This third edition comprises the fully consolidated and updated text of the rules that govern procedure in Ireland's Supreme Court, the Court of Criminal Appeal, the High Court, and the Central Criminal Court. The book will be essential for any litigation lawyer whose practice is based in any or all of these courts. These rules are set out in SI 15/1986, which has been extensively amended over the past 27 years. Each rule is accompanied by user-friendly commentaries and details of the reported and unreported decisions of the courts in both Ireland and Northern Ireland, practice directions, and legislative references. Detailed appendices set out the relevant forms, deeds, etc. that are regularly required in Superior Court proceedings. Key pieces of Irish legislation that have had an impact on this book include the Defamation Act 2009, the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009, the Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010, and the Personal Insolvency Act 2012.