The Rules of the Court of Judicature (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) 2024

Made: 3rd October 2024

Coming into operation: 2nd December 2024

The Northern Ireland Court of Judicature Rules Committee[^f00001] makes the following Rules in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 55 and 55A of the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978[^f00002].

Citation, commencement and application

1

These Rules shall be cited as the Rules of the Court of Judicature (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) 2024 and shall come into operation on 2nd December 2024.

Amendments to the Rules of the Court of Judicature (Northern Ireland) 1980

2

The Rules of the Court of Judicature (Northern Ireland) 1980 are amended as follows—

• (1) in the Arrangement of Orders, after the entry relating to Order 61A, insert “61B. Appeals to the Supreme Court in civil cases”; and

• (2) after Order 61A, insert 61B (Appeals to the Supreme Court in civil cases) as set out in the Schedule to these Rules.

SCHEDULE

Signed

Siobhan Keegan — Adrian Colton — Mark Horner — S Treacy — Donal Lunny — John Coyle — Caroline Prunty — Brenda King — Dated 2nd October 2024

In exercise of the powers conferred upon me by section 55(A)(3) of the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978, I allow these Rules.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Justice on 3 October 2024.

Naomi Long — Minister of Justice

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Rules)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Rules amend the Rules of the Court of Judicature (Northern Ireland) 1980 (S.R. 1980 No. 346) to provide that an application to the Court of Appeal for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court in a civil case shall be made within 28 days of the decision or order in respect of which leave is sought.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: The Northern Ireland Supreme Court Rules Committee was renamed the Northern Ireland Court of Judicature Rules Committee in accordance with section 59(3) of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c.4).

[^f00002]: 1978 c.23; to which the most recent relevant amendments were made by paragraphs 29 and 30 of Schedule 5 to the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c.4); paragraph 6 of Schedule 17, and paragraph 15 of Schedule 18, to the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010 No. 976); and paragraph 2 of the Schedule to the Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 (c.13).

[^f00003]: S.R. 1980 No. 346; The Rules of the Supreme Court (Northern Ireland) 1980 were renamed in accordance with paragraph 3 of Schedule 11 to the Constitutional Reform Act 2005(c.4). The most recent relevant amendments were made by S.R. 2003 No. 536.

Editorial notes

[^key-5acff1bfde32121aed02cccf6f15c912]: Rule 1 in operation at 2.12.2024, see rule 1

[^key-4d4984272f2533eff7cec84845d2c445]: Rule 2 in operation at 2.12.2024, see rule 1