Bankruptcy
Tuesday, 05 May 2015
What is Bankruptcy? Bankruptcy is a process where the property or assets of a borrower who is unable or unwilling to pay their debts are transferred to a person who is given charge of the property by the High Court (called the Official Assignee) to be sold. When sold, the costs, expenses, court fees and
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New Year’s Resolutions – Deal with Your Debt
Thursday, 05 February 2015
Tipp FM Legal Slot – 27th January 2015 – New Year’s Resolutions – Deal with Your Debt On Tipp FM, John M. Lynch spoke to Seamus Martin on ‘Tipp Today’ about dealing with your debt in the new year. Listen to John’s discussion: [soundcloud id=’189618417′] New Year’s Resolution: Dealing with Debt. Debt Settlement Arrangements have been gathering momentum since
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New Year’s Resolutions – Road Traffic Accidents and Personal injury
Tuesday, 20 January 2015
Tipp FM Legal Slot – 13th January 2015 – New Year’s Resolutions – Road Traffic Accidents and Personal injury On Tipp FM, John M. Lynch spoke to Seamus Martin on ‘Tipp Today’ about Road Traffic Accidents and Personal Injury in the new year. Listen to John’s discussion: [soundcloud id=’186944730′] Road Traffic Accidents – Is there anything we can
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Bankruptcy – The New Dawn and the Way Forward
Wednesday, 21 May 2014
Tipp FM Legal Slot – 20th May 2014 – Bankruptcy. On Tipp FM John M. Lynch spoke to Seamus on “Tipp Today” about Bankruptcy. [soundcloud id=’165875748′] Bankruptcy is now a real way out for those people drowning in debt. Many people can be mis-informed or simply not know what the process is about. Here is a whistle
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Marriage Breakdown Options
Monday, 21 April 2014
Tipp FM Legal Slot – 15th April 2014 On Tipp FM Gillian O’ Mahony spoke to Seamus Martin about the different options that exist for parties when a marriage breaks down. What role do counselling and mediation play? Should a divorce or a legal separation be the route to go down? What role can children
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DEBT STRESS CAUSING HEALTH PROBLEMS – IS BANKRUPTCY OR INSOLVENCY A CURE?
Wednesday, 19 March 2014
Debt Stress causing Health Problems. Is debt stress causing serious health problems to anyone you know? There is a hidden cost that is not so hidden in our country today. Ireland is facing a major hangover from the halcyon days of the Celtic Tiger property boom. Debt stress is becoming a day to day issue for
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New Year’s Resolution 1: Insolvency – Deal or Bust!
Monday, 20 January 2014
Legal Column, South Tipp Today, 16th January 2014 This month, in our legal column, we will run a series of New Year’s resolutions articles. It seems appropriate to start the year with an area that we have talked about quite a lot last year – the new statutory Personal Insolvency code. Lose the Debt and get
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New Year’s Resolution 1: Insolvency – Do that Deal or Bust!
Thursday, 09 January 2014
Tipp FM Legal Slot – 7th January 2014 John M. Lynch on Insolvency – Do that Deal or Bust! [soundcloud id=’165871426′] Download our – New Year’s Resolution 1: Insolvency – Do that Deal or Bust! – notes This time last year the Personal Insolvency Act had just been signed into law. While it is still early
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Bankruptcy & Personal Insolvency – One Year On
Friday, 20 December 2013
Bankruptcy & Personal Insolvency – One Year On The new law on bankruptcy came into effect recently after Minister for Justice Alan Shatter signed an order to introduce the measure. The move completed the Government’s new personal insolvency and bankruptcy model in Ireland. Personal Insolvency Process The Insolvency code is our way, in Ireland, of
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Bankruptcy and Personal Insolvency Update
Friday, 13 December 2013
Tipp FM Legal Slot – 10th December 2013 John M. Lynch on Bankruptcy and Personal Insolvency [soundcloud id=’165871201′] Download our Bankruptcy & Personal Insolvency Update notes The new law on bankruptcy came into effect last week after Minister for Justice Alan Shatter signed an order to introduce the measure. John, what do the changes mean
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Peeling Back the Layers – The Real Cost of Bailouts
Friday, 01 November 2013
By John M. Lynch, Principal and Personal Insolvency Practitioner (PIP). For the past number of months we have been bombarded with commentary each day on the new provisions under the Personal Insolvency Act 2012 – When will it come into force?, How will it operate?, What will it cost?, Will it apply to everyone?, Is
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Bankruptcy Reform – From Boom to Bust to Recovery – the Irish American Way!
Thursday, 03 October 2013
Bankruptcy Reform – From Boom to Bust to Recovery – the Irish American Way! In Bankruptcy the property or assets of a person who is unable to pay their debts are transferred to a person who is given charge of the property by the High Court (called an Official Assignee in Bankruptcy) to be sold.
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The Cost of Insolvency – To PIP or not to PIP?
Thursday, 19 September 2013
With the downturn in the economy we are hearing every day about the huge numbers of people who are struggling to meet unsustainable debt. Recent figures suggest that there are close on 100,000 mortgages which are deemed to be in “serious arrears”, in other words, they have been in arrears for 90 days or more.
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Banks Claw Back is Fair and Reasonable and Consistent with the Impartiality of the PIP!
Monday, 09 September 2013
Today the Insolvency Service of Ireland began accepting insolvency applications from Personal Insolvency Practitioners (PIPs). It was recently suggested that the banks had influenced the Insolvency Act and made an amendment to the effect that they could claw back any extra profits from the sale of assets up to 20 years. Effectively, this has nothing to do
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Bank’s Claw Back of Mortgage Debt & The Insolvency Process
Thursday, 05 September 2013
Tipp FM Legal Slot – 3rd September 2013 John M. Lynch, Personal Solvency Practitioner on Banks Clawing Back Mortgage Debts & The Insolvency Process [soundcloud id=’165869581′] Download our Banks Claw Back of Mortgage Debt & The Insolvency Process notes Last week we spoke to John Lynch who is now a Personal Insolvency Practitioner
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