Important change to legal system

The Court of Appeal has now been formally established, heralding the most significant revision of Ireland’s judicial system in the past 50 years.

Chief Justice Susan Denham has described it as the biggest development in the structure of our courts since independence. While that may be overstating things, it is an important change, nonetheless. Prior to the establishment of the Court of Appeal — unlike most other EU states — the only court for hearing appeals from the High Court was the Supreme Court.