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Legal costs in uncontested cases?

  • 16-09-2013 7:54pm
    #1
    Dan_Solo
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 10,087 ✭✭✭✭


    Is proceedings are brought against you and they are immediately uncontested, are any legal costs liable to be paid to the other party?


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  • #2
    dats_right
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,169 ✭✭✭dats_right


    Dan_Solo wrote: »
    Is proceedings are brought against you and they are immediately uncontested, are any legal costs liable to be paid to the other party?

    What type of case is it? Is it a debt collection claim?


  • #3
    Dan_Solo
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 10,087 ✭✭✭✭Dan_Solo


    dats_right wrote: »
    What type of case is it? Is it a debt collection claim?
    Actually it's an objection to a home alteration.


  • #4
    Victor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78,580 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    If it's a matter of a "Oi! your extension is in breach of your planning permission" letter from a solicitor and the matter is dealt with promptly by the developer, then there is little argument for costs to be dealt with.

    If the case develops and is eventually settled outside court, then that settlement should deal with the matter of costs. Only costs actually incurred should be reimbursed and avoiding court would usually mean lower costs.


  • #5
    Dan_Solo
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 10,087 ✭✭✭✭Dan_Solo


    Well it's more a matter of a most likely true planning issue mixed in with some purely made up stuff about abuse and harassment. While they are threatening court action, I'd be amazed if they'd chance anything other than the planning thing because they will lose them all in court. So if a second letter arrives with proceedings about only the planning I will happily oblige, but if they try to bring any of the other nonsense to court I'd love to have my day.
    If I make the necessary fixes to avoid the planning issue, is there a way of forcing a court hearing over the other things they are accusing me of? They are making legal accusations against me by putting them in a solicitor's letter?


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