Terry Judgment mortgages have become more commonplace in the last few years with considerable numbers of people finding themselves in difficult financial circumstances due to the property crash of 2008/9. A judgment mortgage will only arise after the obtaining of a judgment against a debtor on foot of a debt. The effect of then registering a … Read more
Consumer rights and product liability in relation to defective products are governed by a combination of protections such as common law which protects against tort or civil wrongs such as negligence. The law of contract will also provide relief to the consumer in relation to defective products; legislation such as Liability for Defective Products … Read more
When you obtain a foreign judgment against an Irish debtor you will invariably want to enforce that judgment against the assets of the debtor in Ireland, if he has any. There is an important distinction to be made at the outset though-if your judgment was obtained in an EU country then there is a procedure … Read more
The Brussels I regulation is directly applicable in all member states (with the exception of Denmark) and deals with jurisdiction and enforcement of judgments in both civil and commercial proceedings. The aim of the regulation is to allow legal proceedings be taken and prosecuted in a uniform fashion where the parties to a dispute … Read more
Stamp duty is a tax on documents and most peoples experience with stamp duty will be in relation to property purchase which gives rise to the notion that stamp duty is applied to property. But it is actually a tax on the instrument which witnesses the property transaction and you will also see stamp duty … Read more