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High Court adjournments

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  • 22-03-2010 5:37pm
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    Learner222
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3 ✭


    Two questions here. Replies very much appreciated.
    1. Can barristers (SC and JC) and solicitor on one side (plaintiff's) agree to an adjournment (High Court) with the other side WITHOUT consulting the plaintiff?
    2. Is there any reason why a High Court case might be listed on the courts.ie website on a number of occasions (successive days) as adjourned without the plaintiff being aware of any adjournment being granted by the judge other than the last one?
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    jenny jinks
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    If it is appearing on successive days it is unlikely to have been adjourned. Judges will not give such short adjournments as a general rule. It is more likely that it was listed for hearing and not reached. This often happens with personal injury cases.


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    blueythebear
    Registered Users Posts: 1,074 ✭✭✭blueythebear


    Learner222 wrote: »
    Two questions here. Replies very much appreciated.
    1. Can barristers (SC and JC) and solicitor on one side (plaintiff's) agree to an adjournment (High Court) with the other side WITHOUT consulting the plaintiff?
    2. Is there any reason why a High Court case might be listed on the courts.ie website on a number of occasions (successive days) as adjourned without the plaintiff being aware of any adjournment being granted by the judge other than the last one?


    1. They can agree to an adjournment, yes. There is a myriad of reasons as to why a case could be adjourned. It may even be merely a case that the other side requested an adjournment for whatever reason and the judge granted it even though the plaintiff's did not consent to it.

    2. As Jennyjinks said, it's most likely scheduled to be heard on each of those days but not reached in the list due to lack of availability of judges.

    If you are a party to proceedings and you don't know this information, I'd suggest you talk to your solicitor as soon as possible as it sounds like he/she is not giving you much in the way of information.


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