Lockdown limits personal injury cases before High Court to 'real emergencies'

Mr Justice Kevin Cross had begun to plough through the 300-plus backlog of cases created during the first lockdown.

Lawyers have also been told that consultations and negotiations which would normally have happened in the corridors outside court now have to take place away from the Four Courts building. File image

Personal injury actions before the High Court will not go ahead during the lockdown unless they are urgent, the judge in charge said today. (tues) 

Mr Justice Kevin Cross who had begun to plough through the 300-plus backlog of cases created during the first lockdown said only cases with a genuine urgency will now get the go-ahead.