Shortage of judges could result in the adjournment of High Court cases to "short notice"

The President of the High Court warned that "due to a shortage of judges, some cases could be postponed" in the short term ".

Adjournments are expected to come into effect next week. The cases that will be considered priority are the criminal procedures, the cases of family law, the judicial cases and the commercial disputes, declared Friday the judge Peter Kelly

He published the warning Friday on an official site . He states: "Due to a shortage of judges in the High Court, it is necessary to redeploy judges from their designated functions in order to ensure that trials before the Central Criminal Court, the law of the family, the wards and the

"Accordingly, it is unfortunate that all cases brought before the other High Court Courts may be adjourned at short notice."

There are currently three posts Vacancies to be filled The High Court and delays in the appeal of vacations have added to the backlog of court records.

Two High Court Judges, Marie Baker and Judge Brian McGovern, have recently been appointed The Court Judge, Patrick McCarthy, who was also appointed to the Court of Appeal, is expected to take office shortly.

Fourth High Court Judge , Judge Brian Cregan, was appointed in 2015 to the Clerk Judge Bernard Barton, who manages the jury list of the High Court, sent the set The jury said that there was no reason to return to court this week as it There were no judges available to hear the cases in the list.

The judge noted that Ireland had the lowest number of judges per capita in Europe.

At the end of May, the new president of the court of appeal, Judge George Birmingham, declared that he was facing an "immediate crisis" because, because of the departures of had more than five judges to sit without restriction.

He warned w The delay in hearing appeals will be aggravated and hearings will have to be adjourned unless new judges are appointed urgently.

Three judges of the High Court have been appointed to the court of appeal since the judge's remarks, but this has created problems for the High Court.

The court of appeal, created four years ago, also continues to fight with a "legacy" of hundreds of appeals inherited from the Supreme Court.

with 850 calls of this kind to date, but more than 500 remain outstanding and its own workload continues to increase.