an appeal to the Court of Appeal;

(b) a respondent to an application for leave to appeal to the Court of Appeal, and

(c) where relevant, any party other than the moving party in any matter before the Court of Appeal other than by way of application for leave to appeal or appeal;

"statutory practice direction" means a practice direction issued under section 7C(2) of the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 .

(2) This Order and Orders 86A, 86B, 86C, 86D and 87 apply to all proceedings and applications in proceedings in which the Court of Appeal has jurisdiction under law and applies, for the avoidance of doubt, so far as applicable, to all appeals to the Court of Appeal from any special tribunal or body and the procedure under this Order and Orders 86A, 86B, 86C, 86D and 87 applicable to appeals shall, save where the context otherwise requires, apply, subject to any modifications which may be necessary, to any other form of proceeding before the Court of Appeal.

(3) Save where otherwise provided, references in this Order and in Orders 86A, 86B, 86C, 86D and 87 to forms are to the forms in Appendix U, with the necessary modifications where appropriate to the case.

Conduct of appeals and applications

2. (1) All appeals and other matters before the Court of Appeal shall be prepared for hearing or determination and heard and determined in a manner which is just, expeditious and likely to minimise the costs of the proceedings.

(2) The Registrar may from time to time make such inquiries and seek such reports or information of the parties as he considers appropriate or as are directed by the Court of Appeal concerning the progress of any appeal and may:

(a) where he considers that the requirements of sub-rule (1) are not being complied with, or

(b) where a time limit imposed by this Order has not been complied with,

list the matter before the Court of Appeal.

(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Order, the Court of Appeal may at any time direct the lodgment and service of written submissions on an appeal or on any issue or motion in any appeal.

Directions and time limits

3. (1) The Court of Appeal may at any time and from time to time:

(i) of its own motion and having heard the parties, or

(ii) on the application of a party by motion on notice to the other party or parties,

give such directions and make such orders for the conduct of proceedings before the Court of Appeal, as appear convenient for the determination of the proceedings in a manner which is just, expeditious and likely to minimise the costs of those proceedings.

(2) Without prejudice to the generality of sub-rule (1), the Court of Appeal may give directions and make orders:

(a) fixing time limits;

(b) extending or shortening any time limit set by these Rules (unless to do so would be contrary to any provision of statute).

(3) An application for an extension of time may be made after the time limit has expired.

(4) Where a document is presented for lodgment late, the Registrar may accept the document for lodgment with the written consent of every other party concerned.

(5) Where a document (other than a notice of appeal or notice of expedited appeal) is presented for lodgment late, the Registrar may accept the document for lodgment without prejudice to the right of any party concerned to object to the late lodgment.

Service

4. (1) A document for use in proceedings in the Court of Appeal may be served by any of the following methods-

(a) personal service,

(b) registered post,

(c) electronic means where the person to be served has consented to service by such means or a statutory practice direction so permits and

(d) save in the case of a notice of appeal, any other method permitted by Order 121 (and where any such method is used, the provisions of Order 121 apply).

(2) Where, having made such inquiries, if any, as he considers appropriate, the Registrar is not satisfied as to the sufficiency of the service effected in any case, the Registrar may direct service by another method or may direct the giving of notice of the application or appeal by another means.

(3) An affidavit of service shall include details of the persons served, the method of service used and shall state the date on which the document was served personally, posted, delivered to the document exchange or sent electronically, as the case may be.

(4) Service on a party by a means which has been agreed by or among parties in the proceedings in the court below or which has been directed by the court below is, until the contrary is shown, deemed to be sufficient service.

Notifications by the Court of Appeal

5. Unless otherwise provided in statute or this Order, where the Registrar is required to notify any person of a matter, the notification may be in such form and may be given in such manner as the Registrar considers appropriate.

Lodgment of documents

6. Subject to the provisions of this Order, a document may be lodged in the Office by any of the following methods-

(a) any method permitted by Order 117A (and where any such method is used, the provisions of Order 117A apply);

(b) where permitted by a statutory practice direction, by electronic means in accordance with the relevant statutory practice direction.

Application in first instance to court below

7. Subject to any provision of statute, whenever under these Rules an application may be made either to the Court of Appeal or to the court below, it shall be made in the first instance to the court below.

Effect of interlocutory order in court below

8. No interlocutory order or ruling made by a court below from which there has been no appeal operates to bar or prejudice the Court of Appeal from giving such decision on the appeal as the Court of Appeal considers just.

Security for costs

9. The Court of Appeal may under special circumstances direct that a deposit or other security in the amount fixed by the Court of Appeal be made or given for the costs to be occasioned by any appeal.

Amendments

10. (1) A notice of appeal, or any other document used in an appeal to the Court of Appeal, may be amended at any time on such terms as the Court of Appeal thinks fit.

(2) An application for leave to amend shall be made by motion on notice to the other parties who would be affected by the amendment.

Non-compliance

11. (1) Subject to sub-rules (4) and (5) of rule 3, the Registrar may refuse to issue any notice of appeal or other document which does not comply with the requirements of this Order or the requirements of any statutory practice direction which applies to the appeal or application in question.

(2) A party aggrieved by a refusal in accordance with sub-rule (1) to issue a notice of appeal or other document may apply within 14 days of the refusal by notice of motion to the Court of Appeal to authorise the issue of the notice of appeal or other document.

(3) Subject to rule 3(5) and sub-rules (1) and (2) of this rule, non-compliance on the part of an appellant or applicant with the rules of this Order or, as the case may be, of Orders 86A, 86B, 86C, 86D and/or 87, or with any rule of practice for the time being in force, does not prevent the further prosecution of the appeal or application unless the Court of Appeal so directs, but the appeal or application may be dealt with in such manner and on such terms as the Court of Appeal thinks fit.

II. INTERLOCUTORY APPLICATIONS

Interlocutory applications to the Court of Appeal

12. (1) Unless otherwise permitted by the Court of Appeal, all interlocutory applications to the Court of Appeal shall be brought by motion on notice grounded on an affidavit sworn by or on behalf of the moving party.

(2) The notice of motion and affidavit shall be lodged in the Office and a copy of the notice of motion and affidavit (and any exhibits) served on every other party affected by the interlocutory application not later than four clear days before the return date of the application.

(3) The Court of Appeal may direct service of the application on any other party.

(4) Every party served with the application is at liberty to lodge in the Office and serve a copy of a replying affidavit.

(5) Unless otherwise directed, the moving party shall lodge in the Office not later than two clear days before the return date of the application an indexed and paginated motion booklet for the use of the Court of Appeal, comprising copies of:

(a) the notice of motion;

(b) each affidavit lodged in support of or in opposition to the motion, and all exhibits to each such affidavit, and

(c) any other document in the appeal to which any party proposes to refer on the hearing of the application.

Ex parte applications to the Court of Appeal

13. Unless otherwise permitted by the Court of Appeal, notice of any intention to make an ex parte application to the Court of Appeal shall be given to the Court of Appeal by lodging a notice in the Form No. 1 with the Registrar not later than 48 hours before the application is intended to be made, together with the original and three copies of any affidavit grounding that application and any exhibits.

ORDER 86A

APPEALS TO THE COURT OF APPEAL IN CIVIL PROCEEDINGS

I. POWERS OF COURT OF APPEAL ON CIVIL APPEALS

Application of this Order

1. This Order applies only to appeals to the Court of Appeal in civil proceedings.

General

2. (1) Subject to the provisions of the Constitution and of statute-

(a) the Court of Appeal has on any appeal in civil proceedings and may exercise or perform all the powers and duties of the court below,

(b) the Court of Appeal may give any judgment and make any order which ought to have been given or made and may make any further or other order as the case requires.

(2) The powers of the Court of Appeal may be exercised by the Court of Appeal, notwithstanding that the notice of appeal asks that part only of the decision of the court below be reversed or varied, and those powers may also be exercised in favour of all or any of the respondents or parties, although particular respondents or parties may not have appealed from or complained of the decision.

(3) The failure to give adequate notice of a matter in a notice of appeal does not remove or reduce the power of the Court of Appeal to consider and deal with the matter in question, but the Court of Appeal may, in its discretion, adjourn an appeal or (where it is satisfied that the other party is not prejudiced in its conduct of the appeal by the insufficient notice) make a special order as to costs where it considers that inadequate notice of a matter has been given.

Power to remit or direct new trial

3. (1) Following the hearing of an appeal, the Court of Appeal may remit proceedings to the High Court with such directions as it considers just.

(2) If on the hearing of an appeal, it appears to the Court of Appeal that a new trial ought to be had, it may set aside the original decision or order and direct a new trial, which may be confined to a particular question or issue, without interfering with the original finding or decision on any other question or issue.

Powers as to evidence

4. Subject to the provisions of the Constitution and of statute-

(a) the Court of Appeal has on appeal full discretionary power to receive further evidence on questions of fact, and may receive such evidence by oral examination in court, by affidavit, or by deposition taken before an examiner or commissioner,

(b) further evidence may be given without special leave on any appeal from an interlocutory judgment or order or in any case as to matters which have occurred after the date of the decision from which the appeal is brought,

(c) on any appeal from a final judgment or order, further evidence (save as to matters subsequent as mentioned in paragraph (b)) may be admitted on special grounds only, and only with the special leave of the Court of Appeal (obtained by application by motion on notice setting out the special grounds),

(d) the Court of Appeal may draw inferences of fact in accordance with law,

(e) if the Court of Appeal considers that the record available to it of the proceedings in the court below is deficient, it may have regard to such evidence, or to such verified notes or other materials as the Court of Appeal deems expedient,

(f) where the Court of Appeal considers it necessary, it may direct the Registrar to apply to the trial Judge for a report to the Court of Appeal on the trial or any part of the trial.

II. APPLICATION FOR LEAVE TO APPEAL OR APPEAL DOES NOT OPERATE AS A STAY UNLESS ORDERED

Appeal not to operate as a stay

5. (1) An appeal (or, where required by law, an application for leave to appeal) to the Court of Appeal does not operate as a stay of execution or of proceedings under the decision appealed from, except so far as the High Court orders or, such order having been refused by the High Court, so far as the Court of Appeal orders.

(2) No intermediate act or proceeding is invalidated by reason of an appeal (or application for leave to appeal) to the Court of Appeal, except so far as is directed by the High Court or, such direction having been refused by the High Court, so far as the Court of Appeal directs.

III. APPLICATIONS FOR LEAVE TO APPEAL

Conduct of applications for leave to appeal

6. (1) Where under statute leave to appeal to the Court of Appeal is required to be sought, application for such leave shall be brought by notice of application (in this rule called the "application for leave to appeal") in the Form No. 2, which shall include the grounds on which leave to appeal is sought and, where relevant, the reasons why it is alleged that the conditions for leave to appeal are satisfied, and to which shall be appended a draft of the proposed notice of appeal. A return date before the Court of Appeal shall be assigned to every application for leave to appeal issued under this rule.

(2) Subject to any provision to the contrary in any enactment which applies to the particular category of appeal, where under any enactment leave to appeal to the Court of Appeal may be sought in the court below or in the Court of Appeal, any application seeking leave to appeal may be made to the Court of Appeal only after the court below has refused to grant leave to appeal.

(3) Subject to any provision to the contrary in any enactment which applies to the particular category of appeal, and to the provisions of this Order, the application for leave to appeal and an attested copy of the order of the court below shall be lodged not later than 28 days from the perfecting of the order of the court below against which leave to appeal is sought.

(4) A copy of the application for leave to appeal (and appended draft notice of appeal) shall be served not later than 14 days before the return date of the application for leave to appeal, on all parties directly affected by the application.

(5) The moving party shall lodge an affidavit of service of the application for leave to appeal on each respondent served.

(6) It is not necessary to serve parties to the proceedings in the court below who are not directly affected by the application for leave to appeal, but the Court of Appeal may direct notice of the application for leave to appeal to be served on all or any of the parties to the proceedings in the court below, or on any other person.

(7) A person served with an application for leave to appeal who intends to oppose the application shall lodge in the Office and serve on the moving party and each other person served with the application for leave to appeal a statement of that person’s grounds of objection to the application for leave to appeal in the Form No. 3, not later than seven days before the return date of the application for leave to appeal.

(8) On the return date of the application for leave to appeal, (or on any adjournment of such hearing), the Court of Appeal may give such directions and make such orders, including the fixing of time limits, for the conduct of the application as appear convenient for the determination of the application in a manner which is consistent with the requirements of Order 86, rule 2, which may include:

(a) directions as to the service of the application for leave to appeal on any other person including mode of service and the time allowed for such service (and may for that purpose adjourn the hearing (or further hearing) or determination of the motion to a date specified);

(b) directions as to the filing and delivery of any affidavit by any party or parties;

(c) directions as to the filing and delivery of written submissions.

(9) An order granting leave to appeal:

(a) shall specify the grounds on which leave is given;

(b) shall fix a time within which the notice of appeal is to be issued and served, and

(c) shall fix a date for the directions hearing on the appeal.

(10) When the Court of Appeal has determined an application for leave to appeal, the Registrar shall notify the parties of the determination.

IV. EXPEDITED APPEALS

Application of Part IV

7. (1) This Part applies to an appeal (in this Part called an "expedited appeal") falling within the following categories of appeals to the Court of Appeal in civil proceedings:

(i) an appeal against the grant or refusal of relief under Article 40.4.2° of the Constitution;

(ii) an appeal against the making or refusal of any interlocutory order;

(iii) an appeal against the making or refusal of any order granting summary judgment;

(iv) an appeal against the making or refusal of:

(a) a winding up order;

(b) an order appointing a provisional liquidator;

(c) an order appointing a receiver;

(d) an order in the course of examinership proceedings;

(v) an appeal against the making or refusal of:

(a) an adjudication in bankruptcy;

(b) an order under Chapter 3 (Debt Settlement Arrangements) or Chapter 4 (Personal Insolvency Arrangements) of Part 3 of the Personal Insolvency Act 2012 ;

(vi) an appeal against the making or refusal of any order in any proceedings to which Order 133 (Child Abduction and Enforcement of Custody Orders) applies;

(vii) an appeal against the making or refusal of any order making a determination as to the capacity of a person (including an order making or refusing to make a person a ward of court);

(viii) an appeal against the making or refusal of an order in proceedings under the European Arrest Warrant Acts 2003 and 2012 or in extradition proceedings;

(ix) an appeal from the making or refusal of an order of prohibition in criminal proceedings;

(x) an appeal against the refusal of an ex parte order;

(xi) any other appeal designated in a statutory practice direction as an appeal to which this Part applies.

(2) Part V shall not apply to any appeal to which this Part applies.

Notice of expedited appeal

8. An appeal to the Court of Appeal to which this Part applies shall be brought by the lodgment in the Office for issue of a notice (in this Part called the "notice of expedited appeal") in the Form No. 4, which shall set out:

(i) particulars of the decision that it is sought to appeal;

(ii) the category of expedited appeal in rule 7(1) to which the appeal relates;

(iii) the grounds of the appeal;

(iv) the orders sought from the Court of Appeal;

(v) a list of the documents intended to be relied on by the appellant in the appeal, and

(vi) particulars of the appellant and of the respondent.

Lodgment of notice of expedited appeal

9. (1) Subject to any provision to the contrary in any enactment which applies to the particular category of appeal, and to the provisions of this Order, the notice of expedited appeal shall be lodged for issue with an attested copy of the order of the court below not later than ten days from the perfecting of the order appealed against.

(2) Where a written judgment has been given in the court below, the appellant shall lodge with the Registrar an attested copy of the written judgment approved by the court below when the notice of expedited appeal is lodged or otherwise promptly after it becomes available.

(3) Where a written judgment has not been given in the court below, the appellant shall, at his own expense, lodge with the Registrar:

(i) a transcript of the oral judgment of the court below certified as accurate by the person responsible for preparing the transcript and authenticated by the Judge of the court below, and

(ii) where, and then to the extent, necessary for the proper determination of the appeal, a transcript of any relevant ruling or direction of the Judge in the court below certified as accurate by the transcript writer and authenticated by the Judge of the court below.

(4) A return date for a directions hearing shall be assigned to every notice of expedited appeal issued under this rule.

Service of notice of expedited appeal

10. (1) A copy of the notice of expedited appeal shall, save in the case of a notice of appeal from a decision made otherwise than inter partes, be served, within four days after it has been issued, on all parties directly affected by the appeal.

(2) It is not necessary to serve parties to the proceedings in the court below who are not directly affected by the appeal, but the Court of Appeal may direct notice to be served on all or any of the parties to the proceedings in the court below, or on any other person.

(3) The appellant shall lodge an affidavit of service of the notice of expedited appeal on each respondent served.

Respondent’s notice

11. Each respondent served with a notice of expedited appeal shall, within seven days after service on him of the notice of expedited appeal, lodge in the Office and serve on the appellant and every other respondent a notice in the Form No. 5 (in this rule, the "respondent’s notice"), which:

(a) shall state if that respondent opposes the appeal, in whole or in part and, if so, sets out concisely the grounds on which the appeal is opposed;

(b) if that respondent intends, on the hearing of the appeal, to contend that the judgment or order appealed from should be affirmed on grounds other than those set out in the judgment or order of the court below, sets out a concise statement of the additional grounds on which it is alleged the judgment or order appealed from should be affirmed;

(c) if that respondent intends, on the hearing of the appeal, to contend that the judgment or order appealed from should be varied, shall include a separate section entitled "notice of cross-appeal", which sets out a concise statement of the grounds on which it is alleged the judgment or order appealed from should be varied;

(d) shall set out the orders sought from the Court of Appeal, and

(e) shall include a list of any additional documents not identified in the notice of appeal on which that respondent intends to rely at the hearing of the appeal.

V. ORDINARY APPEALS

Notice of appeal

12. (1) An appeal to the Court of Appeal (other than an appeal to which Part IV applies) shall be brought by the lodgment in the Office for issue of a notice (in this Order called the "notice of appeal") in the Form No. 6, which shall set out:

(i) particulars of the decision that it is sought to appeal;

(ii) the grounds of the appeal;

(iii) the orders sought from the Court of Appeal;

(iv) a list of the documents intended to be relied on by the appellant in the appeal, and

(v) particulars of the appellant and of the respondent.

(2) Part IV shall not apply to any appeal to which this Part applies.

Lodgment of notice of appeal

13. (1) Subject to any provision to the contrary in any enactment which applies to the particular category of appeal, and to the provisions of this Order, the notice of appeal shall be lodged for issue and an attested copy of the order of the court below shall be lodged not later than 28 days from the perfecting of the order appealed against.

(2) Where a written judgment has been given in the court below, the appellant shall lodge with the Registrar an attested copy of the written judgment approved by the court below when the notice of appeal is lodged or otherwise promptly after it becomes available.

(3) Where a written judgment has not been given in the court below, the appellant shall, at his own expense, lodge with the Registrar:

(i) a transcript of the oral judgment of the court below certified as accurate by the person responsible for preparing the transcript and authenticated by the Judge of the court below, and

(ii) where, and then to the extent, necessary for the proper determination of the appeal, a transcript of any relevant ruling or direction of the Judge in the court below certified as accurate by the transcript writer and authenticated by the Judge of the court below.

(4) The notice of appeal shall include a list of all of the documents on which the appellant intends to rely at the hearing of the appeal.

(5) A return date for a directions hearing shall be assigned to every notice of appeal issued under this rule.

Service of notice of appeal

14. (1) A copy of the notice of appeal shall, save in the case of a notice of appeal from a decision made otherwise than inter partes, be served, within seven days after the notice of appeal has been issued, on all parties directly affected by the appeal.

(2) It is not necessary to serve parties to the proceedings in the court below who are not directly affected by the appeal, but the Court of Appeal may direct notice of the appeal to be served on all or any of the parties to the proceedings in the court below, or on any other person.

(3) The appellant shall lodge an affidavit of service of the notice of appeal on each respondent served.

Respondent’s notice

15. (1) Each respondent served with a notice of appeal shall, within 21 days after service on him of the notice of appeal, lodge in the Office and serve on the appellant and every other respondent a notice in the Form No. 7 (in this rule, the "respondent’s notice"), which:

(a) shall state if that respondent opposes the appeal, in whole or in part and, if so, sets out concisely the grounds on which the appeal is opposed;

(b) if that respondent intends, on the hearing of the appeal, to contend that the judgment or order appealed from should be affirmed on grounds other than those set out in the judgment or order of the court below, sets out a concise statement of the additional grounds on which it is alleged the judgment or order appealed from should be affirmed;

(c) if that respondent intends, on the hearing of the appeal, to contend that the judgment or order appealed from should be varied, shall include a separate section entitled "notice of cross-appeal", which sets out a concise statement of the grounds on which it is alleged the judgment or order appealed from should be varied;

(d) shall set out the orders sought from the Court of Appeal, and

(e) shall include a list of any additional documents not identified in the notice of appeal on which that respondent intends to rely at the hearing of the appeal.

(2) A notice for the purposes of section 32 (3) of the Civil Liability Act 1961 shall be in the Form No. 30 in Appendix C, and shall be lodged in the Office and a copy served on the appellant and every other respondent within 14 days of the service of the notice of appeal.

VI. DIRECTIONS HEARING APPLICABLE TO ALL CIVIL APPEALS

Directions hearing

16. (1) Unless otherwise directed, the appellant shall lodge in the Office not later than four days before the date fixed for the directions hearing an indexed and paginated directions booklet for the use of the Court of Appeal, comprising copies of:

(a) the judgment and/or order appealed from;

(b) the notice of expedited appeal, or notice of appeal, as the case may be;

(c) every respondent’s notice delivered, and

(d) any other document in the appeal to which any party proposes to refer at the directions hearing.

(2) The directions hearing shall be attended by the solicitor responsible for the conduct of the appeal and by a counsel instructed in the appeal, if such be the case. Where a party, not being a body corporate, is not represented by counsel or a solicitor, the directions hearing shall be attended by the party himself. Where the Court of Appeal considers it necessary or desirable, it may direct that a party, or, where the party is a body corporate, the proper officer of that party, attend the directions hearing, notwithstanding the fact that the party may be represented by counsel or a solicitor.

(3) Each counsel and solicitor attending the directions hearing shall ensure that he is sufficiently familiar with the proceedings, and has authority from the party he represents to deal with any matters that are likely to be dealt with at the directions hearing.

(4) Without prejudice to the generality of Order 86, rule 3, the Court of Appeal may, at the directions hearing, give any of the following directions:

(i) fixing any issues to be determined in the appeal;

(ii) for the consolidation of the appeal with another appeal or matter pending in the Court of Appeal;

(iii) for the defining of issues by the parties, or any of them, including the exchange between the parties of memoranda for the purpose of clarifying issues;

(iv) allowing any party to alter or amend his notice, or allowing amendment of a statement of issues;

(v) requiring the filing of lists of documents, either generally or with respect to specific matters;

(vi) providing for the exchange of documents or information between the parties, or for the transmission by the parties to the Registrar of documents or information electronically on such terms and subject to such conditions and exceptions as the Court of Appeal may direct;

(vii) providing for the documents to be included in the appeal booklet to be filed in accordance with rule 17;

(viii) fixing the times at which written submissions on the appeal, or on an issue in the appeal, identifying and addressing the issues arising in the appeal, are to be delivered and filed by each party to the appeal, and such written submissions shall be filed electronically where directed by the Registrar.

(5) Where the directions hearing is adjourned, the appellant shall, where necessary, lodge in the Office not later than four days before the date to which the directions hearing is adjourned an updated directions booklet for the use of the Court of Appeal.

(6) At the directions hearing:

(a) in the case of an ordinary appeal, the Court of Appeal may, or

(b) in the case of an expedited appeal, the Court of Appeal shall, unless for special reason it considers that it is not possible to do so,

fix a date and allocate a time for the hearing of the appeal.

Appeal booklet and papers

17. (1) Subject to any statutory practice direction and the terms of any order made at the directions hearing, the appellant shall, not later than 14 days before the date fixed for the hearing of the appeal, lodge with the Registrar in triplicate and serve on each respondent affected by the appeal an indexed and paginated appeal book (in this Part called the "appeal booklet") comprising:

(a) a copy of the notice of expedited appeal or notice of appeal, as the case may be;

(b) a copy of the respondent’s notice;

(c) where the appeal is in proceedings commenced by plenary summons, copies of the summons, any statement of claim, and defence and any requests for and replies to particulars, in chronological sequence;

(d) where the appeal is in any other proceedings, copies of the originating document and any document in the nature of a defence or statement of opposition;

(e) copies of each affidavit (including all exhibits) relied on or opened in the court below at the hearing at or following which the decision appealed from was made, set out in chronological sequence;

(f) an attested copy of the order of the court below from which the appeal is made and attested copies of any further or other order of the court below relevant to the appeal;

(g) where a written judgment was given in the court below containing the decision appealed from, an attested copy of the written judgment approved by the court below;

(h) where a written judgment has not been given in the court below, a transcript of any oral judgment of the court below concerning the matter appealed from, certified as accurate by the person responsible for preparing the transcript and authenticated by the Judge of the court below;

(i) where, and then only to the extent, necessary for the proper determination of the appeal, a transcript of

(i) any ruling or direction of the Judge in the court below concerning the matter appealed from and

(ii) the extracts from the record of the proceedings in the court below containing any oral evidence received in the court below relevant to the appeal, certified as accurate by the transcript writer;

(j) the written submissions, identifying and addressing the issues arising in the appeal, of each party, and

(k) copies of the documents relied on by each party as specified in the notice of appeal and the respondent’s notice respectively, provided that where an extract only of any document, including any transcript is relied on, it shall be sufficient to include only such extract.

(2) The appellant shall lodge with the appeal booklet a single copy of the entire transcript of the evidence given in the court below. The transcript shall be lodged electronically where directed by the Registrar.

(3) The appellant shall hand into court at the hearing of the appeal three copies of an agreed indexed book of the authorities relied on by all of the parties.

Further directions hearing

18. The Registrar may at any time list an appeal or expedited appeal before the Court of Appeal on notice to the parties for the giving of such directions or the making of such orders for the conduct of the proceedings as the Court of Appeal considers appropriate in the circumstances.

VII. ELECTORAL APPEALS

Particular provisions concerning electoral appeals

19. (1) The provisions of this rule apply to appeals to the Court of Appeal on questions of law

(a) from the Circuit Court under the Local Elections (Petitions and Disqualifications) Act 1974 , and

(b) from the High Court under the Seanad Electoral (University Members) Act 1937 as amended, the Seanad Electoral (Panel Members) Act 1947 as amended, the Electoral Act 1992 , the Presidential Elections Act 1993 , and the European Parliament Elections Act 1997 .

(2) Every appeal under sub-rule (1)(a) shall be by notice of appeal in the form, if any, for the time being prescribed in the Circuit Court Rules and otherwise in accordance with Part V.

(3) Every appeal under sub-rule (1)(b) shall be by notice of appeal in accordance with Part V.

(4) A return date for a directions hearing shall be assigned to every notice of appeal issued under this rule.

(5) Every notice of appeal referred to in this rule shall be served within 28 days from the date on which the judgment or order appealed from was pronounced in open court and shall be lodged with the Registrar forthwith.

(6) In the case of an appeal under sub-rule (1)(a), the Registrar shall apply to the County Registrar for such documents as are lodged in the Circuit Court for the purposes of the appeal.

(7) The transcript writer shall furnish a transcript of the whole of the proceedings at the trial or of such part of the proceedings as the Registrar requires. The transcript shall be certified by the transcript writer to be a complete and correct transcript of the whole of the record, or of the part required. In the absence of a transcript, the County Registrar shall furnish to the Registrar a signed copy of the note made by the Judge of the Circuit Court of any question of law raised before him and of the facts in evidence in relation to that question, and of his decision on that question and on the question or matter submitted to him. Such documents, transcript or note shall be supplied for the use of the Court of Appeal and may be used and received at the hearing of the appeal.

(8) The Registrar shall also apply to the County Registrar for the transmission to his office for the use of the Court of Appeal of a file of all documents and papers relating to the case.

(9) If a report, or a note as is mentioned in sub-rule (7), cannot be produced, the Court of Appeal may hear and determine the appeal on any other evidence or statement of what occurred before the Judge of the Circuit Court which the Court of Appeal deems sufficient.

(10) In the case of an appeal under sub-rule (1)(b), the appellant shall lodge with the Registrar an attested copy of the judgment or order of the High Court appealed from and the appeal books referred to in rule 17. If no transcript of the proceedings before the High Court is lodged, the appropriate Registrar of the High Court shall furnish to the Registrar a signed copy of the note made by the High Court Judge of any question of law raised before him and of the facts and evidence relating to that question and of his decision on that question and on the question or matters submitted to him. Such copies shall be supplied for the use of the Court of Appeal and may be used and received at the hearing of the appeal.

(11) The Registrar shall also apply to the appropriate High Court Registrar for the transmission to him for the use of the Court of Appeal of a file of all documents and papers relating to the case.

(12) If a note as is mentioned in sub-rule (10) cannot be produced, the Court of Appeal may hear and determine the appeal on any other evidence or statement of what occurred before the High Court Judge which the Court of Appeal deems sufficient.

(13) The Registrar shall give notice of the order made by the Court of Appeal finally determining any appeal in the Form No. 8, to each of the persons specified in section 14(3) of the Act of 1974 in the case of an appeal under sub-rule (1)(a), or to each of the persons entitled under Order 97, rule 21(1) to receive a copy of the final order of the High Court in the case of an appeal under sub-rule (1)(b).

(14) This rule applies, so far as practicable, and with such modifications as may be necessary, to all appeals under the Electoral Acts.

VIII. SETTLEMENT, WITHDRAWAL OR CONCESSION OF APPEALS

Determination of appeals by settlement, abandonment, etc

20. (1) When an appeal has been settled or compromised, every party who has joined in the settlement or compromise shall notify the Registrar in writing.

(2) Where a party notifies the Registrar in writing that no issue as to the costs of the appeal remains outstanding and no requirement arises for an order to be made by the Court of Appeal, and produces to the Registrar a letter from each other party concerned confirming this, the appeal shall be deemed to be determined without further order.

(3) Where a party notifies each other party concerned and the Registrar in writing of his intention to withdraw or concede the appeal:

(a) the proceedings may, on the application of a party or at the direction of the Registrar, be listed before the Court of Appeal, on notice to the other parties, to enable the making of any necessary consequential order, and

(b) the Registrar may notify the proper officer of the court below and any other person he considers necessary of the determination of the appeal.

IX. INTEREST

Additional interest allowed without special order

21. On an appeal to the Court of Appeal, interest for such time as execution has been delayed by the appeal is deemed to be allowed, unless the Court of Appeal otherwise orders, and the Taxing Master or other proper officer may compute the additional amount of interest without any order for that purpose.

ORDER 86B

CASES STATED TO THE COURT OF APPEAL

Application of this Order

1. This Order applies to:

(a) a case stated by the High Court under the provisions of section 38 of the Courts of Justice Act 1936 , and

(b) a case stated by a Circuit Court Judge under the provisions of section 16 of the Courts of Justice Act 1947 .

Transmission of case stated

2. (1) In the case of a case stated by the High Court on Circuit, or by a Circuit Court Judge, the County Registrar, and in the case of a case stated by the High Court sitting in Dublin, the Registrar of such court, as soon as the case stated has been signed and lodged with the County Registrar or Registrar, as the case may be, shall indorse on the case stated:

(i) the date of lodgment,

(ii) the name of the party or parties who applied for the case to be stated,

(iii) the name of the party who is to have carriage of the case stated, and

(iv) the names and addresses of the solicitors (if any) for the parties.

(2) The County Registrar or Registrar, as the case may be, within seven days of lodgment of the case stated, shall serve notice of the signing and lodgment of the case stated by registered post on every party who appeared on the hearing of the appeal or matter in respect of which the case is stated and shall transmit the original of the case stated to the Registrar.

(3) The Registrar shall enter the case stated before the Court of Appeal for directions.

(4) The parties shall deliver or exchange and lodge in the Office written submissions on the case stated, in conformity with the requirements of any applicable statutory practice direction, at the time or times prescribed by any applicable statutory practice direction or directed by the Court of Appeal.

(5) As soon as the necessary papers are in order and ready, the Registrar may set down the case stated for hearing and the case stated will be heard according to its order in the list unless the Court of Appeal otherwise directs.

(6) After service of notice of signing and lodgment of a case stated, any interested party may obtain, on application to the Registrar, one or more copies of the case stated on payment of the prescribed fee.

(7) The party having carriage of the case stated, shall within 28 days after the service of notice of signing and lodgment of the case stated, lodge with the Registrar the requisite number of copies of the case stated, and of the documents (if any) referred to in the case stated.

Application to other cases stated under statute

3. The provisions of rule 2 apply, with any necessary modifications, to every case stated for the opinion of the Court of Appeal pursuant to the provisions of any statute for the time being in force and for which no other procedure is laid down in these Rules.

Case stated under Article 40.4.3° of the Constitution

4. (1) In the case of a case stated under Article 40.4.3° of the Constitution, the case shall be signed on behalf of the High Court by the appropriate High Court Registrar, and the High Court may direct which party is to have carriage of the case stated.

(2) When the case stated is signed, the appropriate High Court Registrar shall serve notice on every party to the proceedings in which the case has been stated, by registered post or, where a party consents, on that party by electronic means, and shall forthwith transmit the case stated to the Registrar.

(3) Every such party to the proceedings may receive one or more copies of the case stated from the Registrar, on payment of the prescribed fee.

(4) The Registrar shall enter the case stated before the Court of Appeal for directions.

(5) The parties shall deliver or exchange and lodge in the Office written submissions on the case stated, in conformity with the requirements of any applicable statutory practice direction, at the time or times prescribed by any applicable statutory practice direction or directed by the Court of Appeal.

(6) The party having carriage shall lodge with the Registrar as soon as may be, the requisite number of copies of the case stated, and on lodgment of those copies the case will be set down for hearing at such time as the Court of Appeal directs.

(7) If the Court of Appeal is of opinion that the law, the validity of which has been questioned, is invalid having regard to the provisions of the Constitution, the Court of Appeal shall forthwith order the release of the person detained in accordance with that law.

(8) If the Court of Appeal is of opinion that the law, the validity of which has been questioned, is not invalid having regard to the provisions of the Constitution, the Court of Appeal shall so answer the question raised for its determination in the case stated, and shall remit the case to the High Court to be dealt with according to law.

ORDER 86C

APPEALS AND OTHER APPLICATIONS TO THE COURT OF APPEAL IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS

I. APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER AND INTERPRETATION

Application of this Order

1. This Order applies only to appeals in criminal proceedings.

Interpretation

2. (1) In this Order:

the "1967 Act" means the Criminal Procedure Act 1967 ;

the "2006 Act" means the Criminal Justice Act 2006 ;

the "2010 Act" means the Criminal Procedure Act 2010 ;

"Judge of the court of trial", in any appeal in criminal proceedings, means the Judge of any Court from the conviction before or the sentence of which, a person appeals to the Court of Appeal;

"proper officer of the court of trial", in any appeal in criminal proceedings, means the Registrar of the court or other person for the time being acting as such in any court from the conviction before or the sentence of which a person appeals to the Court of Appeal.

(2) References in this Part to any record, transcript, exhibit, document or report in connection with a trial includes, in the case of an application pursuant to section 9(3) of the 2010 Act, references to any such record, transcript, exhibit, document or report in connection with the trial which resulted in the conviction relied upon for the purposes of section 9(1)(b) of the 2010 Act in that application.

(3) References in this Part to the Director of Public Prosecutions include, where appropriate, references to the Attorney General.

(4) For the purposes of service, a solicitor retained to appear on behalf of a convicted person at his trial is, in the case of any application or appeal by the prosecutor, deemed to continue to be retained on behalf of the convicted person unless that solicitor has been discharged by the Court of Appeal.

II. COMMENCEMENT OF APPEALS AND APPLICATIONS BY CONVICTED OR ACCUSED PERSON

Notice of appeal or application by convicted or accused person

3. (1) A convicted person who wishes to appeal to the Court of Appeal in criminal proceedings shall lodge with the Registrar a notice of appeal in the Form No. 9. The completed notice lodged shall answer the questions and comply with the requirements of that form. An appeal against a conviction may be argued only on grounds which have been set out in the notice, save where the Court of Appeal, on application made to it not less than 14 days before the date fixed for the hearing of the appeal, directs the addition of grounds of appeal.

(2) A convicted person who wishes to apply to the Court of Appeal under section 2 of the Criminal Procedure Act 1993 shall lodge with the Registrar a notice of application in the Form No. 10, supported by a statement in the Form No. 11 of the grounds of the application, which shall be verified on affidavit. An application under section 2 of the Criminal Procedure Act 1993 may be argued only on grounds which have been set out in the statement of grounds, save where the Court of Appeal, on application made to it not less than 14 days before the date fixed for the hearing of the application, directs the addition of further grounds.

(3) Every notice of appeal or application under sub-rule (1) or (2) shall be signed by the appellant himself except in the cases mentioned in sub-rules (4), (5), (6) and (7). Any other notice shall be in writing and shall be signed by the person giving the same or his solicitor.

(4) An accused person who wishes to appeal to the Court of Appeal:

(a) under section 7 (3) of the Criminal Law (Insanity) Act 2006 against a determination by the Central Criminal Court, the Circuit Court or the Special Criminal Court that he or she is unfit to be tried, or

(b) under section 8 (6) of the Criminal Law (Insanity) Act 2006 against a finding of not guilty by reason of insanity by the Central Criminal Court, the Circuit Court or the Special Criminal Court, or

(c) under section 9 (1) of the Criminal Law (Insanity) Act 2006 against a decision by the Court of trial to make or not to make an order of committal under section 4 (3)(b), 4 (5)(c), 4 (6)(a), 5 (2) or 5 (3) of the Criminal Law (Insanity) Act 2006 ,

may appeal by lodging with the Registrar a notice of appeal in the Form No. 12. The completed notice lodged shall comply with the requirements of that form.

(5) Where an appellant, applicant or any other person authorised or required to give or send any notice is unable to write, he may affix his mark to the notice in the presence of a witness who shall attest that the appellant has marked the document and a notice which includes such an attestation is deemed to be duly signed.

(6) Where it is alleged that an appellant or applicant is insane at the time when any notice is required or authorised to be given by him, the notice may be given and signed by a solicitor or other person on his behalf.

(7) In the case of a body corporate, where a notice or other document is required to be signed by the appellant in person, the notice or other document may be signed by a director, secretary or manager of the body corporate or the solicitor acting for the body corporate.

(8) In every case in which an appellant or applicant is not in prison or is represented by a solicitor, his notice of appeal or notice of application for leave to appeal shall be served on the Registrar personally or by delivering the same to the proper officer at the Office of the Registrar of the Court of Appeal for criminal business at the Criminal Courts of Justice, Parkgate Street, Dublin.

Time limits for lodging notice of appeal

4. (1) Subject to sub-rule (2) and save where otherwise provided by statute, every notice of appeal under rule 3 against a determination of a trial court shall be lodged within 28 days from the date of the determination appealed against.

(2) Sub-rule (1) does not apply to an application under section 2 of the Criminal Procedure Act 1993 .

Enlargement of time for appealing

5. (1) An application to the Court of Appeal for an enlargement of time within which notice of appeal may be served shall be in the Form No. 13.

(2) The form of application shall, in addition to specifying the grounds of the application for an enlargement of time, also specify the grounds on which the applicant proposes to base his appeal.

(3) The Registrar may direct the lodgment by the intending appellant of an affidavit verifying the grounds of the application for an enlargement of time.

III. COMMENCEMENT OF APPEALS AND APPLICATIONS BY DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS

Appeals and applications by the Director of Public Prosecutions

6. (1) An application by the Director of Public Prosecutions to the Court of Appeal under section 2 of the Criminal Justice Act 1993 shall be commenced by originating notice of application in the Form No. 14 entitled in the matter of an application pursuant to section 2 of the Criminal Justice Act 1993 , as between the Director as applicant and the person convicted as respondent. The original notice shall be lodged with the Registrar and a copy of the notice shall be served on the respondent within the period referred to in section 2 (2) of the Criminal Justice Act 1993 . The notice shall set out the grounds on which it is alleged that that the sentence imposed by the sentencing court was unduly lenient.

(2) An appeal by the Director of Public Prosecutions to the Court of Appeal under section 4E(7) of the 1967 Act (inserted by section 9 of the Criminal Justice Act 1999 ) against the dismissal of a charge by the trial court under section 4E(4) of the 1967 Act, shall be commenced by notice of appeal in the Form No. 15 entitled in the matter of an appeal pursuant to section 4E(7) of the 1967 Act, as between the Director as appellant and the person accused as respondent. The notice shall set out the grounds of appeal. The original notice shall be lodged with the Registrar and a copy of the notice shall be served on the respondent within the period referred to in section 4E(7) of the 1967 Act.

(3) Every notice of appeal under section 24 of the 2006 Act shall be lodged with the Registrar and a copy delivered to the person acquitted or his solicitor within the period referred to in section 24(2) of the 2006 Act and shall be in the Form No. 16.

(4) An application by the Director of Public Prosecutions to the Court of Appeal under section 8(3) or section 9(3) of the 2010 Act shall be commenced by originating notice of application in the Form No. 17 or Form No. 18, as the case may be, entitled in the matter of an application pursuant to section 8(3) or, as the case may be, section 9(3) of the 2010 Act, as between the Director as applicant and the person who has been acquitted as respondent. The original notice shall be lodged with the Registrar and a copy of the notice shall be served on the respondent within seven days after the original notice is lodged. The notice shall set out in summary:

(a) in the case of an application under section 8(3) of the 2010 Act, the relevant offence concerned and the grounds on which it is alleged

(i) that there is new and compelling evidence against the respondent in relation to the relevant offence concerned, and

(ii) that it is in the public interest that a re-trial order be made, or

(b) in the case of an application under section 9(3) of the 2010 Act, particulars of the conviction relied upon for the purposes of section 9(1)(b) of the 2010 Act and the grounds on which it is alleged

(i) that there is compelling evidence against the respondent in relation to the offence to which the application for a re-trial relates, and

(ii) that it is in the public interest that a re-trial order be made.

(5) Where a question of law is referred to the Court of Appeal for determination in accordance with section 34 of the 1967 Act, the Director of Public Prosecutions shall serve a notice in the Form No. 19, together with a copy of the statement of the question of law concerned, on the acquitted person concerned and shall lodge a copy of that notice, together with the original statement referred to in section 34(2) of the 1967 Act, duly signed, in the Office within seven days of the service of the notice.

(6) Where the acquitted person concerned intends to be heard on the reference, he or his legal representative shall give notice in writing of that intention to the Registrar not later than 14 days after service on him of the notice mentioned in sub-rule (5), and give a copy of such notice to the Director of Public Prosecutions within the same period.

(7) The Director of Public Prosecutions shall produce to the Court of Appeal or the Registrar on request, proof of service of the notice of appeal or notice of application on each person served.

IV. NOTIFICATION OF APPEALS AND APPLICATIONS

Persons to whom notice of appeal or application shall be given by Registrar

7. (1) When the Registrar receives a notice of appeal by a person convicted or notice of an application under section 2 of the Criminal Procedure Act 1993 , he shall give notice in the Form No. 20 to the following persons:

(a) the Chief Prosecution Solicitor;

(b) the proper officer of the court of trial;

(c) the proper officer of An Garda Síochána responsible for criminal records (Garda Criminal Records Office);

and also, if the appellant is in prison, or has been released on bail-

(d) the Governor of the relevant prison (unless the appellant’s notice of appeal has been forwarded to the Registrar by a Governor), and

(e) the proper officer of the Department of Justice and Equality (Irish Prison Service).

(2) When the Registrar receives a notice of appeal or notice of application by the Director of Public Prosecutions, he shall give notice to such court officers and other persons as he considers necessary in the circumstances.

V. DIRECTIONS

8. (1) Without prejudice to the powers of the Court of Appeal under Order 86, rule 3,

(a) the Court of Appeal may, on the application of any person entitled to be heard on a reference under section 34 of the 1967 Act, on notice to every other person so entitled to be heard, make such orders and give such directions as to the conduct of the reference as seem appropriate;

(b) an order assigning counsel under section 34(4) of the 1967 Act may be made on an application mentioned in paragraph (a), or otherwise at any time of the Court of Appeal’s own motion;

(c) the Court of Appeal may, in proceedings on an application under section 2 of the Criminal Procedure Act 1993 or on an application under section 2 of the Criminal Justice Act 1993 , on the application made by a party on notice to every other person entitled to be heard, or of its own motion, make such orders, and give such directions as to the conduct of the proceedings, as seem appropriate;

(d) the Court of Appeal may, in proceedings on an application for an order under section 8 or 9 of the 2010 Act, on the application made by a party on notice to every other person entitled to be heard, or of its own motion, make such orders, including any order mentioned in section 12 of the 2010 Act, and give such directions as to the conduct of the proceedings, as seem appropriate.

(2) If it appears to the Registrar that any notice of appeal does not show any substantial ground of appeal, the Registrar may list the case before the Court of Appeal for directions without obtaining a verified transcript of the record of the proceedings at the trial in accordance with rule 9.

VI. TRANSCRIPT AND OTHER MATERIALS FOR USE ON HEARING OF APPEAL OR APPLICATION

Provision of Record and Transcript to and by Registrar

9. (1) The Registrar shall arrange the production of a verified transcript of the proceedings at the trial concerned in accordance with Order 87.

(2) A copy of the verified transcript shall be supplied by the Registrar free of charge:

(a) to a party who has been granted a legal aid (appeal) certificate, and

(b) to any other party by order of the Court of Appeal.

(3) Any other party in an appeal or application may obtain from the Registrar a copy of the whole or of any part of the verified transcript as relates to the appeal or application, on payment of the proper charges.

(4) In any case in which the Court of Appeal imposes a sentence in accordance with section 3 (1)(d) or section 3 (2) of the Criminal Procedure Act 1993 , the provisions of Order 85, rule 13 shall apply as if the reference in that rule to the Central Criminal Court were a reference to the Court of Appeal and the Registrar shall respond to any application for a transcript of the hearing concerned in accordance with that rule.

Lodgment of appeal books

10. (1) The moving party in any appeal, application or reference shall without delay lodge in the Office the requisite number of books each containing copies of all documents required for the hearing of the appeal, application or reference with a sufficient index, and books of authorities, unless the Court of Appeal otherwise requires.

(2) The Registrar may direct the moving party to lodge the requisite number of copies of any additional documents which the Registrar considers will be required for the hearing of the appeal, application or reference with a sufficient index.

Exhibits and documents relating to trial

11. The Court of Appeal may, at any stage of an appeal or application, on the application of a party to the proceedings, order the production to the Court of Appeal or to the Registrar (who may permit inspection of same by a party to the proceedings) of any document, exhibit, or other thing connected with the proceedings by any person having the custody or control of the document, exhibit, or other thing concerned.

Report of trial Judge

12. (1) Where the Court of Appeal considers it necessary, it may direct the Registrar to apply to the trial Judge for a report to the Court of Appeal on the trial or any part of the trial.

(2) The report of the Judge is to be made to the Court of Appeal.

VII. BAIL

13. (1) Subject to any provision of statute, the provisions of this rule apply to applications to the Court of Appeal for bail.

(2) A person who wishes to be admitted to bail, pending the determination of his appeal or application, shall apply to the Court of Appeal by way of notice of motion grounded on an affidavit. The affidavit of the applicant shall set out fully the basis upon which the application is made to the Court of Appeal and shall:

(a) set out and verify the grounds on which bail is sought;

(b) include the terms of any bail granted pending the person’s trial, and

(c) the terms and conditions of bail proposed.

(3) Subject to any order of the Court of Appeal, a copy of the notice of motion and the grounding affidavit (and any exhibits) shall be served on the Chief Prosecution Solicitor not later than seven days before the return date assigned to the motion.

(4) Unless otherwise ordered by the Court of Appeal, the recognisances of the appellant and any surety may be taken before a person who would be authorised under section 22 (3)(b) to (e) of the Criminal Procedure Act 1967 to take a recognisance.

(5) The recognisances shall be in the Form No. 21. The District Court clerk assigned to the District Court area in which the recognisance of a surety shall be taken shall give to such surety a certificate in the Form No. 22 which the surety shall sign and retain.

(6) The District Court clerk assigned to any District Court area in which any such recognisance shall be taken as aforesaid shall, in the Form No. 23, forthwith notify the Governor of the said prison of the perfection thereof.

(7) Where the Court of Appeal admits a person who is in custody to bail the person shall not be released until there has been paid into court such amount (if any) or proportion of the amount (if any) in which the person and his or her surety or sureties (if any) are to be bound as the Court of Appeal has determined.

(8) Where the Court of Appeal decides to admit a person to bail with one or more sureties it may direct that a sum of money equivalent to the amount of bail (additionally to any amount specified in respect of the appellant’s own recognisance in accordance with sub-rule (2)) be accepted in lieu of such surety or sureties. Where any moneys are required to be paid into court under a recognisance by a person in custody, or by any surety or sureties as a condition of that recognisance, or any security accepted in the court in lieu of such payment is required to be lodged in court, such moneys or security shall be deemed to be paid into court or lodged in court when paid to or lodged with the person mentioned in sub-rule (4) before whom the appellant’s recognisance is taken or, as the case may be, the District Court clerk assigned to the District Court area in which a surety’s recognisance is taken.

(9) On payment to or lodgment with the said person of the required sums or security and on perfection of the recognisance, the appellant shall be released if he or she is in custody for no other cause than the offence in respect of which bail is granted.

(10) The said person before whom the appellant’s recognisance is taken shall forthwith transmit the perfected recognisances to the Registrar.

(11) Subject to the terms of any order of the Court of Appeal admitting an appellant to bail, an appellant who has been admitted to bail shall be personally present at each and every hearing of his appeal, and at the final determination of his appeal. Such an appellant shall, whenever his case is called on before the Court of Appeal, surrender himself to such persons as the Court of Appeal from time to time directs, and may be searched by them, and is deemed to be in the lawful custody of those persons until further released on bail or otherwise dealt with as the Court of Appeal directs. The Court of Appeal may, in the event of such an appellant not being present at any hearing of his appeal, dismiss the appeal and issue a warrant for the apprehension of the appellant, in the Form No. 24; provided that the Court of Appeal may consider the appeal in his absence, or make such other order as it thinks fit.

(12) The Court of Appeal may revoke or vary any bail order or enlarge the recognisance of the appellant or of his sureties or substitute any other surety for a surety previously bound.

(13) Where the surety on whose recognisance an appellant has been released on bail, suspects that the appellant is about to fail in any manner to observe the conditions of his recognisance, the surety may lay an information on oath and in writing before a Judge of the District Court assigned to the District Court district in which the appellant is, or is by the surety believed to be, or in which the surety is, in the Form No. 25, and the Judge of the District Court, if satisfied by the information, may issue a warrant in the Form No. 26 for the apprehension of the appellant.

(14) The appellant shall, on being apprehended, be brought before the District Court specified in the warrant mentioned in sub-rule (13). The Judge, on verification of the information by oath of the informant, by warrant of committal in the Form No. 27, may commit the appellant to the prison to which persons charged with indictable offences before that District Court are ordinarily committed.

(15) The Clerk of the District Court, on the committal of any appellant in accordance with sub-rule (14), shall forthwith notify the Registrar to that effect, and forward to him the information taken before the District Court and a copy of the warrant of committal.

(16) When an appellant has been released on bail and has been apprehended under this rule and is in prison, the Governor of the prison shall forthwith notify the Registrar, who shall inform the Court of Appeal, and the Court of Appeal may give such directions as to the appeal or otherwise as it thinks fit.

(17) At any time after an appellant has been released on bail the Court of Appeal may revoke the order admitting him to bail, and may issue a warrant in the Form No. 24 for his apprehension and order him to be committed to prison.

(18) Nothing in this rule affects the right of a surety to apprehend and surrender into custody the person for whose appearance he has become bound, and by such surrender to discharge himself of his suretyship.

(19) On breach of the recognisance of an appellant, the Court of Appeal may order his own recognisance to be estreated and may also, on notice to his surety, order the recognisance of the surety to be estreated. The warrant of estreatment may be in the Form No. 28.

VIII. LISTING AND HEARING OF APPEALS

Notification of parties

14. When a date for the hearing of an appeal or application is fixed, the Registrar shall give notice of that date to the appellant or applicant and his solicitor (if any) and to the Chief Prosecution Solicitor.

IX. ABANDONMENT OF APPEAL

Abandonment of appeal

15. (1) An appellant or applicant who is not on bail may, at any time after he has duly served notice of appeal or of application for enlargement of time, abandon his appeal or application by giving notice of abandonment to the Registrar and to the respondent in the Form No. 29 not later than ten days before the date fixed for the hearing of the appeal or application.

(2) When the Registrar receives a notice of abandonment under sub-rule (1), he may, at the request of the Chief Prosecution Solicitor, list the matter before the Court of Appeal on notice to the appellant and the Chief Prosecution Solicitor for the purpose of the making of any consequential order.

(3) An appellant who is on bail, or who wishes to abandon his appeal or application later than ten days before the date fixed for the hearing of the appeal or application shall apply to the Court of Appeal by motion on notice to the Chief Prosecution Solicitor for leave to abandon the appeal or application and for such consequential orders as are required and the Court of Appeal may allow or refuse the application and if it allows the application, may make any necessary consequential orders.

(4) Where an appeal or application is abandoned or determined in accordance with this rule, the Registrar shall give notice of the abandonment or determination of the proceedings to all persons to whom he has given notice of the receipt by him of the notice of appeal or other application.

X. ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE

Application for leave to introduce additional evidence

16. (1) An application for leave to introduce additional evidence at the hearing of an appeal shall be made by motion on notice to the other party to the appeal, grounded on an affidavit sworn by or on behalf of the moving party setting out and verifying the grounds on which leave is sought. There shall be lodged with the motion and grounding affidavit an affidavit of the proposed witness, setting out the evidence which he proposes to give and the reason why he did not give such evidence at the trial, unless the Court of Appeal dispenses with the requirement for such an affidavit.

(2) Where an order is made for the attendance and examination of a witness, an order in the Form No. 30 shall be served on the witness specifying the time and place at which he is to attend.

(3) Where the Court of Appeal orders the examination of any witness to be conducted otherwise than before the Court of Appeal, the order shall specify the person appointed as examiner to take, and the place of taking, the examination, and the witness or witnesses to be examined.

(4) The Registrar shall furnish to the person appointed to take an examination any documents or exhibits and any other material relating to the appeal as and when requested so to do. Such documents and exhibits and other material shall after the examination has been concluded be returned by the examiner, together with a record of the evidence taken by him to the Registrar.

(5) When the examiner has appointed the day and time for the examination he shall request the Registrar to give notice of that day and time to the appellant and his legal representative (if any), to the Chief Prosecution Solicitor, and when the appellant is in prison, to the Governor of that prison. The Registrar shall cause to be served on every witness to be so examined notice in the Form No. 31.

(6) Every witness examined before an examiner shall give his evidence on oath to be administered by the examiner except where any witness, if giving evidence as a witness on a trial on indictment, need not be sworn.

(7) The examination of every witness examined before an examiner shall be taken in the form of a deposition in the manner for the taking of evidence under section 4F(3) of the 1967 Act. The caption in the Form No. 32 shall be attached to any such deposition.

(8) The expenses of any witness attending on the order of the Court of Appeal, and all expenses of and incidental to any examination of witnesses conducted by any person appointed by the Court of Appeal, if and so far as ordered by the Court of Appeal, may be defrayed up to an amount allowed by the Court of Appeal as part of the costs of the State in or relating to the appeal.

(9) The appellant and the Director of Public Prosecutions, or counsel or solicitor on their behalf, are entitled to be present at and take part in any examination of any witness to which this rule relates.

XI. SERVICE OF CERTAIN ORDERS

Personal service of orders

17. Service of any order made under rule 11 or rule 16 shall be personal, unless the Court of Appeal otherwise orders, and for the purpose of effecting due service of such an order, the Registrar may require the assistance of the Garda Síochána, who shall carry out any directions of the Registrar under this rule.

XII. HEARING OF APPEALS AND OTHER APPLICATIONS

Appellant in custody

18. (1) Subject to any provision of statute and to any prior order of the Court of Appeal made in accordance with section 33 of the Prisons Act 2007 , an appellant or applicant who is in custody may, if he so desires, be present in person at the hearing of his appeal or application and, where the Court of Appeal, on application made in writing to the Registrar so permits, at the hearing of all interlocutory applications in relation to his appeal or application.

(2) The provisions of sub-rule (1) apply with the necessary modifications to the right of an applicant for enlargement of time to be present at the hearing of such application.

Person with benefit of restitution order or compensation order entitled to be heard

19. Where a restitution order or compensation order has been made by the court of trial, the person in whose favour such order was made, the appellant, and with the leave of the Court of Appeal any other person, may be heard before any order is made by the Court of Appeal annulling or varying the restitution order or compensation order.

Notice of order determining appeal

20. (1) When the Court of Appeal makes an order finally determining an appeal or application by a person convicted, the Registrar shall give notice of the order in the Form No. 33 to the following persons:

(a) the appellant (unless the appellant has been present or has been legally represented at the hearing);

(b) the proper officer of the court of trial;

(c) the proper officer of An Garda Síochána responsible for criminal records (Garda Criminal Records Office);

(d) any other person required by statute to be notified;

and also, if the appellant is in prison, or has been released on bail-

(e) the Governor of the relevant prison (unless the appellant’s notice of appeal has been forwarded to the Registrar by a Governor), and

(f) the proper officer of the Department of Justice and Equality (Irish Prison Service).

(2) When the Court of Appeal makes an order finally determining an appeal or application by the Director of Public Prosecutions, the Registrar shall give notice to such persons as he has notified of the appeal or application in accordance with rule 7(2).

(3) The proper officer of the court of trial, on receiving a notice under sub-rule (1) or (2), shall enter the particulars of the Court of Appeal’s order on the records of the court of trial.

Issue of certain certificates following determination of appeal

21. (1) Where a certificate referred to in section 96(4) of the 2006 Act requires to be issued on the determination of an appeal, the certificate shall be in the Form No. 34, and shall be transmitted forthwith by or on behalf of the Registrar to each of the persons referred to in section 96(6) of the 2006 Act.

(2) Where a certificate referred to in section 14 of the Sex Offenders Act 2001 requires to be issued on the determination of an appeal, the certificate shall be in the Form No. 35 and shall be transmitted forthwith by or on behalf of the Registrar to each of the persons referred to in section 14 (5) of that Act.

XIII. MISCELLANEOUS

Notice of motion to the Court of Appeal

22. Except where otherwise provided by this Part, every application to the Court of Appeal in proceedings begun in the Court of Appeal shall be by notice of motion in accordance with the Form No. 36 and shall be lodged with the Registrar and served on the other party to the proceedings and such other person, if any, as the Court of Appeal directs.

Provision of forms

23. The Registrar shall publish the necessary forms and instructions in relation to notices of appeal or notices of application so that they are available to any person who requires them. The Governor of a prison shall make those forms and instructions available to prisoners desiring to make any application, and shall lodge any such notice given by a prisoner in his custody with the Registrar.

Inquiries by Garda Síochána

24. The Garda Síochána of the district in which an appellant or applicant resided before his conviction or of the district from which the appellant or applicant was committed shall, when required by the Registrar, enquire as to and report to the Registrar on the means and circumstances of any appellant or applicant where such a question arises.

Enforcement of duties by order of the Court of Appeal

25. The performance of any duty imposed on any person by this Part may be enforced by order of the Court of Appeal.

Warrant for apprehension of appellant

26. Any warrant for the apprehension of an appellant issued by the Court of Appeal may be treated for all purposes, in the same manner as a warrant issued by a Judge of the District Court for the apprehension of a person charged with any indictable offence under the provisions of the Petty Sessions (Ireland) Act 1851 , or any statute amending that Act.

ORDER 86D

APPEALS AND OTHER APPLICATIONS TO THE COURT OF APPEAL IN MILITARY PROCEEDINGS

I. APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER AND INTERPRETATION

Application of this Order

1. This Order applies only to proceedings in the Court of Appeal by way of appeal or reference from a military tribunal (including any court-martial or military judge).

Interpretation

2. In this Order:

"the Act of 1954" means the Defence Act 1954 ;

"the Act of 1983" means the Courts-Martial Appeals Act 1983 ;

"the Act of 2006" means the Defence (Amendment) Act 2006 ;

"Court-Martial Administrator" means the Court-Martial Administrator appointed under Chapter IVA of Part V of the Act of 1954;

"detention barrack" means a building or part of a building which has been declared under section 232 of the Act of 1954 to be a detention barrack;

"Director" means the Director of Military Prosecutions appointed under Chapter IVB of Part V of the Act of 1954;

"exhibit" means any document or thing which has been produced and used in evidence at the trial court-martial, whether it is attached to the proceedings of the court-martial or not;

"legal aid (court-martial appeal) certificate" means a certificate for free legal aid referred to in section 28 of the Act of 1983;

"military judge" has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Act of 1954;

"military proceedings" means proceedings by way of appeal or reference from a military tribunal (including any court-martial or military judge);

"prison" includes a military prison;

"promulgation" means promulgation in accordance with rules for the time being in force made by the Minister for Defence in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 240 of the Act of 1954;

"prosecutor" means the Director, and includes any prosecuting officer appointed under section 184F(1) of the Act of 1954 and any counsel or solicitor instructed by or representing either;

"trial court-martial" means a court-martial from the conviction, sentence, finding or order of which a person appeals to the Court of Appeal, or from which a question of law is referred to the Court of Appeal.

II. NOTICE OF APPEAL

Notice of appeal

3. (1) A person desiring to appeal to the Court of Appeal in military proceedings shall lodge with the Registrar a notice of appeal in the Form No. 37. The notice so served shall answer the question and comply with the requirements set forth on such form.

(2) Every notice of appeal shall be signed by the appellant himself except in the cases mentioned in sub-rules (3) and (4). Any other notice shall be in writing and signed by the person giving the same or his solicitor.

(3) Where an appellant or any other person authorised or required to give or send any notice is unable to write, he may affix his mark thereto in the presence of a witness who shall attest the same and thereupon such notice shall be deemed to be duly signed by him.

(4) Where it is alleged that an appellant is insane at the time when any notice is required or authorised to be given by him, such notice may be given and signed by a solicitor or other person on his behalf.

(5) In every case in which an appellant is not in a prison or detention barrack or is represented by a solicitor, his notice of appeal shall be served on the Registrar personally or by delivering same to the proper officer at the Office of the Registrar of the Court of Appeal, Criminal Courts of Justice, Parkgate Street, Dublin, or by sending the same by ordinary pre-paid post addressed to the Registrar. In all other cases not specifically provided for, service of any notice or other document may be effected personally or by sending the same by ordinary pre-paid post addressed to the person on whom it is to be served.

Time limit for lodging notice of appeal

4. (1) Except as provided in sub-rule (2), every notice of appeal shall be served not later than 28 days after the date of the promulgation of the finding and sentence of the trial court-martial.

(2) In the case of a person convicted by a court-martial while serving outside the State with an International United Nations Force (as defined in section 1 (1) of the Defence (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1960 ), or while despatched for service outside the State for any purpose specified in section 3 of the Act of 2006, a notice of appeal shall be served not later than 35 days after the date of the promulgation mentioned in sub-rule (1).

Notification of receipt of notice of appeal

5. When the Registrar receives a notice of appeal, he shall give notice thereof, in the Form No. 38, to the Director, the Court-Martial Administrator, the Deputy Chief of Staff (Support) of the Defence Forces and also, if the appellant is in a prison or detention barrack or if the operation of his sentence has been suspended or if he has been released on bail:-

(a) to the Governor of such prison or detention barrack, as the case may be, and

(b) to the Secretary General of the Department of Defence;

provided that the Registrar shall not be required to give such notice to the Governor of a prison or detention barrack if the appellant’s notice of appeal has been forwarded to the Registrar by such Governor.

III. APPLICATION FOR REVIEW OF SENTENCE

Application for review by the Director of Military Prosecutions

6. (1) An application by the Director to the Court of Appeal under section 212B of the Act of 1954 and in accordance with section 22B of the Act of 1983 to review a sentence awarded by a court-martial shall be initiated by serving on the Registrar a notice of review in the Form No. 39. A copy of the notice so served shall be served on the convicted person and on the Court-Martial Administrator.

(2) The procedure on such an application shall follow, as nearly as may be, the procedure on an application by the Director of Public Prosecutions to the Court of Appeal under section 2 (1) of the Criminal Justice Act 1993 to review a sentence imposed by a sentencing court on conviction of a person on indictment.

IV. REFERENCE OF A QUESTION OF LAW

Reference of question of law by the summary court-martial

7. (1) Where a question of law is referred to the Court of Appeal by the summary court-martial under section 178G(5) of the Act of 1954 or section 22A of the Act of 1983, the Court-Martial Administrator (or other officer duly authorised for that purpose by the summary court-martial) shall, as soon as the reference containing the question has been settled and signed by the military judge, indorse thereon the name of the party (if any) who requested the reference; the name of the party who is to have carriage thereof, and the names and addresses of the solicitors (if any) for the parties.

(2) The Court-Martial Administrator or such other officer shall, within seven days of such signature, lodge the original of such reference together with such other documents or materials as are prescribed in that regard by any Courts-Martial Rules for the time being in force, with the Registrar, who shall set down the same for hearing before the Court of Appeal.

(3) The Registrar shall enter the case stated before the Court of Appeal for directions.

(4) The parties shall deliver or exchange and lodge in the Office written submissions on the case stated, in conformity with the requirements of any applicable statutory practice direction, at the time or times prescribed by any applicable statutory practice direction or directed by the Court of Appeal.

(5) As soon as the necessary papers are in order and ready, the reference shall come on to be heard according to its order in the list, unless the Court of Appeal otherwise directs. The Court-Martial Administrator or such other officer shall, immediately following lodgment of the reference, serve notice of such signing and lodgment by registered post on every party who appeared upon the hearing of the appeal before the summary court-martial in respect of which the question is referred.

(6) After service of the notice of signing and lodgment, any interested party may obtain, on application to the Registrar, one or more copies of the reference and any other documents or materials lodged with it.

(7) The party having carriage of the reference shall, within 21 days after the service of the notice of signing and lodgment, lodge with the Registrar the requisite number of copies of the reference, and of any other documents or materials lodged with it.

V. ENLARGEMENT OF TIME FOR APPEALING

Application to enlarge time for appealing

8. (1) The Court of Appeal may enlarge the time appointed for doing any act or taking any proceeding upon such terms (if any) as the justice of the case may require, and any such enlargement may be ordered notwithstanding that the application for the same is not made until after the expiration of the time appointed.

(2) An application to the Court of Appeal for an enlargement of time within which notice of appeal may be served shall be in the Form No. 40.

(3) The form of application shall, in addition to specifying the grounds of such application, also specify the grounds on which the applicant proposes to base his appeal.

VI. SUSPENSION OF ORDERS OF TRIAL COURT-MARTIAL PENDING APPEAL

Suspension of certain fines

9. (1) Where a person has, on his conviction, been sentenced to a fine, the person lawfully authorised to receive such fine shall, on receiving the same, retain it until the determination of any appeal in relation thereto.

(2) An appellant who has been sentenced to a fine and has paid the same in accordance with such sentence shall, if an appeal by him is successful, be entitled, subject to any order of the Court of Appeal, to the return of the sum so paid by him.

Suspension of certain compensation orders

10. Where, on the conviction of a person, the trial court-martial directs, pursuant to section 213 of the Act of 1954, the payment by that person of a sum as compensation for any personal injury, expense, loss, damage or destruction occasioned by the offence of which he was convicted, the operation of such direction shall be suspended until the expiration of 28 clear days, or in any case to which rule 4(2) applies, 35 clear days after the date of promulgation of the finding and sentence of the trial court-martial and, in cases where notice of appeal is duly given, the period of suspension of such direction shall continue until the determination of the appeal.

Recovery of compensation paid on successful appeal

11. An appellant who has been directed by the trial court-martial to pay any sum as compensation and has paid the same in accordance with such direction shall, in the event of an appeal by him being successful, be entitled, subject to any order of the Court of Appeal, to the return of the sum so paid by him.

VII. PROCEEDINGS OF TRIAL COURT-MARTIAL

Delivery to Registrar of proceedings of trial court-martial

12. (1) On request by the Registrar, the Court-Martial Administrator shall furnish to him the proceedings of the trial court-martial.

(2) A party interested in an appeal to the Court of Appeal may obtain from the Registrar a copy of the proceedings of the trial court-martial or any part thereof as relates to the appeal upon payment of the proper charges.

VIII. EXHIBITS FOR USE OF THE COURT OF APPEAL AND APPELLANTS

Documents, exhibits, etc

13. (1) The Registrar may, on an application made to him by the appellant or the prosecutor, or shall where he considers the same to be necessary for the proper determination of any appeal or he is directed by the Court of Appeal so to do, obtain and keep available for use by the Court of Appeal, any documents, exhibits, or other things relating to the proceedings before the Court of Appeal. Pending the determination of the appeal, such documents, exhibits, or other things shall be open for inspection by any party interested, as and when the Registrar may arrange. In suitable cases the Registrar may, in lieu of obtaining possession of any such documents, exhibits or other things, direct any person having the custody and control thereof to make the same available for inspection by any party interested at such time and place as the Registrar shall direct.

(2) The Court of Appeal may, at any stage of an appeal, on the application of an appellant or the prosecutor, order any document, exhibit, or other thing connected with the proceedings to be produced to the Registrar by any person having the custody or control thereof.

(3) Service of any order made under this rule shall be personal, unless the Court of Appeal otherwise orders, and for the purpose of effecting due service thereof the Registrar may require the assistance of the Garda Síochána, and it shall be their duty to carry out any directions of the Registrar under this rule.

Obtaining copies

14. (1) At any time after notice of appeal has been served, an appellant or the prosecutor, or the solicitor or other person representing either of them, may obtain from the Registrar copies of any documents or exhibits in his possession for the purpose of such appeal. Such copies shall be supplied by the Registrar upon payment of the proper charges.

(2) A copy of the proceedings of the trial court-martial shall be supplied by the Registrar free of charge:

(a) to an appellant who has been granted a legal aid (court-martial appeal) certificate, and

(b) to any other appellant by order of the Court of Appeal.

(3) Where an appellant who is not legally represented, or who has been granted a legal aid (court-martial appeal) certificate, requires from the Registrar a copy of any document or exhibit in his custody for the purposes of his appeal, he may obtain it free of charge if the Registrar considers it proper to supply the same.

IX. REPORT TO THE COURT OF APPEAL

Report by military judge

15. (1) The Registrar shall, whenever the Court of Appeal directs him so to do in relation to any appeal, request the military judge who presided at the trial court-martial to furnish him with a report in writing upon the case generally or upon any point arising thereon, and the military judge so requested shall furnish the same in accordance with such request.

(2) The said report shall be made to the Court of Appeal, and, except by leave of the Court of Appeal, the Registrar shall not furnish any part thereof to any person.

X. SUSPENSION OF THE OPERATION OF A CUSTODIAL SENTENCE

Suspension of operation of a custodial sentence pending determination of appeal

16. (1) An appellant who is a member of the Defence Forces and who desires to have the operation of a sentence of imprisonment or detention imposed on him suspended, pending the determination of his appeal, shall serve upon the Registrar notice in the Form No. 41 of his application for such suspension, grounded on an affidavit. The Registrar shall forthwith give notice of that application to the Director and, as soon as a date is fixed by the Court of Appeal for the hearing of such application, shall notify the appellant, the Court-Martial Administrator and the Director.

(2) The Court of Appeal may suspend the operation of a custodial sentence subject to such terms and conditions as it thinks fit.

(3) The Registrar shall notify the Governor of the prison or detention barrack, as the case may be, within which the appellant is confined, of the terms and conditions on which the Court of Appeal suspends the operation of the appellant’s sentence.

(4) An appellant the operation of whose sentence has been suspended shall, by the order of the Court of Appeal, be required to be, and shall be, personally present at each and every hearing of his appeal, and at the final determination thereof, and shall whenever his case is called on before the Court of Appeal, surrender himself to such persons as the Court of Appeal shall from time to time direct, and may be searched by them, and shall be deemed to be in their lawful custody, until further released on suspension of the operation of his sentence or otherwise dealt with as the Court of Appeal shall direct. In the event of such appellant not being present at any hearing of his appeal, the Court of Appeal may dismiss the same and issue a warrant for the apprehension of the appellant, in the Form No. 42, or may consider the appeal in his absence, or make such other order as it thinks fit.

(5) The Court of Appeal may revoke or vary any order suspending the operation of a sentence of imprisonment or detention, and may on revocation issue a warrant in the Form No. 42 for the apprehension of the appellant and order him to be committed to a prison or detention barrack.

XI. BAIL

Application for bail

17. (1) An appellant who is not a member of the Defence Forces and who desires to be admitted to bail, pending the determination of his appeal, shall serve upon the Registrar notice in the Form No. 43 of his application for such bail, grounded on an affidavit. The Registrar shall forthwith give notice of such application to the Director and, as soon as a date is fixed by the Court of Appeal for the hearing of such application, shall notify the appellant and the Director.

(2) The Court of Appeal, when admitting such an appellant to bail, shall specify the amount (if any) in which the appellant and his surety (if any) shall be bound by recognisance.

(3) The Registrar shall notify the Governor of the prison or detention barrack, as the case may be, within which the appellant is confined, of the terms and conditions on which the Court of Appeal has admitted the appellant to bail.

(4) Unless otherwise ordered by the Court of Appeal, the recognisances of the appellant and any surety may be taken before a person who would be authorised under section 22 (3)(b) to (e) of the Criminal Procedure Act 1967 to take a recognisance.

(5) The recognisances shall be in the Form No. 44. The District Court clerk assigned to the District Court area in which the recognisance of a surety shall be taken shall give to such surety a certificate in the Form No. 45 which the surety shall sign and retain.

(6) The District Court clerk assigned to any District Court area in which any such recognisance shall be taken as aforesaid shall, in the Form No. 46, forthwith notify the Governor of the said prison or detention barrack, as the case may be, of the perfection thereof.

(7) Where the Court of Appeal admits a person who is in custody to bail the person shall not be released until there has been paid into court such amount (if any) or proportion of the amount (if any) in which the person and his or her surety or sureties (if any) are to be bound as the Court of Appeal has determined.

(8) Where the Court of Appeal decides to admit a person to bail with one or more sureties it may direct that a sum of money equivalent to the amount of bail (additionally to any amount specified in respect of the appellant’s own recognisance in accordance with sub-rule (2)) be accepted in lieu of such surety or sureties. Where any moneys are required to be paid into court under a recognisance by a person in custody, or by any surety or sureties as a condition of that recognisance, or any security accepted in the court in lieu of such payment is required to be lodged in court, such moneys or security shall be deemed to be paid into court or lodged in court when paid to or lodged with the person mentioned in sub-rule (4) before whom the appellant’s recognisance is taken or, as the case may be, the District Court clerk assigned to the District Court area in which a surety’s recognisance is taken.

(9) On payment to or lodgment with the said person of the required sums or security and on perfection of the recognisance, the appellant shall be released if he or she is in custody for no other cause than the offence in respect of which bail is granted.

(10) The said person before whom the appellant’s recognisance is taken shall forthwith transmit the perfected recognisances to the Registrar.

(11) An appellant who has been admitted to bail shall, by the order of the Court of Appeal under which he was so admitted to bail, be required to be, and shall be, personally present at each and every hearing of his appeal, and at the final determination thereof, and shall, whenever his case is called on before the Court of Appeal, surrender himself to such persons as the Court of Appeal shall from time to time direct, and may be searched by them, and shall be deemed to be in their lawful custody until further released on bail or otherwise dealt with as the Court of Appeal shall direct. In the event of such appellant not being present at any hearing of his appeal, the Court of Appeal may dismiss the same and issue a warrant for the apprehension of the appellant, in the Form No. 47, or may consider the appeal in his absence, or make such other order as it thinks fit.

(12) The Court of Appeal may revoke or vary any bail order or enlarge the amount conditioned for payment by recognisance of the appellant or of his sureties or substitute any other surety for a surety previously bound.

(13) An information laid by a member of the Garda Síochána or by a surety upon whose recognisance an appellant has been released on bail, who suspects that an appellant who has been released on bail is about to contravene a condition of his recognisance, for the purposes of an application under section 6 (5) of the Bail Act 1997 shall be in the Form No. 48 and the Court of Appeal’s warrant for the apprehension of the appellant on granting such application shall be in the Form No. 49.

(14) An information laid by a member of the Garda Síochána that an appellant who has been released on bail has contravened a condition of his recognisance, for the purposes of an application under section 9 (4) of the Bail Act 1997 shall be in the Form No. 48 and the Court of Appeal’s warrant for the apprehension of the appellant on granting such application shall be in the Form No. 49.

(15) The appellant shall, on being apprehended, be brought before the Court of Appeal, and the Court of Appeal shall make such order as is appropriate. Where such order is for the committal of the appellant, it shall be in the Form No. 50.

(16) At any time after an appellant has been released on bail the Court of Appeal may revoke the order admitting him to bail, and issue a warrant in the Form No. 47 for his apprehension and order him to be committed to a prison or detention barrack.

(17) Nothing in this rule shall affect the right of a surety to apprehend and surrender into custody the person for whose appearance he has become bound, and thereby to discharge himself of his suretyship.

(18) On breach of the recognisance of an appellant, the Court of Appeal may, notice having been given to any surety, make such order under section 9 (1) of the Bail Act 1997 as is appropriate and notice of the making of such order shall be served by the prosecutor on the appellant and on any surety or sureties by prepaid ordinary post.

XII. PREPARATION FOR HEARING OF APPEALS AND APPLICATIONS

Documents for use of Court of Appeal

18. The Registrar shall obtain and lay before the Court of Appeal in proper form all documents, exhibits and other things relating to the proceedings in the trial court-martial which are necessary for the proper determination of the appeal or application.

Notification of appellant

19. (1) Where an appellant is in custody, the Registrar shall notify the appellant and his solicitor (if any), the Governor of the prison or detention barrack, as the case may be, in which the appellant then is, the Irish Prison Service (if relevant) and the Deputy Chief of Staff (Support) of the Defence Forces of the probable day on which his appeal or application will be heard. The Irish Prison Service or Deputy Chief of Staff (Support) shall (where necessary) take steps to transfer the appellant to a prison or detention barrack or other custodial centre convenient for his appearance before the Court of Appeal at such a reasonable time before the hearing as shall enable him to consult his legal adviser.

(2) When the date for the hearing of an appeal or application is fixed, the Registrar shall give notice thereof to the appellant and his solicitor (if any), the Director and the Court-Martial Administrator.

XIII. ABANDONMENT OF APPEAL

Abandonment of appeal

20. (1) An appellant or applicant who has not had his sentence suspended pending the hearing of the appeal or application and who is not on bail may, at any time after he has duly served notice of appeal or of application for enlargement of time, abandon his appeal or application by giving notice of abandonment thereof in the Form No. 51 not later than ten days before the date fixed for the hearing of the appeal or application.

(2) When the Registrar receives a notice of abandonment under sub-rule (1), he may, at the request of the Director, list the matter before the Court of Appeal on notice to the appellant and the Director for the purpose of the making of any consequential order.

(3) An appellant or applicant who has had his sentence suspended pending the hearing of the appeal or application, or who is on bail, or who wishes to abandon his appeal or application later than ten days before the date fixed for the hearing of the appeal or application shall apply to the Court of Appeal by motion on notice to the Director for leave to abandon the appeal or application and for such consequential orders as are required and the Court of Appeal may allow or refuse the application and if it allows the application, may make any necessary consequential orders.

(4) Where an appeal or application is abandoned or determined in accordance with this rule, the Registrar shall give notice of the abandonment or determination of the proceedings to all persons to whom he has given notice of the receipt by him of the notice of appeal or other application.

XIV. EXAMINATION OF WITNESSES

Application for leave to introduce additional evidence

21. (1) An application for leave to introduce evidence by the attendance and examination before the Court of Appeal of any witness shall be by motion in the Form No. 52, grounded on an affidavit sworn by or on behalf of the moving party setting out and verifying the grounds on which leave is sought. There shall be lodged with the motion and grounding affidavit an affidavit of the proposed witness, setting out the evidence which he proposes to give and (save in the case of any new evidence relating to the mental condition of the appellant or of the person charged, as the case may be, given by a consultant psychiatrist) the reason why he did not give such evidence at the trial, unless the Court of Appeal dispenses with the requirement for such an affidavit.

(2) Where an order is made for the attendance and examination of a witness, an order in the Form No. 53 shall be served upon him specifying the time and place at which he is to attend.

(3) Where the Court of Appeal orders the examination of any witness to be conducted otherwise than before the Court of Appeal, such order shall specify the person appointed as examiner to take, and the place of taking, such examination, and the witness or witnesses to be examined.

(4) The Registrar shall furnish to the person appointed to take the examination any documents or exhibits and any other material relating to the said appeal as and when requested so to do. Such documents and exhibits and other material shall after the examination has been concluded be returned by the examiner, together with any depositions taken by him, to the Registrar.

(5) When the examiner has appointed the day and time for the examination he shall request the Registrar to give notice thereof to the appellant and the Director and their legal representatives (if any) and, when the appellant is in a prison or detention barrack, the Governor of that prison or detention barrack, as the case may be. The Registrar shall cause to be served on every witness to be examined notice in the Form No. 54.

(6) Every witness examined before an examiner shall give his evidence upon oath to be administered by such examiner, except where any such witness, if giving evidence as a witness on a trial on indictment, need not be sworn.

(7) The examination of every such witness shall be taken in the form of a deposition in the manner for the taking of evidence under section 4F(3) of the Criminal Procedure Act 1967 . The caption in the Form No. 55 shall be attached to any such deposition.

(8) The expenses of any witness attending on the order of the Court of Appeal, and all expenses of and incidental to any examination of witnesses conducted by any person appointed by the Court of Appeal shall, if and so far as ordered by the Court of Appeal, be defrayed up to an amount allowed by the Court of Appeal as part of the costs of the State in or relating to the appeal.

(9) The provisions of rule 13(3) shall apply to the service of an order or notice on a witness under this rule.

(10) The appellant and the Director, or counsel or solicitor on their behalf, shall be entitled to be present at and take part in any examination of any witness to which this rule relates.

XV. HEARING OF APPEALS AND OTHER APPLICATIONS

Appellant or applicant in custody

22. (1) An appellant or applicant who is in custody shall be entitled, if he so desires, to be present in person at the hearing of his appeal or application and, subject to the prior consent of the Court of Appeal being obtained, at any interlocutory applications in relation thereto.

(2) The provisions of sub-rule (1) shall apply mutatis mutandis to the right of an applicant for enlargement of time to be present at the hearing of such application.

Person with benefit of compensation order entitled to be heard

23. Where a direction for payment of compensation has been given by the trial court-martial, the person in whose favour such direction was given, the appellant and, with the leave of the Court of Appeal, any other person, shall be entitled to be heard before any order is made by the Court of Appeal annulling or varying such direction for payment of compensation.

Notice of order determining appeal

24. (1) When the Court of Appeal makes an order finally determining an appeal, the Registrar shall give notice thereof in the Form No. 56 to the following persons:

(a) the Appellant;

(b) the Director;

(c) the Deputy Chief of Staff (Support) of the Defence Forces;

(d) the Court-Martial Administrator;

and also, if the appellant is in a prison or detention barrack or if the operation of his sentence has been suspended or he has been released on bail:

(e) to the Governor of such prison or detention barrack, as the case may be, and

(f) to the Secretary General of the Department of Defence

provided that the Registrar shall not be required to give such notice to the appellant if he has been present or has been legally represented at the hearing.

(2) The Court-Martial Administrator, on receiving a notice pursuant to sub-rule (1), shall enter the particulars contained therein in the proceedings of the trial court-martial.

XVI. MISCELLANEOUS

Notice of motion to the Court of Appeal

25. Except where otherwise provided by this Part, notice of every application to the Court of Appeal shall be in accordance with the Form No. 57, and shall be lodged with the Registrar and served on the other party to the proceedings and such other person, if any, as the Court of Appeal may direct.

Provision of forms

26. The Registrar shall publish the necessary forms and instructions in relation to notices of appeal or notices of application so that they are available to any person who requires them. The Governor of a prison or a detention barrack shall cause those forms and instructions to be placed at the disposal of any prisoner desiring to make any application and shall cause any such notice given by a prisoner in his custody to be forwarded on behalf of the prisoner to the Registrar.

Inquiries by Garda Síochána or Deputy Chief of Staff (Support)

27. It shall be the duty of the Garda Síochána of the district in which the appellant or applicant resided before his conviction or of the district from which he was committed or the Deputy Chief of Staff (Support) of the Defence Forces to enquire as to and report to the Registrar, when required by him, upon the means and circumstances of any appellant where such a question arises.

Enforcement of duties by order of the Court of Appeal

28. The performance of any duty imposed upon any person by this Order may be enforced by order of the Court of Appeal.

Warrant for apprehension of appellant

29. Any warrant for the apprehension of an appellant issued by the Court of Appeal shall be deemed to be, for all purposes, a warrant issued by a judge of the District Court for the apprehension of a person charged with any indictable offence under the provisions of the Petty Sessions (Ireland) Act 1851 , or any statute amending the same.

ORDER 87

SUPPLEMENTAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING APPEALS IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS

I. PRELIMINARY AND GENERAL

Interpretation and scope

1. In this Order-

"Court" means the Court of Appeal (and, in the case of an appeal from the Central Criminal Court to the Supreme Court, includes the Supreme Court);

the "court below" means the court (which, for the avoidance of doubt, includes a court-martial or military judge) from which an appeal (or application for leave to appeal) is made to the Court of Appeal;

"exhibits" includes all books, papers and documents and all other property, matters and things whatsoever connected with the proceedings against any person who is entitled or may be authorised to appeal if the same were-

(i) forwarded to the court of trial on the person accused being committed for trial, or

(ii) were produced and used in evidence during the trial of, or other proceedings in relation to the person entitled or authorised to appeal;

"Judge of the court of trial", in any appeal in criminal proceedings, means the Judge of any Court from the conviction before or the sentence of which, a person appeals;

"proper officer of the court of trial", in any appeal in criminal proceedings, means the registrar of the court or other person for the time being acting as such in any court from the conviction before or the sentence of which a person appeals;

the "Registrar" means the Registrar of the Court of Appeal (and, in the case of an appeal from the Central Criminal Court to the Supreme Court, includes the Registrar of the Supreme Court);

"relevant appeal" means an appeal in criminal proceedings.

II. PRODUCTION OF RECORDS AND EXHIBITS ON APPEAL

Lodgment of record and trial transcript on appeal

2. (1) In any relevant appeal, the person responsible for the storage or custody of the record of the proceedings in the court of trial made at the request of the Courts Service shall, at the Court’s or the Registrar’s request, make available the record or any part of the record to the Court or the Registrar, in such manner as is required.

(2) In any relevant appeal, the transcript of the proceedings in the court of trial (which shall contain all submissions made by counsel in the course of the trial including opening and closing speeches to the jury and any submissions made in mitigation of sentence) or of such part of the trial as the Registrar requires, certified by the transcript writer as a complete and correct transcript of the trial, or of the part of the trial required, shall be lodged with the Registrar.

(3) Where necessary, the Registrar shall submit the transcript to the judge of the court of trial to be verified by him.

Production of documents and exhibits to Registrar

3. (1) The Registrar may, or shall when so directed by a Judge, apply to the proper officer of the court of trial (or to such other court officer or person who has custody of same) for the production to him for the use of the Court on the hearing of the appeal of any original document or thing to which an appeal relates which are in the custody of that officer.

(2) The Registrar may, or shall when so directed by a Judge, authorise inspection by or on behalf of a party to an appeal of any original document or thing produced to him in accordance with sub-rule (1).

III. SUSPENSION OF CERTAIN ORDERS OF COURT OF TRIAL PENDING APPEAL

Appeal where fine is imposed

4. Subject to any provision of statute, the operation of any order of the court of trial providing for the payment of a fine (including any such order imposing consequences in default of payment of a fine within a period prescribed) shall, subject to compliance by the person convicted with any terms or conditions imposed by the court of trial in the event of an appeal (including entry into any recognisances fixed by the Judge of the court of trial), be suspended for such period from the date of the order of the court of trial within which the person convicted may lodge notice of appeal.

Appeal where order made affecting property

5. (1) Subject to any provision of statute, an order of the court of trial:

(i) providing for the forfeiture, destruction or other disposal of any property; or

(ii) providing for the making of restitution or the payment of compensation or for the making of any other form of payment to a person, or

(iii) providing for the return of any property to any person,

may include such directions, terms and conditions to suspend the operation of the order, or otherwise to preserve any property (or any sample, portion or representation of such property) which is the subject of the order, in the event of an appeal, as the court of trial thinks right.

(2) The proper officer of the court of trial shall keep a record of any such orders.

(3) In the absence of any directions, terms and conditions imposed by the court of trial in the case of an order mentioned in sub-rule (1), the operation of the order shall be suspended for such period from the date of the order of the court of trial within which the person convicted may lodge notice of appeal to the Court, and it shall be the duty of the person in possession of any property affected to preserve that property.

(4) In the event of an appeal to the Court, the Court may by order made on an application by any party on notice to the other party to the appeal and of which notice has been given to any other person affected, annul any order referred to in sub-rule (1), or may vary such order, and such order, if annulled, will not take effect, and, if varied, will take effect as so varied.

Certificate of conviction

6. (1) The proper officer of the court of trial shall not issue, under any statute authorising him so to do, a certificate of conviction of any person convicted on indictment in the court of trial for the period from the date of the order of the court of trial within which the person convicted may lodge notice of appeal to the Court or, when notice of appeal has been duly given, until the determination of the appeal.

(2) Where an application is made to the proper officer of the court of trial to issue a certificate of conviction after the expiration of the period from the date of the order of the court of trial within which the person convicted may lodge notice of appeal to the Court, he shall, before issuing the certificate, be satisfied that there is no appeal then pending in the Court against the conviction.

(3) A person wishing to obtain a certificate of conviction may obtain from the Registrar a certificate in the Form No. 58, Appendix U that no appeal against conviction is then pending. After the expiration of two months from the date of the conviction a certificate of conviction may be issued by the proper officer of the court of trial, except in cases in which he has had notice of an appeal which is still undetermined.

(4) For the purposes of this rule, "conviction" means the verdict or plea of guilty and any final judgment passed on a verdict or plea of guilty."

Schedule 4

Appendix U

No. 1

Order 86, rule 13

COURT OF APPEAL

NOTICE OF EX PARTE APPLICATION

For Office use

[Title and record number as per the High Court proceedings]

TAKE NOTICE that on ..20 at .or at the first available opportunity thereafter, , intends to apply ex parte to the Court of Appeal for the following order(s):

The grounds of the application are:

The application is grounded on the affidavit of filed with this notice.

Dated: 20........

Signed: ______________

(Solicitor for)(Intending) Appellant (or as the case may be)

To: Registrar of the Court of Appeal

Office of the Registrar of the Court of Appeal

No. 2

O.86A, r. 6(1)

COURT OF APPEAL

CIVIL

APPLICATION FOR LEAVE TO APPEAL

For Office use

[Title and record number as per the High Court proceedings]

TAKE NOTICE that on ..20 at .or at the first available opportunity thereafter, , the intending appellant, intends to apply to the Court of Appeal pursuant to (state statutory requirement for leave to appeal) for leave to appeal from the *judgment *order of the High Court made on ..20 in the proceedings before the High Court bearing the above record number that:

The grounds of the application for leave to appeal are:

*The reasons why it is alleged that the conditions for leave to appeal set out in (state statutory requirement for leave to appeal) are satisfied are:

A draft of the proposed notice of appeal is attached.

Dated: 20........

Signed: ______________

(Solicitor for)(Intending) Appellant (or as the case may be)

To: Registrar of the Court of Appeal

Office of the Registrar of the Court of Appeal (Civil)

And to (Solicitor for)(Intended) Respondent

* Insert as appropriate

No. 3

O.86A, r. 6(7)

COURT OF APPEAL

CIVIL

STATEMENT OF GROUNDS OF OBJECTION TO APPLICATION FOR LEAVE TO APPEAL

For Office use

[Title and record number as per the High Court proceedings]

TAKE NOTICE that the intended respondent intends to object to the intending appellant’s above application to the Court of Appeal for leave to appeal on the grounds that:

Dated: 20........

Signed: ______________

(Solicitor for)(Intended) Respondent (or as the case may be)

To: Registrar of the Court of Appeal

Office of the Registrar of the Court of Appeal (Civil)

And to (Solicitor for)(Intending) Appellant

No. 4

O.86A, r. 8(1)

COURT OF APPEAL

CIVIL

Notice of expedited appeal

For Office use

[Title and record number as per the High Court proceedings]

1. Return date for directions hearing

2. Decision that it is sought to appeal

3. Category of expedited appeal

4. Grounds of appeal

5. Order(s) sought

6. Documents relied on

7. Appellant Details

Where there are two or more appellants by or on whose behalf this notice is being filed please provide relevant details for each of the appellants

If the Respondent is not legally represented please complete the following

8. Respondent Details

Where there are two or more respondents affected by this appeal, please provide relevant details, where known, for each of those respondents

If the Respondent is not legally represented please complete the following

Please submit your completed form to:

Office of the Registrar of the Court of Appeal (Civil)

The Four Courts

Inns Quay

Dublin

together with an attested copy of the Order and any written Judgment in respect of which it is sought to appeal not later than ten days from the perfecting of the Order appealed against.

Save in the case of a notice of appeal from a decision made otherwise than inter partes, this notice is to be served, within seven days after it has been issued, on all parties directly affected by the appeal. A respondent may consent in writing to late service of a notice of appeal.

Note: The appellant must not later than four days before the date fixed for the directions hearing, lodge with the Registrar and serve on each respondent affected by the expedited appeal an indexed and paginated directions booklet.

No. 5

O. 86A, r. 11

COURT OF APPEAL

CIVIL

Respondent’s Notice (Expedited Appeal)

[Title and record number as per the High Court proceedings]

If opposing the appeal, please complete remaining sections.

1. Grounds of opposition

2. Additional grounds on which decision should be affirmed

3. Respondent’s notice of cross-appeal (where applicable)

4. Order(s) sought by Respondent

Set out the precise form of order(s) that will be sought from the Court of Appeal if you are successful:

5. Documents relied on

Please set out below a list of all of the documents (other than those identified in the notice of appeal) on which the respondent intends to rely at the hearing of the appeal:

6. Respondent details (if not correct and complete in notice of appeal)

If the details provided in the notice of appeal for this respondent are not correct or complete, please complete this section.

If the Respondent is not legally represented please complete the following

Please submit your completed form to:

Office of the Registrar of the Court of Appeal (Civil)

The Four Courts

Inns Quay

Dublin

This notice is to be lodged and served on the appellant and on every other respondent within seven days of the service of the notice of appeal.

No. 6

O.86A, r. 12(1)

COURT OF APPEAL

CIVIL

Notice of appeal (Ordinary Appeal)

For Office use

[Title and record number as per the High Court proceedings]

1. Return date for directions hearing

2. Decision that it is sought to appeal

3. Grounds of appeal

4. Order(s) sought

Set out the precise form of order(s) that will be sought from the Court of Appeal if the appeal is successful:

5. Documents relied on

Please set out below a list of all of the documents on which the appellant intends to rely at the hearing of the appeal:

6. Appellant Details

Where there are two or more appellants by or on whose behalf this notice is being filed please provide relevant details for each of the appellants

If the Appellant is not legally represented please complete the following

7. Respondent Details

Where there are two or more respondents affected by this application for leave to appeal, please provide relevant details, where known, for each of those respondents

If the Respondent is not legally represented please complete the following

Please submit your completed form to:

Office of the Registrar of the Court of Appeal (Civil)

The Four Courts

Inns Quay

Dublin

together with a certified copy of the Order and the Judgment in respect of which it is sought to appeal.

Save in the case of a notice of appeal from a decision made otherwise than inter partes, this notice is to be served, within seven days after it has been issued, on all parties directly affected by the appeal. A respondent may consent in writing to late service of a notice of appeal.

Note: The appellant must not later than four days before the date fixed for the directions hearing, lodge with the Registrar and serve on each respondent affected by the expedited appeal an indexed and paginated directions booklet.

No. 7

O. 86, r. 15(1)

COURT OF APPEAL

CIVIL

Respondent’s Notice (Ordinary Appeal)

[Title and record number as per the High Court/Circuit Court proceedings]

If opposing the appeal, please complete remaining sections.

1. Grounds of opposition

2. Additional grounds on which decision should be affirmed

3. Respondent’s notice of cross-appeal (where applicable)

4. Order(s) sought by Respondent

Set out the precise form of order(s) that will be sought from the Court of Appeal if you are successful:

5. Documents relied on

Please set out below a list of all of the documents (other than those identified in the notice of appeal) on which the respondent intends to rely at the hearing of the appeal:

6. Respondent details (if not correct and complete in notice of appeal)

If the details provided in the notice of appeal for this respondent are not correct or complete, please complete this section.

If the Respondent is not legally represented please complete the following

Please submit your completed form to:

Office of the Registrar of the Court of Appeal (Civil)

The Four Courts

Inns Quay

Dublin

This notice is to be lodged and served on the appellant and on every other respondent within 21 days of the service of the notice of appeal.

No. 8

O.86A, r. 19(13)

COURT OF APPEAL

ELECTORAL

Court of Appeal Record number:

*High Court/*Circuit Court Record number:

NOTICE OF RESULT OF APPEAL

*LOCAL ELECTIONS (PETITIONS AND DISQUALIFICATIONS) ACT 1974

*ELECTORAL ACT 1992

*PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS ACT 1993

*EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ELECTIONS ACT 1997

(as the case may be)

Take notice that the Court of Appeal has this day given judgment to the effect following, viz:

Dated

(Signed).......

Registrar of the Court of Appeal

To:.....

*Insert as appropriate

No. 9

O. 86C, r. 3(1)

COURT OF APPEAL

CRIMINAL

Court of Appeal Record number:

Bill number:

NOTICE OF APPEAL

The People at the suit of the Director of Public Prosecutions

v.

To the Registrar of the Court of Appeal.

I,.........................., having been convicted of the offence of [state offence shortly] and being now a prisoner in....... [or, now living at.......], do hereby give you notice of appeal to the Court of Appeal against my said conviction and/or sentence on the following grounds:

Dated

(Signed)

[or mark]

Appellant.

Signature and address of witness attesting mark.

Particulars of trial and conviction

Date of trial

In what Court

Sentence

Grounds of appeal

Note: The appellant should answer the following question: Does the appellant desire to be present at the hearing of his appeal?

No. 10

O. 86C, r. 3(2)

COURT OF APPEAL

CRIMINAL

Court of Appeal Record number:

Bill number:

NOTICE OF APPLICATION (CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 1993, SECTION 2)

The People at the suit of the Director of Public Prosecutions

v.

To the Registrar of the Court of Appeal.

I,.............................., having been convicted of the offence of [state offence shortly] and sentenced to [state sentence shortly] being now a prisoner in....... [or, now living at.......], do hereby give you notice of application to the Court of Appeal for an order

*quashing the conviction

*reviewing the sentence

because a new or newly-discovered fact shows-

*that there has been a miscarriage of justice in relation to the conviction

*that the sentence imposed is excessive.

Dated

(Signed)

[or mark]

Appellant.

Signature and address of witness attesting mark.

Particulars of trial, conviction and sentence

Date of trial

In what Court

Sentence

*Insert as appropriate

Note: The appellant should answer the following question: Does the applicant desire to be present at the hearing of his application?

No. 11

O. 86C, r. 3(2)

COURT OF APPEAL

CRIMINAL

Court of Appeal Record number:

Bill number:

STATEMENT OF GROUNDS (APPLICATION UNDER THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 1993, SECTION 2)

The People at the suit of the Director of Public Prosecutions

v.

To the Registrar of the Court of Appeal.

Applicants name: ..

Applicants address: .

Applicants description: ..

I have by notice of application this day applied to the Court of Appeal for an order *quashing my conviction *reviewing my sentence

on the grounds that

*a new or newly-discovered fact shows that there has been a miscarriage of justice in relation to the conviction

*a new or newly-discovered fact shows that the sentence imposed is excessive

The grounds are as follows:

[Note: the applicant should state precisely each such ground, giving particulars where appropriate, and identify in respect of each ground the facts or matters relied upon as supporting that ground.]

Name and registered place of business of solicitors for Applicant (if any):

Applicants address for service (if acting in person or if different to the above):

Dated this ....... day of ............................ 20.......

(Signed)

Applicant/Solicitors

*Insert as appropriate

AFFIDAVIT VERIFYING STATEMENT OF GROUNDS IN AN APPLICATION UNDER THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 1993, SECTION 2

[To be appended to the statement of grounds]

I, , applicant in these proceedings, make oath and say as follows:

(a) I have read this statement [or] This statement has been read to me by .;

(b) so much of this statement as relates to my own acts and deeds is true, and so much of it as relates to the acts and deeds of any and every other person I believe to be true.

Sworn, &c

No. 12

O. 86C, r. 3(4)

COURT OF APPEAL

CRIMINAL

Court of Appeal Record number:

Bill number:

NOTICE OF APPEAL

(Criminal Law (Insanity) Act 2006)

The People at the suit of the Director of Public Prosecutions

v.

To the Registrar of the Court of Appeal.

I,......., of......., do hereby give you notice of appeal to the Court of Appeal:

*under section 7 (3) of the Criminal Law (Insanity) Act 2006 against a determination by the *Central Criminal Court *Circuit Court *Special Criminal Court that I am unfit to be tried

*under section 8 (6) of the Criminal Law (Insanity) Act 2006 against a finding of not guilty by reason of insanity by the *Central Criminal Court *Circuit Court *Special Criminal Court

*under section 9 (1) of the Criminal Law (Insanity) Act 2006 against a decision by the *Central Criminal Court *Circuit Court *Special Criminal Court *to make *not to make an order of committal in respect of me under * section 4 (3)(b), * section 4 (5)(c), * section 4 (6)(a), * section 5 (2) * section 5 (3) of the Criminal Law (Insanity) Act 2006

Grounds of appeal

[Set out grounds of the appeal. In an appeal under section 8 (6) of the Criminal Law (Insanity) Act 2006 , please refer to the relevant grounds of appeal under that sub-section.]

Dated

(Signed)

[or mark]

(Solicitor for) Appellant.

Signature and address of witness attesting mark.

Particulars of trial and determination, finding or order

Date of trial

In what Court

Determination, finding or order

*delete where inapplicable

No. 13

O. 86C, r. 5(1)

COURT OF APPEAL

CRIMINAL

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR ENLARGEMENT OF TIME WITHIN WHICH TO APPEAL

The People at the suit of the Director of Public Prosecutions.

v.

To the Registrar of the Court of Appeal.

I,....... having been convicted of the offence of [state offence shortly] and thereupon sentenced to....... on the....... day of....... 20.., and being now a prisoner in....... [or living at....... ] give you notice that I will apply to the Court of Appeal for an enlargement of the time within which I may give notice of appeal. The grounds on which I apply for such enlargement are as follows:

The grounds on which I propose to base my appeal, are as follows:

Dated

(Signed)

[or mark]

Applicant.

Signature and address of

witness attesting mark

Note: The applicant should answer the following question: Does the applicant desire to be present at the hearing of his application for an enlargement of the time within which to give such notice as aforesaid?

No. 14

O. 86C, r. 6(1)

COURT OF APPEAL

CRIMINAL

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR REVIEW OF SENTENCE

(Section 2, Criminal Justice Act 1993)

In the matter of an application pursuant to section 2 of the Criminal Justice Act 1993

Director of Public Prosecutions, Applicant

v.

..............., Respondent

To the Registrar of the Court of Appeal

It appearing to the Director of Public Prosecutions that the sentence imposed by the ..Court (the "sentencing court") on the day of ..20. on the above-named convicted person, he/she having been convicted on indictment by the said sentencing court of the offence(s) of ..and *(being now a prisoner in...................................) *(now residing at....................................................) was unduly lenient, the Director of Public Prosecutions hereby gives you notice of an application to the Court of Appeal to review the said sentence on the grounds hereinafter set forth:

Grounds of application

[Set out the grounds on which it is alleged that the sentence imposed by the sentencing court was unduly lenient]

Dated:.........................................................

Signed:........................................................

for applicant

To: the above-named convicted person at

No. 15

O. 86B, r 6(2)

COURT OF APPEAL

CRIMINAL

NOTICE OF APPEAL AGAINST DISMISSAL OF CHARGE

(Section 4E, Criminal Procedure Act 1967)