Author: Geraldine

Debt Enforcement

What happens if I can’t pay a Debt? If your creditor hires a debt collection agency or solicitor to sue you, and you fail to defend a summons for recovery of a debt, a creditor gets a judgment from the court. When you can’t pay the judgment and still owe a debt the next step

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BUYING ONLINE

The same rights apply to buying online as if you had bought them in a shop. This type of selling is called “distance selling”, and is regulated by the EU, if the vendor is within the EU. A problem, however, is that you may not be able to identify the Vendor’s physical place of business.

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Business in the Small Claims Court

New rules, which came into effect on 11, January 2010, facilitate claims in the Small Claims Court from a business against another business for goods or services not exceeding is €2,000.  Previously, the Small Claims Court only dealt with cases regarding the supply of goods and services by a seller/supplier to a consumer. Now a

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