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• All such proceedings should be headed - Dublin Metropolitan District.
• (a) Civil proceedings for a simple debt, Tort, Breach of Contract should always be listed for Court No.7, Dolphin House, Essex Street, Dublin 2, at 10.30 a.m. on Mondays only.*

(b) Enforcement proceedings, i.e. Examination Orders and Committal Summonses are issued for Court 9, Dolphin House on Thursdays and Fridays respectively.

• (a) In cases for a simple debt the following procedure applies: the District Court Civil Office gives the return date and the record number in that proceedings. This record no. is placed on the original civil process, the copy civil process for the Plaintiff's Solicitor and this same number is also put on the notice of intention to defend on the process for service on the defendant. This record no. should always be quoted when bespeaking a decree by way of Summary Judgment.*
• All District Court proceedings must show jurisdiction on the face of the document, i.e.
  (a) The Contract was made within said District;

(b) The defendant resides within said District;

(c) The Tort occurred within said District.

• The territorial jurisdiction of the Dublin Metropolitan District comprises of Dublin City and County and part of Co. Kildare which formerly was in the Lucan District Court Area. (See District Court Areas Order 1961.) Rathmichael in South Co. Dublin is in Bray D.C.A
• The costs in the District Court are set out by reference to S.I. 218/82 and the Fees Order, 1986 (S.I. 377/86).
• Proceedings may also be brought in Dun Laoghaire and Swords District Courts on the appropriate Civil Days for the transaction of such proceedings. Information can be obtained from the District Court Clerk in Swords and Dub Laoghaire in this regard.

* In Proceedings where notice of intention to defend has been lodged defended dates are given for court 9 or 10. Undefended actions for 2(a) above are put back for an Undefended hearing.