The District Court now has a jurisdictional limit of €15,000. So, if you need to pursue a debt or a claim for damages for breach of contract, negligence, or on any ground for less than €15,000 you will commence proceedings in the District Court. To do this, you file, for issue and service, a claim … Read more
Are you looking to collect a debt with a value of less than €15,000? Then you need to commence legal proceedings in the District Court. Civil proceedings in the District Court, or any Court, can appear confusing to the ordinary person. The District Court is the Court most people are likely to find themselves in … Read more
The time limits within which you can bring a civil action in Ireland are set out in the Statute of Limitations, 1957, as amended by the Statute of Limitations (Amendment) Acts, 1991 and 2000. However, other limitation periods are set out in the Civil Liability Act, 1961, the Liability for Defective Products Act 1991 and … Read more
Judicial review is a collection of remedies of the High Court and Supreme Court which gives these Courts the power to declare that legislative and executive actions are null and void if they are contrary to the Constitution. However the boundaries of judicial review have been expanded by judges in Ireland to cover 2 situations: … Read more
An injunction is a remedy awarded by a court to protect a legal right rather than to compensate for a breach of that right. The objective of an injunction is to maintain the status quo between the parties from the granting of an injunction until the final disposal of the action in Court or otherwise. … Read more