The Court of Appeal have held that the High Court was correct in refusing to grant summary judgment against the borrowers, Mr and Mrs Burns. It held that the evidence was not adequate and was inadmissible because it was hearsay evidence, and the usual way around the difficulty was not open to the applicant because … Read more
A Supreme Court decision of November 2019 provides some hope for anyone facing a summary summons action against them to have a debt judgment awarded. The case is Bank of Ireland Mortgage Bank and Joseph O’Malley and involved a vitally important decision of the Supreme Court as to the level of detail the lender must … Read more
You might have come across a particular type of individual since the property/economy crash in 2007/2008. He, for it was normally a man, was up to his eyeballs in debt and was a type of amateur lawyer who had decided that easy, technical defences could be put forward if and when the crap hit … Read more