Lay Litigant - how to start proceedings

mystiq

How does a lay litigant start court proceedings?
I checked both court.ie & citizensinformation.ie and couldn't find any information.

And please, don't tell me to get a lawer :mad:

Cheers

bath handle

mystiq wrote: »

How does a lay litigant start court proceedings?
I checked both court.ie & citizensinformation.ie and couldn't find any information.

And please, don't tell me to get a lawer :mad:

Cheers

Look up www.courts.ie
There is a section called court rules.
In the index of rules for each level of court there is a section called " commencement of proceedings"

Milk & Honey

mystiq wrote: »

How does a lay litigant start court proceedings?


Cheers

A lay litigant starts court proceedings in the same way as every other litigant starts court proceedings. Complete the originating document, have it issued from the appropriate court office and serve it on the Defendant, or a solicitor who has agreed to accept service on behalf of the defendant.

Tom Young

I am not going to tell you to get a lawyer. But if you are going to represent yourself you need to be up to speed on the Rules of the court you are going to be appearing in.

Similarly, here, on this Legal Discussion forum on boards.ie, we also have rules, in the form of the Charter.

Regrettably, you come here seeking legal and procedural advice. Information garnered here, that you later relied upon in court (to your detriment) might be a problem for you and us.

I think you might be well advised to visit a FLAC centre. Air the issue and get the free advice you can get there. www.flac.ie. That way, at least you can be sure you have someone to revert to and someone who can assess your case/chances before you head off on what can be a very difficult and costly task.

Tom