Back
Back

Supreme Court Law Terms

The dates for sittings in 2024:

Hilary

Easter

Trinity

Michaelmas

11 January - 22 March

8 April - 16 May

29 May - 31 July

7 October - 20 December

The dates for sittings in 2023:

Hilary

Easter

Trinity

Michaelmas

11 January - 31 March

17 April - 25 May

7 June - 31 July

2 October - 21 December

Dates for sittings in 2022:

Hilary

Easter

Trinity

Michaelmas

11 January - 8 April

25 April - 2 June

15 June - 29 July

3 October - 21 December

The sittings of the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal and the sittings in Dublin of the High Court shall be four in every year, viz.: the Michaelmas sittings, the Hilary sittings, the Easter sittings and the Trinity sittings.  The Michaelmas sittings shall begin on the first Monday in October and end on the 21st December; the Hilary sittings shall begin on the 11th January and end on the Friday of the week preceding the Easter vacation; the Easter sittings shall begin on the Monday of the week following the Easter vacation and end on the Thursday preceding Whit Sunday; and the Trinity sittings shall begin on the Wednesday of the week following Whitsun week and end on the 31st July, provided that, if the 11th January shall be a Saturday or Sunday, the Hilary sittings shall begin on the following Monday.

Order 118 Rules of the Superior Courts