The Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981

Abandonment of appeal to county court or by way of case statedN.I.

150.—(1) An appellant may at any time, not less than seven days before the date fixing for the hearing, abandon an appeal to the county court by giving notice in writing to such [F1civil servant in the Department of Justice] as [F2that Department] may designate and such person shall forthwith give notice to the other party to the appeal.

(2) Where an appeal is by way of case stated the applicant for the case may at any time before the date on which he is required to transmit the case to the Court of Appeal abandon the appeal by giving notice in writing to such [F1civil servant in the Department of Justice] as [F3that Department] may designate and such person shall forthwith give notice to the other party to the appeal.