Terms and settings - civil cases

Court of Appeal Law Terms

The sittings of the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal and the sittings in Dublin of the High Court shall be four in every year: the Michaelmas sittings, the Hilary sittings, the Easter sittings and the Trinity sittings.

The Michaelmas sittings shall begin on the first Monday in October and end on 21 December; the Hilary sittings shall begin on 11 January and end on the Friday of the week preceding the Easter vacation; the Easter sittings shall begin on the Monday of the week following the Easter vacation and end on the Thursday preceding Whit Sunday; and the Trinity sittings shall begin on the Wednesday of the week following Whitsun week and end on 31 July.

If 11 January is a Saturday or Sunday, the Hilary sittings shall begin on the following Monday.

Order 118 Rules of the Superior Courts

Sittings in 2025

HilaryEasterTrinityMichaelmas
13 January – 11 April28 April – 5 June18 June – 31 July6 October – 19 December

Sittings in 2024

HilaryEasterTrinityMichaelmas
11 January – 22 March8 April – 16 May29 May – 31 July7 October – 20 December

Sittings in 2023

HilaryEasterTrinityMichaelmas
11 January – 31 March17 April – 25 May7 June – 31 July2 October – 21 December