A new analysis of the value and volume of judgments at the High Court has shown that there was a huge leap in cases against consumers.

The number of court-registered debt judgments against businesses and consumers is falling, but public interest has doubled, says non-profit organisation Irish Judgments.

THE consumer debt crisis is deepening, with the amount of personal debt being pursued through the courts rising tenfold in five years.

FOR an honest person, and despite all of the evidence most Irish people are honest, unmanageable, out-of-control debt is a real nightmare.

THE value of consumer judgments such as bills not being paid in the first quarter of 2011 rose by more than 28% year-on-year.