Ireland’s Commercial Court has been something of a hit since it was established last year. Since opening its doors for business in January 2004, there has been a steady flow of high profile commercial cases. Efficient and proactive management of cases by the Court’s judges has made the forum popular with resultsfocused litigants and their advisers.
As a division of the High Court, the body was established to deal specifically with commercial cases. Commercial proceedings do not automatically commence in this court – instead a special application must be made to enter the Commercial List and only certain cases will be admitted. In most categories of cases there is a value threshold of A 1m (£684,000) to qualify for admission to the list, although the court has discretion to admit cases below this threshold.
