On
2 February 2018, the President of the High Court issued a Practice Direction
concerning judicial review applications relating to SIDs (HC74 – ‘Judicial
Review Applications in respect of Strategic Infrastructure Developments’).
According to the Practice Direction:
1. As
and from Monday, 26th February, 2018 all applications for leave to apply for
judicial review in respect of permissions or decisions concerning strategic
infrastructure developments must be made to Mr. Justice Barniville. They
may not be made to any other judge.
2. Mr. Justice Barniville will sit
at 10.30am each Thursday during term to hear such applications.
3. The applicant for such leave
must lodge all the necessary papers in support of the application in a bound,
indexed and paginated form with the Central Office marked “Strategic
Infrastructure Application” not later than 4.00pm on the preceding Monday.
4. Should leave be granted to the
applicant to apply for judicial review Mr. Justice Barniville will give all
necessary ancillary directions with a view to ensuring a fair just and
expeditious hearing of the matter.
5. For the purposes of this
Practice Direction a strategic infrastructure development is development in
respect of which a direct application is made for development consent to An
Bord Pleanála in accordance with the provisions of the Planning and Development
Act 2000 as amended.
If you
have any questions, please give me a call on 087-2615871.
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