SCHEDULE 1The Rules of the Supreme Court (Northern Ireland) 1980

GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

ORDER 64SITTINGS, VACATIONS AND OFFICE HOURS

Sittings of Supreme Court1

The sittings of the Court of Appeal and of the High Court shall be three in every year, that is to say—

a

the Michaelmas sittings which shall begin on 5th September and end on 21st December, subject to a recess from the Monday which falls on or nearest to 31st October to the following Friday, both days included;

b

the Hilary sittings which shall begin on 6th January and end on the Friday before Good Friday; and

c

the Trinity sittings which shall begin on the second Monday after Easter Sunday and end on 30th June.