When the Court of Appeal has made an order in your case, the order is prepared and signed (perfected) by a court registrar. No order is drawn in relation to directions given at the Directions List and if you are not sure of the directions given the court office will be able to help from the note on the court file.
1. Obtaining a Copy of an Order
Court of Appeal orders are available to parties (if they are not legally represented) or solicitors on record in the appeal. Plain copies will be emailed on request. For the majority of purposes, plain copies are acceptable. However, an attested copy (certified by the court office to be a true copy of the original) is required for some purposes, such as appealing a Court of Appeal order.
You must pay court stamp duty – currently €15.00 – for an attested copy of an order unless the proceedings are exempt from fees.
If you are representing yourself, you can request a copy of an order. If you are represented by a solicitor, your solicitor must make the request. Email: [email protected]
The email must include:
- Court of Appeal record number
- Title of the case
- Date of the order
- (For solicitors) The party you represent
Plain copy orders will be returned by email at no charge. Attested copy orders must be collected in person from the Court of Appeal Office. If you are representing yourself, you will be asked for photographic identification.
You can check the High Court Search to see if your order has been perfected.
2. Contacting a Registrar
Send an email to [email protected] to contact a registrar. Please indicate that the email is for the attention of the particular registrar in the subject line.
Include the following in your email:
- Court of Appeal record number
- Title of the case
- Date of the order
- The party you represent
3. Requesting a Copy of a Document from the Court File
As with copy orders, you can request a copy of a document from the court file. You may request a copy if you are representing yourself. If represented, your solicitor must make the request. Email: [email protected]
You must pay court stamp duty – currently €15.00 – on each copy of a document. Documents must be collected in person from the Court of Appeal Office, and stamp duty must be paid on collection. It may take 2–3 working days to prepare copy documents.
4. Written Judgments
A written judgment, which usually concludes a case, sets out the reasons for a decision delivered by the court. More usually, an ex tempore (unwritten) judgment is delivered.
Court of Appeal written judgments are available on this website and can be downloaded free of charge.
Attested copies of written judgments may be requested by email and collected at the Court of Appeal Office upon payment of the relevant court stamp duty. Email: [email protected]
Include in your email:
- Court of Appeal record number
- Title of the case
- Date of the judgment
The court stamp duty payable for an attested copy is currently €14.00 plus €1.00 for every four pages. The office will inform you of the total payable once they receive your request.
5. Appealing a Court of Appeal Order
An application may be made to the Supreme Court within 21 days of the perfection of the order for leave to appeal an order of the Court of Appeal.
