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Q re Free legal aid

  • 24-01-2014 7:37pm
    #1
    pog it
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,912 ✭✭✭


    Hey all,

    I'm going to ask a very stupid question, to be sure!

    If a person who gets free legal aid to take a case against someone were to lose that case, are they liable for costs awarded against them?


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  • #2
    Bepolite
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,737 ✭✭✭Bepolite


    If they're getting legal aid it's unlikely there are any assets/money to get. I appreciate that doesn't really answer your question.


  • #3
    pog it
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,912 ✭✭✭pog it


    Yes, and what happens were costs to be awarded against you if you lose a case and you don't actually have funds/capital?

    Are you forced to pay x amount for a given number of years, even if it's only a fraction of what you owe?


  • #4
    Pat Mustard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,554 ✭✭✭Pat Mustard


    pog it wrote: »
    Yes, and what happens were costs to be awarded against you if you lose a case and you don't actually have funds/capital?

    Are you forced to pay x amount for a given number of years, even if it's only a fraction of what you owe?

    An instalment order could be got against a debtor's income, that he would have to pay x amount per week/month. Judges make orders against people on social welfare these days too.

    Also, it is possible to enforce against the debtor's goods etc. by means of Execution Order/ Sheriff. Judgments can be enforced against land also.

    If a debtor had a mortgage-free property or one with significant equity, judgments could be enforced and the property sold to meet amounts owed and additional costs.


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