Hi,
Im currently going through a court judicial separation, initiated by my wife in recent months (we did try mediation 1st, but my wife wanted to go the legal route).
I have a number of questions, but focusing here specifically on legal costs, as it seems to be hard to get much transparency on the whole process & likely costs;
1- What do people know is around the average cost on each side of a full circuit court separation in Dublin?
2- Is in mostly the norm in Ireland that each side pays their own legal costs?
3- Is there an alternative to using solicitors and barristers, if the other party brings a Circuit Court Judicial Separation on you, or do you have no real choice in this large expense?
4- Legal aid qualification unlikely if over €4k savings or a car, right?
5- What if you don’t have or don’t want to spend circa €20k/€30k of savings on solicitors or barristers?
6- If you don’t have this in savings or assets, how does your legal team actually get paid?
7- Is the legal fee payment normally at the end of the process, unless you change legal team midway?
8- Does the whole process work out much more expensive (how much % approx?) if you switch legal team during the process - post court affidavit filings?
9- Is it more expensive to go through a Judicial Separation in Ireland v the cost in the UK?
10- Is there any real independent scope to debate the extent of the bill and works, if the legal fees are not broken down in a transparent way on the bill?
Please response with the question number answers, if easiest to read in the thread.
Thanks
Ray
Im currently going through a court judicial separation, initiated by my wife in recent months (we did try mediation 1st, but my wife wanted to go the legal route).
I have a number of questions, but focusing here specifically on legal costs, as it seems to be hard to get much transparency on the whole process & likely costs;
1- What do people know is around the average cost on each side of a full circuit court separation in Dublin?
2- Is in mostly the norm in Ireland that each side pays their own legal costs?
3- Is there an alternative to using solicitors and barristers, if the other party brings a Circuit Court Judicial Separation on you, or do you have no real choice in this large expense?
4- Legal aid qualification unlikely if over €4k savings or a car, right?
5- What if you don’t have or don’t want to spend circa €20k/€30k of savings on solicitors or barristers?
6- If you don’t have this in savings or assets, how does your legal team actually get paid?
7- Is the legal fee payment normally at the end of the process, unless you change legal team midway?
8- Does the whole process work out much more expensive (how much % approx?) if you switch legal team during the process - post court affidavit filings?
9- Is it more expensive to go through a Judicial Separation in Ireland v the cost in the UK?
10- Is there any real independent scope to debate the extent of the bill and works, if the legal fees are not broken down in a transparent way on the bill?
Please response with the question number answers, if easiest to read in the thread.
Thanks
Ray