Personal injury list: Dublin
Practitioners are reminded that it is essential that the registrar be informed when cases are settled, in order that they may be taken out of the list. Otherwise, settled cases which have inadvertently remained on ‘the shortfall list’ are called on for hearing and, as no notice to this effect issues to either party (other than the re-listing of the case in the legal diary), the list on any given day may include a number of settled cases.
In recent times, the court has taken the view that the onus to advise the court of the status of the proceedings does not rest solely with the solicitor for the plaintiff, and the solicitor for the defendant must also bear some responsibility in the matter. Practitioners should note that, whether acting for the plaintiff or the defendant, they may be summoned before the court to explain their failure to appear at previous call-overs or to notify the registrar that the case has settled.