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Legal Costs Landscape

The High Court has recently addressed the legal costs landscape in Ireland, highlighting that costs can often exceed the value of claims. This issue…

06/06/24

About Jason

Jason is Head of our Debt Recovery team. He handles all aspects of collection work from pre-legal recovery, escalating to litigation, judgment enforcement and bankruptcy. Clients know him for providing a fast, efficient recovery service.

Jason carries out high-volume recovery work for businesses, as well as banks and other lenders operating in the Irish market. In addition, he has particular expertise on the debt recovery requirements of state and semi-state bodies. With over 20 years’ experience, Jason is known for his expertise in the industry.

He teaches trainee solicitors in the Law Society and also provides legal training to credit managers and teams.

Debt Recovery
District, Circuit and High Court litigation
Personal Insolvency Law
Enforcement of Foreign Judgments (both E.U. and non E.U.)
Contract Law
Repossession of secured property

Jason acts for:

Banking clients
Business clients
State/semi-state clients
Private clients

Engagements

In- House Seminars to creditor clients and credit forums, domestically and internationally
Lecturer - Law Society of Ireland, Advanced Litigation Module

Education

National University of Ireland, Galway (LLB)
Law Society of Ireland

Professional Memberships

Associate of the Irish Taxation Institute (AITI)

• Jason manages a team of solicitors and legal executives dedicated to realising the secured residential property held on foot of mortgage loan accounts, in significant arrears, for lenders such as Ulster Bank Ireland DAC, Mars Capital Finance Ireland DAC and Pepper Finance Corporation (Ireland) DAC. The team enforce that security to recoup monies owed to the lenders, whilst ensuring those lender’s regulatory requirements are monitored and complied with.
• Represented the Motor Insurer’s Bureau of Ireland in numerous garnishee and receivership matters over the past year. Jason is frequently appointed a receiver by way of equitable execution of judgments (in favour of the MIBI) so that he can attach personal injury awards/settlements that certain judgment debtors may otherwise be entitled to.
Represented a U.S. private equity fund in the monetary recovery of just over €2 million in unsecured debt from borrowers, in a single summary judgment case.
Represented a U.S. private equity fund in the monetary recovery of over €1.5 million following the successful conclusion of mortgage repossession litigation, involving the Borrower’s family home.
Represents various employers, both domestic and multi-national, in the recovery of sums overpaid to contractors and employees.
Represented a French debt purchaser, in the successful enforcement of Brussels Recast Regulation orders, against a borrower based in Ireland.
- Represented an Irish retail business in a High Court case, to recover significant sums of money, following suspected employee fraud.

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