Simply put on the summons you are seeking the costs of the proceedings. When you win you ask the judge for scale costs which would be in the region of around €40. Simple really.
Not so much a matter of fees as possible liability later. E.g. I have heard of at least one case where a solicitor on being told the facts of an incident declined to act, but later received a negligence claim because (s)he didn't warn the enquirer about the relevant Statute of Limitations.
I believe as a lay litigant you can only claim outlay i.e. stamp duty and postage.
So around €25 will be the limit.
Same thing really. If you were offered a generous and fair fee to draft the document, then you could do so and cover off the liability by proper advice to client and time to do it throroughly.
And the costs of engaging a solicitor to collect small debts in the District Courts make it not cost effective to do so, which is the reason we are seeing more and more lay litigants taking such actions without solicitors.
I would think so too.However, I think the €20 + 12.70 as in SI 126 is the most plausible.
As it is a necessary outlay I would think so. My local PC doesn't charge me but some can and do charge.Does the statutory declaration of service cost anything (apart from paying the peace commisioner to sign it) and can these costs be claimed against the defendant, if case is successful?
Sadly it don't stop some of them.Peace Commissioners are not entitled to charge for signing a statutory declaration.
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