Judicial review is a Dublin jurisdiction by design: every application in the State is heard in the High Court at the Four Courts. Our office in The Ormond Building on Ormond Quay Upper stands a short walk from those courts - the judicial review list is, quite literally, our neighbourhood. For Dublin clients that proximity translates into practical speed: same-day filings, urgent applications moved without travel logistics, and a solicitor whose working week runs through the building where your case will be decided.
Judicial review time limits are strict, are sometimes much shorter than three months, and can run from an earlier date than you expect. The courts can refuse late applications even within the stated period if you have not acted promptly. Nothing on this page calculates your deadline. If you believe a decision affecting you may be unlawful, contact a solicitor immediately.
Decisions People in Dublin Challenge
Dublin concentrates Ireland's decision-makers: the four Dublin local authorities - Dublin City Council, Fingal, South Dublin and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown - on planning, housing allocations and licensing; every Government department headquarters; the Department of Justice's immigration functions, generating the busiest judicial review category in the State; the HSE's national and CHO structures; the universities and their disciplinary processes; the Dublin prisons - Mountjoy, Wheatfield, Cloverhill; and the regulators, from professional bodies to licensing authorities, most of them headquartered within a few kilometres of our office.
Whatever the decision-maker, the framework is the same: strict time limits (three months generally, eight weeks in much of planning, 28 days in much of immigration), recognised grounds, and proceedings in the High Court. Start with our Time Limit Checker or decision screener.
How We Act for Dublin Clients
Acting from beside the Four Courts means the mechanics of urgency - out-of-hours applications, short-notice injunctions restraining removal or works, papers lodged the morning they are sworn - happen without friction. Dublin clients can meet in person at Ormond Quay within days of a decision landing, and time-critical matters (deportation orders, licence revocations, planning challenges inside the 8-week window) are prioritised as a matter of course.
Every judicial review in Ireland is heard in the High Court in Dublin — there is no local venue to lose by instructing us. Our Dublin office at The Ormond Building, Ormond Quay Upper is a short walk from the Four Courts, and our Kilkenny office serves the south east. Consultations run by phone and email nationwide; papers move electronically; you attend Dublin only if and when your case is heard. Call 01 5827148.
A Public Body Decision in Dublin?
The clock may already be running. One call establishes the limit, the route and your realistic options.
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