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taking a civil action

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  • 23-01-2009 10:57pm
    #1
    scarke
    Registered Users Posts: 7 ✭


    Can someone explain if

    a) In Ireland, you can take a civil action against someone if a criminal action has not been taken in court against the same person?

    in other words, if there is a criminal action going to be active maybe 6 months down the road, can you persue the person with a civil action in the meantime or do you have to wait till the criminal action is taken.

    thanks


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    PCPhoto
    Registered Users Posts: 6,584 ✭✭✭PCPhoto


    you can take a civil action without a criminal action ....... but if there is a criminal action in the process then all civil action proceedings will more than likely be adjourned until after criminal proceedings until the judgement - after which the civil action can then continue or be started.

    it might be possible that civil action may be started and might even be finished before criminal proceedings - but if criminal proceedings start while the civil action is not completed then.... criminal proceedings superceed civil and civil will be postponed.


    (hope thats confused you enough)

    I might have repeated myself there but hopefully you get the point.


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