It is a short judgment, running to just five pages involving Gary and Keith Ryan, two brothers from Baldoyle, Dublin who are representing themselves in a dispute with the over a €300,000 home loan. But its brevity doesn’t stop High Court judge Max Barrett packing in a blinding critique of the Irish legal system’s handling of debt and mortgage eviction cases.  Specifically, Justice Barrett calls out the unfair situation where people at risk of losing their homes after allegedly defaulting on their debts often come to court as lay litigants. There they find themselves up against skilled lawyers acting for…

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