Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

"Iris Oifigiúil" of 17th September, 2010.

We, the Circuit Court Rules Committee, constituted pursuant to the provisions of section 69 of the section 12 of the section 66 of the section 70 of the section 48 of the section 27 of the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 , and of all other powers enabling us in this behalf, do hereby, with the concurrence of the Minister for Justice and Law Reform, make the annexed Rules of Court.

Dated this 8th day of June 2010.

(Signed): Matthew Deery

(Chairman of the Circuit Court Rules Committee)

Gerard J. Doherty

Noel Rubotham

Susan Ryan

I concur in the making of the above Rules of Court.

Dated this 12th day of September 2010.

Signed: DERMOT AHERN

MINISTER FOR JUSTICE AND LAW REFORM

S.I. No. 444 of 2010

CIRCUIT COURT RULES (COSTS) 2010

1. These Rules, which may be cited as the Circuit Court Rules (Costs) 2010, shall come into operation on the 10th day of October 2010.

2. These Rules shall be construed together with the Circuit Court Rules.

3. The Circuit Court Rules as amended by these Rules may be cited as the Circuit Court Rules 2001 to 2010.

4. The Circuit Court Rules are amended by the substitution for sub-rule (3) of rule 1 of Order 66 of the following:

"(3) At any stage of the proceedings, the Court or (where the proceedings are before the County Registrar) the County Registrar may require the parties to produce to the Court or the County Registrar (as the case may be) and exchange with one another estimates of the costs respectively incurred by them, for such period, and particularised in such manner as the Court or the County Registrar (as the case may be) may direct."

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This does not form part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

These rules amend rule 1 of Order 66 of the Circuit Court Rules to extend to the County Registrar the power exercisable by the Court under that provision to require production and exchange by the parties of estimates of costs.