Irlanda - Autoridad central e información práctica
Central Authority:
Master of the High Court or the Deputy Master for the time being appointed
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Address: | Master of the High Court or the Deputy Master for the time being appointed c/o Master's Section High Court Central Office Four Courts Inns Quay Dublin 7 Ireland |
Telephone: | +353 (0)1 888.6000 / 6503 / 6508 / 6505 / 6442 |
Fax: | +353 (0) 1 888.6125 |
E-mail: | HagueConvention@courts.ie |
General website: | Irish Courts Service High Court |
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Languages spoken by staff: | English, Irish (Gaelic) |
Practical Information: |
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Forwarding authorities (Art. 3(1)): |
- the Central Authority; - a practising Solicitor; - a County Registrar; and - a District Court Clerk. |
Methods of service (Art. 5(1)(2)): |
Formal Service (Art. 5 (1)(a)) Informal delivery (Art. 5(2)) For information on methods of service, see: See also European Judicial Network in Civil and Commercial Matters – Service of Documents -Ireland |
Translation requirements (Art. 5(3)): |
It is the practice of the Irish Central Authority to insist on the translation of all documents to be served. |
Costs relating to execution of the request for service (Art. 12): |
At present, it is not the practice of the Irish Central Authority to seek to recoup from the requestor the costs of service in Ireland. |
Time for execution of request: | |
Judicial officers, officials or other competent persons (Art. 10(b)) |
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Oppositions and declarations (Art. 21(2)): |
Click here to read all the declarations made by this State under the Service Convention. |
Art. 8(2): | No opposition |
Art. 10(a): | No opposition |
Art. 10(b): | Opposition (see declarations) |
Art. 10(c): | Opposition (see declarations) |
Art. 15(2): | Declaration of applicability |
Art. 16(3): | No declaration of applicability |
Derogatory channels (bilateral or multilateral agreements or internal law permitting other transmission channels) (Arts. 11, 19, 24 and 25) Disclaimer: Information may not be complete or fully updated – please contact the relevant authorities to verify this information. |
The Consular Convention between Ireland and the United States of America, signed at Dublin on 1 May 1950 provides in Article 17 (1) (g) that a consular officer may, within his district, serve or cause to be served judicial documents or take evidence on behalf of courts of the sending state in a manner permitted under special arrangements on this subject between the High Contracting Parties or otherwise not inconsistent with the laws of the territory. To consult bilateral and multilateral treaties to which Ireland is a party, click here. Council Regulation (EC) No 1393/2007 on the service in the Member States of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial matters (Strasbourg, 13 November 2007) (European Judicial Atlas – Service of Documents). |
Useful links: | Department of Foreign Affairs The Law Reform Commission Office of the Attorney General |
Competent authorities (Arts 6, 9) |
See here. |
Other authorities (Art. 18) |
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