# County Court Rules (Northern Ireland) 1981, Rule 7: Procedure following return of papers from counsel

Extent: N.I.

On receiving the papers back from counsel, the solicitor having carriage shall—
(a) re-lodge the papers in the Office for settling and fixing of dates by the [ district judge] and shall at the same time lodge—
(i) draft form of affidavit to be made by the court valuer in Form 155;
(ii) draft reserved bidding report in Form 156, to be marked as exhibit “B” to such affidavit;
(iii) an envelope marked “B” and endorsed with the title of the suit, to contain the valuer’s reserved bidding report when completed;
(iv) draft auctioneer’s affidavit of biddings in Form 157; and
(v) draft bidding paper in Form 158; and
(b) send to the court valuer a copy of the advertisement and the documents mentioned in sub-paragraphs (i) to (iii) of paragraph (a) together with a covering letter instructing him as to—
(i) the completion and return to the solicitor of the affidavit mentioned in paragraph (a)(i) with the copy advertisement marked as exhibit “A” thereto; and
(ii) the completion and forwarding to the Office, before the date fixed for the sale, of the reserved bidding report mentioned in paragraph (a)(ii), which report shall be marked as exhibit “B” to the affidavit.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1981/225/part/34/rule/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-rules-northern-ireland-1981/part-34/rule-7
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