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Sat 06 Jun 2009Judge queries value of orders against debtors
A DISTRICT COURT judge has questioned whether it is worthwhile making instalment orders following a recent High Court ruling that it is unconstitutional to jail a person who cannot pay a debt.
At Mullingar District Court yesterday, Judge John Neilan asked if orders were “a nullity if they cannot be enforced” and was critical of banks who did not accept genuine offers of payment from debtors.
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