District Court Civil Business
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The jurisdiction of the District Court is €15,000 in all cases.
- civil actions for contract
- breach of contract
- tort and claims for damages unconnected with contract
- recovery of monies advanced
- ejectments from private rented dwellings
- malicious injuries applications
- amendments to birth certificates
- marriage certificates
- naturalisation of aliens
The following is a list of civil business of the District Court office:
the issuing of civil summons / summary civil summons / infants summons / ejectment summons
allocating return dates and hearing dates for the hearing of civil business
receipt of monies relating to civil lodgements, infants accounts, enforcement warrants
issuing debtor summons, variation summons, committal summons, orders for arrest and imprisonment, instalment orders, variation orders
issue of summary judgement decrees, memoranda of the registry of a judgement
processing of appeals against orders
investing monies for the benefit of infants as a result of court orders relating to said infants
issuing of malicious injuries summons and perfecting of these orders
issue of outside jurisdiction summons
transferring civil summons from the District Court to the Circuit Court
receiving civil bills from the Circuit Court for hearing in the District Court
providing the legal profession, plaintiff, defendant and the public with information regarding court dates, hearing dates, decrees made and adjournments
certification of judgment mortgage affidavit
entering affidavits of satisfaction on the record of a judgement, issuing certificates of satisfaction and / or memoranda of satisfaction on the registry of a judgment