There will be some “slippage” in the time it takes for cases to be dealt with by the Court of Appeal arising from the Covid-19 restrictions, but it will not be “catastrophic”, the president of the court has said. This will help the court catch up from the two-week period during which there was no court business conducted, at the outset of the Covid-19 restrictions, he told The Irish Times. Because there was no witness evidence involved, the court was more suited than others to holding remote hearings. Remote hearingsArrangements have also been made so that the victims can dial in and watch the remote hearings. “Hearings in the Court of Appeal involve quite informal exchanges between the advocates and the judges, almost like a conversation.

Source: The Irish Times May 02, 2020 00:28 UTC