Revised court rules to make email receipt of court documents easier

Revised court rules to make email receipt of court documents easier

Keith Walsh

New Circuit Court rules coming into effect tomorrow will make receipt of court documents by email easier.

Family lawyer Keith Walsh, a member of the Circuit Court Rules Committee, explained that the revised rules “provide that a solicitor acting for a plaintiff or a plaintiff suing in person, where consenting to the receipt of documents by electronic mail, shall additionally indorse upon the Civil Bill his or her electronic mail address (in lieu of his or her registered place of business) to which documents in the proceedings may be sent in electronic form”.

They also provide that “an appearance shall, where the defendant/defendant’s solicitor consents to the receipt of documents in the proceedings by electronic mail, contain his or her electronic mail address to which documents may be sent in electronic form”.

The rule change under S.I. 378/2018 will come into effect at the same time as minor rule changes concerning fines payment and recovery (S.I. 379/2018) and sexual offences (S.I. 380/2018).

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