Can you still go to jail for debts? One of the final steps in the Court debt collection process where a debtor fails to abide by the terms of an installment order (an order to pay a certain amount laid down by the court to satisfy a court judgment) is jail! A creditor can apply
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
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.
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