# County Court Rules (Northern Ireland) 1981, Rule 1: Hours of sitting and order of hearing of proceedings

Extent: N.I.

(1) The ordinary hours of sitting of a court shall be such as [ the judge or district judge as the case may be] of that court shall determine but shall not be before nine o’clock in the morning, and the hearing of any civil proceedings shall not commence after the hour of six o’clock in the afternoon.
(2) All proceedings in a county court shall be heard in such order as [ the judge or district judge as the case may be] shall direct.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1981/225/part/43/rule/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-rules-northern-ireland-1981/part-43/rule-1
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