The Rules of the Supreme Court (Northern Ireland) (Revision) 1980

B. ASSIGNMENT OF BUSINESS TO DEPARTMENTS

Central Office

13.  There shall be transacted in the Central Office—

(a) all business in connection with causes and matters assigned to the Queen's Bench Division;

(b) all business in connection with the jurisdiction of the Court of Appeal;

(c) all the business heretofore transacted in the Central Office, except such business as by this Order is assigned to any other office.

Chancery Office

14.  There shall be transacted in the Chancery Office all business in connection with causes and matters assigned to the Chancery Division, except such business as by rule 13(b) and rule 15 is assigned to the Central Office and the Bankruptcy and Companies Office respectively.

Bankruptcy and Companies Office

15.  There shall be transacted in the Bankruptcy and Companies Office all business in connection with proceedings under the Bankruptcy Acts (Northern Ireland) 1857 to 1980 and the Companies Acts (Northern Ireland) 1960 and 1978, except such business as by rule 13(b) is assigned to the Central Office.

Probate and Matrimonial Office

16.  There shall be transacted in the Probate and Matrimonial Office all business in connection with causes and matters assigned to the Family Division, except such business as by rule 13(b) and rule 17 is assigned to the Central Office and the Office of Care and Protection respectively.

Office of Care and Protection

17.  There shall be transacted in the Office of Care and Protection all business in connection with causes or matters assigned to the Family Division under rule 12(a)(iii) and (d).

Taxing Office

18.  There shall be transacted in the Taxing Office—

(a) the taxation of—

(i) all costs in civil proceedings in the High Court and Court of Appeal;

(ii) all costs in criminal proceedings in the Crown Court and Court of Appeal;

(iii) all costs of or incidental to any proceedings before an arbitrator or umpire or before a tribunal or other body constituted by or under any statutory provision (not being proceedings in the Supreme Court) where such costs are, by virtue of any statutory provision, taxable in the High Court;

(iv) all costs taxable pursuant to an order made by the Taxing Master under the Solicitors (Ireland) Act 1849(1) or Article 66(2) of the Solicitors (Northern Ireland) Order 1976(2);

(v) all other costs which under any statutory provision are required to be taxed or assessed by the Master (Taxing Office);

(b) the measurement of a liquidator's remuneration pursuant to Order 74, rule 33 of the Rules of the Supreme Court (Northern Ireland) 1936(3);

(c) the measurement of an accountant's remuneration pursuant to Order 88, rule 200 of the Rules of the Supreme Court (Northern Ireland) 1936.

(1)

1849 c. 53

(2)

S.I. 1976 No. 582 (N.l. 12)

(3)

S.R. & O. 1936 No. 70 (II, p. 2559)