Events in November 2015 and after

I've updated the listings of events as follows:

Thu. 26 Nov. 2015:
European Data Privacy Rights and Democratic Politics: A Tangled Web - Professor Deirdre Curtin,
Irish Society for European Law, Dublin
Details at https://www.isel.ie/event/view/108/n-a

27-29 Nov. 2015:
The Law Lecturer: Enhancing Academic Life - Annual Conference of the Irish Association of Law Teachers 2015 – Salthill Hotel, Galway
Details at http://www.ialt.ie/event/annual-conference-of-the-ialt-2015

Fri. 27 Nov. 2015:
Securing Accountability: Building effective prison monitoring, inspection, and complaints systems - Irish Penal Reform Trust, Dublin
http://www.iprt.ie/contents/2792

Fri. 27 November 2015:
Emmanuel Mellisaris (London School of Economics) - ʻSolidarity and Punishmentʼ - Legal and Political Theory Workshop Series, NUI Galway
http://www.nuigalway.ie/business-public-policy-law/school-of-law/research/lptheory/

Sat. 28 Nov. 2015:
Graça Machel, one of the world’s leading women’s rights activists is to deliver the Second Annual International Human Rights Lecture - Mary Robinson Centre, Ballina, Co. Mayo
Details at http://www.maryrobinsoncentre.ie/events.html

Sat. 28 Nov. 2015:
Current Legal Challenges Facing Primary School Management - Law School, Trinity College Dublin
http://www.tcd.ie/Law/events/2015/primary-schools-legal-challenges.php

Mon. 30 Nov. 2015:
Direct Democracy Considered – Irish, Scottish, Swiss, and Transnational European Perspectives on the Use of Referendums, Quinn School of Business, UCD
Details at http://www.ucd.ie/law/eventsseminars/title,260230,en.html

Tue. 1 Dec. 2015:
The Future of the European Court of Human Rights
Irish Society of International Law, Dublin
Details at http://seanlester9.eventbrite.ie

Tue. 1 Dec. 2015:
Deflecting the Law from its Course: Capital Punishment and Clemency in Ireland, 1923-1990 - Professor Ian O'Donnell, Hugh M. Fitzpatrick Lecture in Legal Bibliography, Dublin
Details at http://www.lawsociety.ie/Courses--Events/Other-Events/Events/Hugh-M-Fitzpatrick-Lecture-in-Legal-Bibliography2/

Wed. 2 Dec. 2015:
Constitutionalising Labour Rights - Professor Judy Fudge, UCD Sutherland School of Law
Details at http://www.ucd.ie/law/eventsseminars/title,258804,en.html

Thu. 3 Dec. 2015:
Using the Law to Secure Social Justice - Lecture by Michael Farrell, FLAC, Dublin
http://www.flac.ie/news/events/2015/12/03/ninth-annual-dave-ellis-memorial-lecture/

Thu. 3 Dec. 2015:
Barristers at War, Courts Centenary Commemoration Committee, Dublin
Details at http://www.lawsociety.ie/Courses--Events/Other-Events/Events/Barristers-at-War-Lecture/

Sat. 5 Dec. 2015:
Precedent in the EU: The Linguistic Aspect Irish Centre for European Law and University of Exeter Workshop, Dublin
Details at http://www.icel.ie/Precedent

Wed. 9 Dec. 2015:
Constitutional Law: An Update - UCD Sutherland School of Law, Dublin
http://www.ucd.ie/law/eventsseminars/title,259667,en.html

Wed. 9 Dec.2015 12:30 PM:
Two Cheers for the Anti-Impunity Norm - Ulster University, Transitional Justice Seminar Series, Jordanstown campus
https://www.ulster.ac.uk/ulster-life/events/transitional-justice-institute/anti-impunity-norm

Thu. 10 Dec. 2015:
The EU Digital Single Market: Professor Robert Clark, Arthur Cox Solicitors, IP Law Café at University of Limerick
Details at http://www.ul.ie/law/news/00%5Bnid%5D-ip-law-café-201516

Fri. 11 Dec. 2015:
Employment Law - Irish Centre for European Law conference, Dublin
Details at http://www.icel.ie/Employment2015 

Fri. 11 December 2015
Bebhinn Donnelly-Lazarov (Swansea University) - ʻWhat does it mean to be responsible for action: lessons from criminal lawʼ - Legal and Political Theory Workshop Series, NUI Galway
http://www.nuigalway.ie/business-public-policy-law/school-of-law/research/lptheory/

Mon. 14 Dec. 2015:
Where Next For a Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland - Transitional Justice Institute, University of Ulster, Belfast
http://www.ulster.ac.uk/ulster-life/events/transitional-justice-institute/a-bill-of-rights-for-northern-ireland-where-next

2016:

Thu. 21 Jan. 2016:
Valuing IP rights: Professor Bill Murphy, School of Law, UNH, IP Law Café at University of Limerick
Details at http://www.ul.ie/law/news/00%5Bnid%5D-ip-law-café-201516

Tue. 29 January 2016
Zoi Aliozi (NUI Galway Irish Centre for Human Rights) - ʻDeconstructing Human Rights in Times of Economic Crisis: A Philosopho-Legal Approachʼ - Legal and Political Theory Workshop Series, NUI Galway
http://www.nuigalway.ie/business-public-policy-law/school-of-law/research/lptheory/

Thu. 18 Feb. 2016:
IP and Disruptive Technologies : 3D Printing explored: Kate Harnett, William Fry Solicitors, IP Law Café at University of Limerick
Details at http://www.ul.ie/law/news/00%5Bnid%5D-ip-law-café-201516 

Fri. 19 February 2016:
Michael Sevel (University of Sydney) - ʻJoseph Razʼs Philosophy of Human Rightsʼ - Legal and Political Theory Workshop Series, NUI Galway
http://www.nuigalway.ie/business-public-policy-law/school-of-law/research/lptheory/

Fri. 4 March 2016:
Elizabeth Shaw (University of Aberdeen) - ʻFree will scepticism and criminal behaviourʼ - Legal and Political Theory Workshop Series, NUI Galway
http://www.nuigalway.ie/business-public-policy-law/school-of-law/research/lptheory/

Thu. 10 Mar. 2016:
National and international taxation of IP rights: Professor Jeffrey Maine, University of Maine Law School, IP Law Café at University of Limerick
Details at http://www.ul.ie/law/news/00%5Bnid%5D-ip-law-café-201516

Fri. 18 March 2016:
Mairead Enright and Emilie Cloatre (University of Kent) - ʻTransformative Illegality: Condom Mail Order in the West of Irelandʼ - Legal and Political Theory Workshop Series, NUI Galway
http://www.nuigalway.ie/business-public-policy-law/school-of-law/research/lptheory/

Fri. 8 April 2016:
Michael Frazer (University of East Anglia) - ʻThe Ethics of Social Explanation: Causal and Interpretive Approaches as Expressions of (Dis)Respect for Subjectsʼ - Legal and Political Theory Workshop Series, NUI Galway
http://www.nuigalway.ie/business-public-policy-law/school-of-law/research/lptheory/

Mon. 18 Apr 2016 2:00 p.m.:  
Access to Justice; identifying the problems, finding the solutions - WIT Waterford, School of Humanities, and the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, Seminar, Dublin
Contact   Sinead Conneely - sconneely@wit.ie

Thu. 21 April 2016:
Law and the Environment 2016 - School of Law, University College Cork
Details to follow at http://www.ucc.ie/law/ 

Thu. 21 April 2016:
Protecting Patents: Michael Lucy, Patent Attorney, IP Law Café at University of Limerick
Details at http://www.ul.ie/law/news/00%5Bnid%5D-ip-law-café-201516 

Fri. 29 April 2016:
Yaniv Roznai (The Minerva Centre for the Rule of Law Under Extreme Conditions, University of Haifa) - ʻUnconstitutional Constitutional Amendmentsʻ - Legal and Political Theory Workshop Series, NUI Galway
http://www.nuigalway.ie/business-public-policy-law/school-of-law/research/lptheory/

Fri. 13 May 2016:
Uladzislau Belvusau (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam), Alexsandra Gliszczynska-Grabias (Poznan Human Rights Centre) and Ioanna Tourkochoriti (NUI Galway) - ʻRemembering Holocaust and other Atrocities Through Lawʼ  - Legal and Political Theory Workshop Series, NUI Galway
http://www.nuigalway.ie/business-public-policy-law/school-of-law/research/lptheory/

23-24 May 2016:
(Dis)locating Comparative Law: Annual conference of the Irish Society of Comparative Law, NUI Galway
http://bit.ly/ISCL-2016

27 June to 1 July 2016:
Summer School on Transitional Justice 2016 - Transitional Justice Institute, University of Ulster, Belfast
http://www.ulster.ac.uk/ulster-life/events/transitional-justice-institute/summer-school-on-transitional-justice-2016

Law Society Diploma and Certificate courses:  

Details at http://www.lawsociety.ie/Courses--Events/Public-Diplomas-CMS/

Diploma in Arbitration; Diploma in Finance Law; Diploma in Corporate Law and Governance
Diploma in Mediation; Diploma in Technology Law; Diploma in In-House Practice
Diploma in Litigation Management Skills (new); Certificate in Aviation Leasing and Finance
Certificate in Advanced Negotiation; Certificate in Charity Law, Trusteeship and Governance
Certificate in Employment Law Advocacy Skills; Certificate in Commercial Contracts
Certificate in Company Secretarial Law and Practice; Certificate in Trade Mark Law
Diploma in Aviation Leasing and Finance; Diploma in Commercial Property;
Diploma in Employment Law; Certificate in Data Protection Practice;
Certificate in Environmental and Planning Law; Certificate in Human Rights Law

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IT Law Clinic at UCC - dealing with queries from startups

How can you protect the copyright in your images and software?
How can you ensure your site complies with data protection law?
What are the laws on selling online?
What are the rules regarding web domain names?
Can customer data be stored in cloud services?
-  For questions like these, contact the IT Law Clinic

At the IT Law Clinic, UCC law postgraduate students provide information to startups on legal questions.   There is no charge for the service.
Students and academic staff work in partnership with established law firms.
We are part of the European network of ICT law incubators – www.ilincnetwork.eu.

Contact us for more information:
Phone (021) 490 3452.  Email itlawclinic@ucc.ie    

Twitter: @ITLawClinicUCC

www.ucc.ie/law/IT-Law-Clinic
IT Law Clinic, School of Law, University College Cork

IT Law Clinic at UCC

The IT Law Clinic at University College Cork is now up and running.

At the clinic, law postgraduate students provide information to startups on issues of copyright law, data protection, electronic commerce law and web domain names.

The development of the IT Law Clinic builds on UCC’s membership of iLINC, the EU network of ICT Law Incubators (see www.ilincnetwork.eu).


The academic staff are Dr Darius Whelan and Professor Maeve McDonagh.

No fee will be charged for the provision of information.

Startups who wish to seek information on these issues should email d.whelan@ucc.ie.

Requests for information must be submitted in writing only; there is no telephone or interview service. Requests will be admitted on the following basis:

• The clinic deals with issues of copyright law, web domain names, electronic commerce law and data protection law;
• The clinic will not provide information on employment law or company law;
• The clinic will not provide information if litigation has commenced;
• A query will not be admitted if it is unduly complex;
• The startup must have a low annual turnover, normally a maximum of €100,000 p.a.;
• The clinic can normally only deal with queries during semester 1 of the academic year, i.e. September to November;
• If the clinic has sufficient queries for its workload, it cannot take further queries.

Information will be provided in consultation with one of our collaborating solicitors’ firms – McCullagh Wall, Ronan Daly Jermyn and O’Dowd Solicitors. Responses to queries will be provided in a timescale of approximately 4 to 5 weeks. Terms and conditions, notified to the startup, will apply to the information provided.

Clinic website - www.ucc.ie/law/IT-Law-Clinic/  

Events from October 2015 on

Here's the latest listing of forthcoming events, starting from October 2015:

Thu. 1 Oct. 2015:
Employment Law Update - Law Society, Dublin
Details at http://www.lawsociety.ie/Annual_Employment_Law_Conference#.Vci_erTZVng

Fri. 2 Oct. 2015:
Victims in Focus: European & Domestic Perspectives - ACJRD 18th Annual Conference, Dublin
Details at http://www.acjrd.ie/contents/283

Thu. 8 Oct. 2015:
BREXIT - Legal Implications for Ireland of Britain’s Potential Withdrawal - ISEL, Dublin
Details at https://www.isel.ie/event/view/107/

Fri.-Sat. 9-10 Oct. 2015:
Irish European Law Forum 2015 - Europe’s Shared Burden: Collective Responsibility for Migrants at Sea - UCD Sutherland School of Law, Dublin
Details at http://www.ucd.ie/law/eventsseminars/title,247104,en.html

Sat. 10 Oct. 2015:
Human Rights and the Media: Balancing Public and Private Interests - Law Society Annual Human Rights Conference, Dublin
Details at
https://www.lawsociety.ie/Annual_Human_Rights_Conference_2015.aspx

Thu. 15 Oct. 2015:
Patent  Registration and Protection: Gerard Barret, Patent Office, IP Law Café at University of Limerick
Details at http://www.ul.ie/law/news/00%5Bnid%5D-ip-law-café-201516

Mon. 19 Oct. 2015:
The Significance of the Social Sciences for 21st Century Ireland - Lecture by Professor Cass Sunstein - UCD Sutherland School of Law Annual Garrett Fitzgerald Lecture, Dublin
Details at http://bit.ly/5-UCD-6

Wed. 21 Oct. 2015:
Data Protection Regulation - Irish Centre for European Law seminar, Dublin
Details at http://www.icel.ie/DataProtectionRegulation

Wed. 21 Oct. 2015:
Property Law Annual Conference 2015 - Law Society, Dublin
Details at http://www.lawsociety.ie/Property_Law_Annual_Conference_2015#.Vci_0LTZVng

23-24 Oct. 2015:
Public/Private: Unlocking the Boundaries of Legal Thought, International Association of Legal and Social Philosophy, UK Branch conference, Belfast
Details at http://www.law.qub.ac.uk/schools/SchoolofLaw/News/Title,495213,en.html

Fri. 30 Oct. 2015:
Labour and Employment Law conference:  "What’s Right and What’s Wrong with Labour and Employment Law in the 21st Century?  A Look at Ireland, Europe and the United States", University of Limerick
Details at
https://listserv.heanet.ie/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind1509&L=IRISHLAW&T=0&F=&S=&P=59

Thu. 19 Nov. 2015:
Employees and IP Law : keeping secrets: Eddie Keane, School of Law, UL, IP Law Café at University of Limerick
Details at http://www.ul.ie/law/news/00%5Bnid%5D-ip-law-café-201516

27-29 Nov. 2015:
The Law Lecturer: Enhancing Academic Life - Annual Conference of the Irish Association of Law Teachers 2015 – Salthill Hotel, Galway
Details at http://www.ialt.ie/event/annual-conference-of-the-ialt-2015

Thu. 10 Dec. 2015:
The EU Digital Single Market: Professor Robert Clark, Arthur Cox Solicitors, IP Law Café at University of Limerick
Details at http://www.ul.ie/law/news/00%5Bnid%5D-ip-law-café-201516

Fri. 11 Dec. 2015:
Employment Law - Irish Centre for European Law conference, Dublin
Details at http://www.icel.ie/events_currentprogramme

2016:

Thu. 21 Jan. 2016:
Valuing IP rights: Professor Bill Murphy, School of Law, UNH, IP Law Café at University of Limerick
Details at http://www.ul.ie/law/news/00%5Bnid%5D-ip-law-café-201516

Thu. 18 Feb. 2016:
IP and Disruptive Technologies : 3D Printing explored: Kate Harnett, William Fry Solicitors, IP Law Café at University of Limerick
Details at http://www.ul.ie/law/news/00%5Bnid%5D-ip-law-café-201516

Thu. 10 Mar. 2016:
National and international taxation of IP rights: Professor Jeffrey Maine, University of Maine Law School, IP Law Café at University of Limerick
Details at http://www.ul.ie/law/news/00%5Bnid%5D-ip-law-café-201516

Mon. 18 Apr 2016 2:00 p.m.:
Access to Justice; identifying the problems, finding the solutions - WIT Waterford, School of Humanities, and the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, Seminar, Dublin
Contact   Sinead Conneely - sconneely@wit.ie

Thu. 21 April 2016:
Law and the Environment 2016 - School of Law, University College Cork
Details to follow at www.ucc.ie/law/

Thu. 21 April 2016:
Protecting Patents: Michael Lucy, Patent Attorney, IP Law Café at University of Limerick
Details at http://www.ul.ie/law/news/00%5Bnid%5D-ip-law-café-201516


Law Society Diploma and Certificate courses:

11 Sept. 2015 to June 2016:
Diploma in Law 2015 - Law Society Diploma Centre, Dublin and webcast online
Details at http://www.lawsociety.ie/A15-DipinLaw.aspx#.VcH0zPlViko

Other Diplomas and Certificates at http://www.lawsociety.ie/Courses--Events/Public-Diplomas-CMS/

Diploma in Arbitration; Diploma in Finance Law; Diploma in Corporate Law and Governance
Diploma in Mediation; Diploma in Technology Law; Diploma in In-House Practice
Diploma in Litigation Management Skills (new); Certificate in Aviation Leasing and Finance
Certificate in Advanced Negotiation; Certificate in Charity Law, Trusteeship and Governance
Certificate in Employment Law Advocacy Skills; Certificate in Commercial Contracts
Certificate in Company Secretarial Law and Practice; Certificate in Trade Mark Law; Diploma in Aviation Leasing and Finance
Diploma in Commercial Property; Diploma in Employment Law
Certificate in Data Protection Practice; Certificate in Environmental and Planning Law
Certificate in Human Rights Law

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Events in September 2015 and after

I've recently updated the listings of events at www.irishlaw.org/events/.

Here's the current listing:

Thu. 10 Sep. 2015 6 p.m.:
Securing Justice in an Unjust World - Helena Kennedy - Annual Lecture, Centre for Criminal Justice and Human Rights, University College Cork, Cork
Details at http://www.uccconferencing.ie/product/annual-lecture-centre-for-criminal-justice-and-human-rights-securing-justice-in-an-unjust-world/

Fri. 11 Sep. 2015 08:45 a.m.:  
Victims' Rights: An Agenda for Change - University of Limerick School of Law conference
Details at http://www.ul.ie/law/news/00%5Bnid%5D-victims-conference-september-11th

Thu. 17 Sep. 2015:
The Future of IP: Cathal Lane, Tomkins, IP Law Café at University of Limerick
Details at http://www.ul.ie/law/news/00%5Bnid%5D-ip-law-café-201516

Thu. 17 Sep. 2015:
The impact of mass surveillance on lawyer-client confidentiality - Law Society, Dublin
Details at http://www.lawsociety.ie/The_impact_of_mass_surveillance_on_lawyer-client_confidentiality#.Vci_K7TZVng

Thu. 1 Oct. 2015:
Employment Law Update - Law Society, Dublin
Details at http://www.lawsociety.ie/Annual_Employment_Law_Conference#.Vci_erTZVng

Fri. 2 Oct. 2015:
Victims in Focus: European & Domestic Perspectives - ACJRD 18th Annual Conference, Dublin
Details at http://www.acjrd.ie/contents/283

Fri.-Sat. 9-10 Oct. 2015:
Irish European Law Forum 2015 - Europe’s Shared Burden: Collective Responsibility for Migrants at Sea - UCD Sutherland School of Law, Dublin
Details at http://www.ucd.ie/law/eventsseminars/title,247104,en.html

Thu. 15 Oct. 2015:
Patent  Registration and Protection: Gerard Barret, Patent Office, IP Law Café at University of Limerick
Details at http://www.ul.ie/law/news/00%5Bnid%5D-ip-law-café-201516

Mon. 19 Oct. 2015:
The Significance of the Social Sciences for 21st Century Ireland - Lecture by Professor Cass Sunstein - UCD Sutherland School of Law Annual Garrett Fitzgerald Lecture, Dublin
Details at http://bit.ly/5-UCD-6

Wed. 21 Oct. 2015:
Property Law Annual Conference 2015 - Law Society, Dublin
Details at http://www.lawsociety.ie/Property_Law_Annual_Conference_2015#.Vci_0LTZVng

23-24 Oct. 2015:
Public/Private: Unlocking the Boundaries of Legal Thought, International Association of Legal and Social Philosophy, UK Branch conference, Belfast
Details at http://www.law.qub.ac.uk/schools/SchoolofLaw/News/Title,495213,en.html

Thu. 19 Nov. 2015:
Employees and IP Law : keeping secrets: Eddie Keane, School of Law, UL, IP Law Café at University of Limerick
Details at http://www.ul.ie/law/news/00%5Bnid%5D-ip-law-café-201516

27-29 Nov. 2015:
The Law Lecturer: Enhancing Academic Life - Annual Conference of the Irish Association of Law Teachers 2015 – Salthill Hotel, Galway
Details at http://www.ialt.ie/event/annual-conference-of-the-ialt-2015

Thu. 10 Dec. 2015:
The EU Digital Single Market: Professor Robert Clark, Arthur Cox Solicitors, IP Law Café at University of Limerick
Details at http://www.ul.ie/law/news/00%5Bnid%5D-ip-law-café-201516

Fri. 11 Dec. 2016:
Employment Law - Irish Centre for European Law conference, Dublin
Details at http://www.icel.ie/events_currentprogramme

Thu. 21 Jan. 2016:
Valuing IP rights: Professor Bill Murphy, School of Law, UNH, IP Law Café at University of Limerick
Details at http://www.ul.ie/law/news/00%5Bnid%5D-ip-law-café-201516

Thu. 18 Feb. 2016:
IP and Disruptive Technologies : 3D Printing explored: Kate Harnett, William Fry Solicitors, IP Law Café at University of Limerick
Details at http://www.ul.ie/law/news/00%5Bnid%5D-ip-law-café-201516

Thu. 10 Mar. 2016:
National and international taxation of IP rights: Professor Jeffrey Maine, University of Maine Law School, IP Law Café at University of Limerick
Details at http://www.ul.ie/law/news/00%5Bnid%5D-ip-law-café-201516

Mon. 18 Apr 2016 2:00 p.m.:  
Access to Justice; identifying the problems, finding the solutions - WIT Waterford, School of Humanities, and the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, Seminar, Dublin
Contact   Sinead Conneely - sconneely@wit.ie

Thu. 21 April 2016:
Protecting Patents: Michael Lucy, Patent Attorney, IP Law Café at University of Limerick
Details at http://www.ul.ie/law/news/00%5Bnid%5D-ip-law-café-201516


Law Society Diploma and Certificate courses:

11 Sept. 2015 to June 2016:
Diploma in Law 2015 - Law Society Diploma Centre, Dublin and webcast online
Details at http://www.lawsociety.ie/A15-DipinLaw.aspx#.VcH0zPlViko

Other Diplomas and Certificates at http://www.lawsociety.ie/Courses--Events/Public-Diplomas-CMS/

Diploma in Arbitration; Diploma in Finance Law; Diploma in Corporate Law and Governance
Diploma in Mediation; Diploma in Technology Law; Diploma in In-House Practice
Diploma in Litigation Management Skills (new); Certificate in Aviation Leasing and Finance
Certificate in Advanced Negotiation; Certificate in Charity Law, Trusteeship and Governance
Certificate in Employment Law Advocacy Skills; Certificate in Commercial Contracts
Certificate in Company Secretarial Law and Practice; Certificate in Trade Mark Law

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Copyright Law for Digital Teaching and Learning event

We held an event on Copyright Law for Digital Teaching and Learning in May 2014 and here is a brief report:

Funded by:
National Forum for Enhancement of Teaching and Learning - www.teachingandlearning.ie.

Theme:  Teaching for transitions - assisting learners in the transition from conventional learning to blended learning or e-learning

Date:  15 May 2014

Link to recording:  http://bit.ly/CDTL-15

Link to slides: http://www.slideshare.net/dariuswirl/presentations

Link to Storify: https://storify.com/dariuswirl/copyright-law-for-digital-teaching-and-learning-ma

Hashtag: #copyrightdtl   -  https://twitter.com/hashtag/CopyrightDTL

Pictures: https://www.flickr.com/photos/dariusw/sets/72157644862628692

Blog Post:  http://irishlawblog.blogspot.ie/2015/07/copyright-law-for-digital-teaching-and.html

Speakers:

Dr Louise Crowley, School of Law, University College Cork
Mr Jason Miles-Campbell, Manager, JiscLegal, Glasgow
Dr Eoin O'Dell, School of Law, Trinity College Dublin
Dr Darius Whelan, School of Law, University College Cork

Key insights from the day:

• In online learning materials, it is better from a copyright law perspective to direct users to find the material themselves rather than providing a copy to them
• The current educational exceptions regarding copyright are very narrow
• The Copyright Review Committee has made important proposals to update the law, but these have not been implemented
• Staff should familiarise themselves with the requirements of the Irish Copyright Licensing Agency (ICLA) licence.
• It can be valuable for an institution to have one team or central unit dealing with copyright
• If using images licensed under Creative Commons, it is important to always use proper attribution

Key contributions from the seminar to the broader Forum outlined theme: 

The seminar advised participants how to create learning materials (for blended and online modules) which comply with Irish copyright law and create assessment tools which comply with copyright law. It developed awareness of developments such as Creative Commons, Open Educational Resources and open source software.  It assisted participants to communicate relevant requirements of copyright law to learners who take part in modules.  Knowledge of these topics will enhance the abilities of participants to provide online or blended courses and enable learners to transition from conventional learning to e-learning.

See also the summary of the day by Caroline Rowan of University of Limerick

Picture by Pat Rice

IT Law Clinic at University College Cork

From September 2015, the School of Law at University College Cork will open an IT Law Clinic.

UCC law students will provide information to businesses in the IT sector on issues such as copyright law, web domain names, electronic commerce law and data protection law. 

Clinic activities will include training on provision of legal information, meetings with IT businesses, guest seminars and engagement in proposals for law reform.

The development of the IT law Clinic builds on UCC’s membership of iLINC, the EU network of ICT Law Incubators (see www.ilincnetwork.eu).

For more information on Intellectual Property and E Law at UCC see www.ucc.ie/law/lawonline/elaw/.

The IT Law Clinic module will be a 5-credit semester 1 LLM module (LW6612).  Students will be admitted  by means of application form and interview. 

For more information contact Dr Darius Whelan (d.whelan@ucc.ie) and Professor Maeve McDonagh (m.mcdonagh@ucc.ie)

www.ucc.ie/en/lawsite/currentstudents/it-law-clinic/

Migrant Workers - Younis case update

I have previously blogged about the Muhammad Younis case.

In a surprising development yesterday, the Supreme Court upheld Mr Younis's appeal which means that he is now entitled to his award of more than €91,000 (see Irish Times report here). 

As Liam Thornton explains on humanrights.ie, Mr Younis won on the grounds that the High Court had exceeded its jurisdiction in reviewing the merits of the case.

The full Supreme Court decision is available here.  The decision was written by Murray J. (Hardiman J. and Mac Menamin J. concurring).  Mr Younis was supported in his case by the Migrant Rights Centre of Ireland.  Amnesty International made a submission as amicus curiae.

The Supreme Court's views about illegality and employment contracts

While the Supreme Court did not deliver a decision on the merits of the case, it did make strong statements about illegality and employment contracts.  These statements are not a binding part of the case (they are obiter dicta) but they still carry persuasive weight  and may influence future cases. 

At para. 52, the court states: "Traditional judicial dicta, in the older cases in particular, may have to be reviewed or nuanced in the light of the modern regulatory environment, and applied with the principle of proportionality in mind."  (see the fuller quote in Liam's post).

Murray J. continued (para.53):

I would, however, add, even though it is entirely hypothetical, that if the subject matter of the liability to be enforced involved something which was inherently immoral or inherently against the public interests, such as an agreement to rob or to distribute the proceeds of a robbery, then the issue of illegality and public policy would arise from a different perspective. Obviously, that is not the case and unlikely to be the kind of thing which would be attributed to a Rights Commissioner by statute to decide. In this case one is dealing with an inherently lawful subject matter, namely, the relationship of employer and employee, a relationship which the Rights Commissioner, in his Determination, found to exist and give rise to a liability of the applicant. Again, there was no appeal or judicial review of that decision.

So the court is saying firstly that older cases about illegality (which Hogan J. had relied on in the High Court) may need to be reconsidered and secondly that contracts of employment are normally inherently lawful; they are very different from a robbery contract.  The context for the second point is important as it seems to suggest that Judicial Review might be available for a case where a contract was of an inherently immoral nature, but not in the case of an inherently lawful employment contract.  This statement does not preclude further actions concerning illegality of employment contracts provided those actions take forms other than Judicial Review of enforcement proceedings.

The technical issue on which the appeal succeeded

With the benefit of hindsight, it is strange that the case got this far without this technical point succeeding.  To explain the point briefly:  A Rights Commissioner decision was made to award compensation to Mr Younis.  This decision was not appealed or Judicially Reviewed (there appear to have been delays and the time limits are short).  Mr Younis then brought enforcement proceedings (not an appeal) to the Labour Court.  The employer (Mr Hussein) sought judicial review in the High Court of the enforcement decision.  The High Court reviewed the merits of the case, based on the perceived absence of a work permit (although there was not a finding of fact by the Rights Commissioner or Labour Court on this issue), and quashed the Labour Court decision.  The Supreme Court held that the High Court did not have jurisdiction in a judicial review of an enforcement decision to review the merits of the case. 

The lessons for the legal community are clear:
(1) Watch out for time limits; if you do not abide by a time limit for an appeal or judicial review you may be left without a remedy.  Some time limits are very short, e.g. six months for many employment law matters. 
(2) Scrutinise the jurisdiction of a court carefully and revisit the issue of the court's jurisdiction constantly.  Even if the High Court decides the case as if it has jurisdiction, the issue can be revisited in the Supreme Court.

See further:
Migrant Rights Centre of Ireland press release

Video - evidence to Oireachtas Committee on Employment Permits:

http://www.oireachtas.ie/viewdoc.asp?DocID=26613

(Go to 1:26:47)

Seminar on LGBT Rights and Legal Change, TCD, Dublin, Fri. 10 July 2015

Seminar on LGBT Rights and Legal Change

11am - 1pm Friday 10th July 2015, Room 3126, Arts Block, Trinity College Dublin

Speakers: Senator David Norris, Senator Katherine Zappone, Ann Louise Gilligan, Professor Mark Bell (TCD), Brian Sheehan (GLEN).

This is the second in a series of Irish Research Council-funded seminars being run by Prof Ivana Bacik (TCD) and Dr Mary Rogan (DIT), seeking to explore the relationship between legal action and social change. The seminar will begin at 11am promptly, registration from 10.30am. Tea/coffee and lunch provided.

Seminar free but places are limited. To register, please email cicl@tcd.ie.  

Twitter: @CICL15

https://twitter.com/CICL15

Events in April 2015 and after

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I've updated the listings of forthcoming events at www.irishlaw.org/events/.

Here's the current list:


Mon. 13 April 2015:
International conference - Child Protection and the Law, Law Society of Ireland - fully booked
Details at http://www.lawsociety.ie/International_Conference_Child_Protection_and_the_Law%20.aspx

Wed. 15 Apr. 2015:
Digital Rights Europe 2015.  Conference on digital rights issues including privacy, advocacy, security and data protection.
Details at https://www.digitalrights.ie/conference/

Wed. 15    Apr. 2015:       
TJI Seminar Series - Dr Ingrid Samset - 'Peace without prosecutions.  How the amnesty stabilised postwar Angola', Transitional Justice Institute, University of Ulster, Jordanstown campus   
Details at http://www.transitionaljustice.ulster.ac.uk/tji_events.html   

Thu. 16 April 2015:
John M. Kelly Memorial Lecture - Diversity in Family Life: Developments in the Case Law of the European Court of Human Rights, UCD Sutherland School of Law
Details at http://www.ucd.ie/law/eventsseminars/title,231572,en.html

Thu. 16 April 2015:
Are Irish universities committed to Enlightenment ideals? A forum on recent and forthcoming developments in Irish higher education policy and legislation.  Trinity College Dublin.
Details at http://www.cearta.ie/2015/03/a-forum-on-developments-in-irish-higher-education-policy-and-legislation/

Thu. 16 April 2015:
Youth Justice Transformation Conference - Report Launch - ACJRD, Dublin
Details at http://www.acjrd.ie/contents/274

16-18 April 2015:
The Embodied Subject - Northern/Irish Feminist Judgments Project - UCD and Griffith College, Dublin
Details at http://www.feministjudging.ie/?p=1228

Mon. 20 April 2015:
Promoting and Progressing the Rights of Persons from Minority Groups, Maynooth University
Details at https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/law/events/promoting-progressing-rights-persons-minority-groups

Tue. 21 April 2015:
Investigating human rights violations in the Northern Ireland conflict: has there been impunity? - School of Law, QUB, Belfast
Details at http://www.qub.ac.uk/schools/SchoolofLaw/News/Events/

Thu. 23 April 2015:
Informed Decision-Making for Environmental Law, Policy and Regulation, 13th Annual Law and the Environment conference, School of Law, University College Cork
Details at http://www.ucc.ie/en/lawsite/eventsandnews/title-540526-en.html

Fri. 24 April 2015:
The role of the judiciary in the vindication of human rights - distinguished lecture by Sir Declan Morgan at School of Law, NUI Galway
Details at https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152623122882030

Sat. 25 April 2015:
Mental Health Law Conference 2015, jointly hosted by Centre for Criminal Justice & Human Rights, School of Law, University College Cork and Irish Mental Health Lawyers Association
Details at http://www.ucc.ie/en/ccjhr/events/title-541101-en.html

Mon. 27 Apr. 2015:
Narrative, Power and Commemoration in Conflicted Societies,    TJI Conference,    Belfast  
Details at http://www.transitionaljustice.ulster.ac.uk/tji_events.html   

Thu. 30 Apr. 2015:       
The more things change, the more they stay the same? Socio-economic rights in times of transition,    TJI Conference,    Belfast   
Details at http://www.transitionaljustice.ulster.ac.uk/tji_events.html    

Thu. 30 April 2015:
The Commission's Policy Priorities for the new Procurement Directives, Irish Society for European Law, Dublin
Details at https://www.isel.ie/event/view/103/the-commission-s-policy-priorities-for-the-new-procurement-directives

1-3 May 2015:
Privacy in the 21st Century - A contemporary and Brehon Perspective? Burren Law School. Co. Clare
Details at http://www.burrenlawschool.org

Thu. 7 May 2015:
The Frank Clarke Inaugural lecture - Irish Society for European Law, Dublin
Details at https://www.isel.ie/event
   
Fri. 8    May    2015:
Postgraduate Symposium - Occupation, Transitional Justice and Gender
Belfast campus,    TJI / IRiSS Symposium,    Belfast   
Details at http://www.transitionaljustice.ulster.ac.uk/tji_events.html   

Tue. 12 May 2015:
Commencement of free MOOC on Technology Law  - Understanding the Law in a Digital Age, Law Society of Ireland 
Details at https://mooc.lawsociety.ie  

Mon. 18    May    2015:                   
Dealing with the Past in Northern Ireland: Implementing the Stormont House Agreement.      Conference organised by Amnesty International, the Committee on the Administration of Justice (CAJ), Institute of Conflict Transformation and Social Justice (QUB) and the Transitional Justice Institute (Ulster University), Belfast   
Details at http://www.caj.org.uk/contents/1289

Thu. 21 May 2015:
Annual Review of Important Competition Law Cases and Developments in the EU and Ireland - ISEL, Dublin
Details at https://www.isel.ie/event/view/105/annual-review-of-important-competition-law-cases-and-developments-in-the-eu-and-ireland

21-22 May 2015:
On the Road towards a EU Criminal Justice system: problems, achievements and prospects. Centre for Criminal Justice, University of Limerick.
Details at http://www.ul.ie/law/news/00%5Bnid%5D-forthcoming-conference-centre-criminal-justice

2-4 June 2015:
The State and/of Comparative Law: Juris Diversitas conference, University of Limerick
Details at http://jurisdiversitas.blogspot.ie/2014/12/call-for-papers-state-andof-comparative.html

5-6 June 2015:
Irish Society of Comparative Law conference, University of Limerick
Details at http://irishsocietyofcomparativelaw.blogspot.ie/2014/11/call-for-papers-irish-society-of.html

Fri. 12 June 2015:
Annual  Irish Centre for European Law Procurement Conference, Dublin
Details at http://www.icel.ie/procurement2015

15-19 June 2015:
International Criminal Court Summer School, Irish Centre for Human Rights, NUI Galway
Details at http://www.conference.ie/Conferences/index.asp?Conference=405

22-26 June 2015:
Seventh International Summer School: The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities – Human Rights and Disability-Inclusive Development, NUI Galway
Details at http://www.nuigalway.ie/cdlp/Summer_School_2015/summer_school_2015_info.html

Wed. 24 June 2015:
The Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015 – an overview of the key provisions - Law Society, Dublin
Details at https://www.lawsociety.ie/children-family-law-bill2015.aspx

Fri. 26 June 2015:
International Conference on Wrongful Convictions, Human Rights and Student Learning Experience, Irish Innocence Project, Griffith College Dublin
Details at http://www.innocenceproject.ie  

Fri. 26 June 2015:
Annual  Irish Centre for European Law IT Law Conference, Dublin
Details at http://www.icel.ie/ITlaw2015

Sat. 27 June 2015:
International Wrongful Conviction Film Conference, Griffith College Dublin
Details at http://www.innocenceproject.ie/events/

23-24 Oct. 2015:
Public/Private: Unlocking the Boundaries of Legal Thought, Belfast
Details at http://www.law.qub.ac.uk/schools/SchoolofLaw/News/Title,495213,en.html 

Follow Irish Law Events on Twitter - @irishlawevents 

To receive an e-mail each time a new event is added to Irish Law Events, use this link to submit your e-mail address:  http://url.ie/5zj     

 


 

Reforming the Mental Health Act 2001

The Report of the Expert Group on the Review of the Mental Health Act 2001 has been published today.  The press release is here.  The full report is available here.  For reaction from Mental Health Reform and Amnesty International Ireland see here. There has been media coverage in the Irish Times, Irish Examiner and on Morning Ireland (interview with Kathleen Lynch). 

As I have meetings and classes today I cannot write a proper blog post yet. 

However, here are some of my tweets.  For more see http://twitter.com/dariuswirl


Darius Whelan retweeted
Katherine Wade @kathwade 
1/1 Guiding principles in Mental Health Act Review are CRC-based with ref to Art 12 and need for consultation and individual care plans.

Darius Whelan @dariuswirl  · 
New mental health leg. to change how people interact with services - @KathleenLynchTD on @morningireland (audio) http://bit.ly/1zNG3uN 

Darius Whelan retweeted
Katherine Wade @kathwade  · Children to have separate guiding principles and presumption of capacity to refuse admission/treatment http://bit.ly/1wJg112  #mentalhealth

Darius Whelan @dariuswirl  · 
Press Release - Minister Lynch publishes Expert Group Review of the Mental Health Act, 2001 #MentalHealth http://bit.ly/1zNzvMx

Darius Whelan @dariuswirl  · 
Group: S.73 should be repealed - (requires permission of the Court before instituting civil proceedings under the Act) #mentalhealth

Darius Whelan @dariuswirl  · 
Group: Introduction of legislation for advance healthcare directives which should apply to mental health equally with general health

Darius Whelan @dariuswirl  · 
Group: Appeal to Circuit Court - onus of proof re mental illness should lie with approved centre rather than person detained

Darius Whelan @dariuswirl  · 
Group: Mechanism to allow information in relation to decisions of Review Boards to be published in anonymised form needed #mentalhealth

Darius Whelan @dariuswirl  · 
Group: Full proposals on ECT. Can continue without consent in limited circumstances #mentalhealth
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Darius Whelan @dariuswirl  · 
Group: Children to have a stand-alone section of the Mental Health Act with child appropriate guiding principles #mentalhealth

Darius Whelan @dariuswirl  · 
Group: New intermediate patients - people who may not warrant detention but do not have the capacity to give informed consent - safeguards

Darius Whelan @dariuswirl  · 
Group: Key decisions such as admission of involuntary patients should involve assessment by at least two Mental Health Professionals.

Darius Whelan retweeted
MHReform @MHReform  ·  2h 2 hours ago
Reaction frm @AmnestyIreland & @MHReform to publication of #MentalHealthAct review report: http://bit.ly/1ALBvVT  @morningireland @TodaySOR

Renewal Orders will be for 3 or 6 months only – 12 month orders will no longer be possible. #mentalhealth

Darius Whelan @dariuswirl  · 
Mental Health Tribunals (renamed Mental Health Review Boards) will review detention after 14 days rather than 21 days #mentalhealth

Darius Whelan @dariuswirl  ·  Group proposes ECT without consent only in limited circumstances - and must be approved by a Mental Health Review Board #mentalhealth

Darius Whelan @dariuswirl  · 
Will tweet some points from report of Expert Group on Mental Health Act 2001 (full text received via @juneshannon - thanks!)

Darius Whelan @dariuswirl 
Fast track for laws to ban shock therapy #mentalhealth http:// http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/fast-track-for-laws-to-ban-shock-therapy-316085.html#.VPgHNMvZ3b0.twitter …

School Admissions and the Equal Status Act

I have written a short piece for the Irish Times concerning school admissions and the Equal Status Act.  The article has been published here.  I may in due course develop this into a longer article for a journal in which I can provide evidence for each aspect, and tease out the issues in more depth. 

Some extra points:

The Supreme Court case is Stokes v Christian Brothers High School [2015] IESC 13.

My article only discusses the main judgment in the case, agreed by three judges. It does not discuss the other judgment in the case, in which two judges found that the Supreme Court did not have jurisdiction to hear an appeal in a case such as this.

The Equality Authority appeared as amicus curiae in this case.  See the press release of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (which replaces the Equality Authority). 

Aisling Twomey writes in the Irish Examiner about how travellers would thrive if they were given the opportunity. 

The earlier stages  are as follows:

• Equality Tribunal - DEC-S2010-056
• Teehan J., Circuit Court - [2011] IECC 1
• McCarthy J., High Court, 3 February 2012 - http://tinyurl.com/stokes-HC 

Commentary on the High Court stage:

• Olivia Smith, ‘Perpetuating Traveller children’s educational disadvantage in Ireland: Legacy rules and the limits of indirect discrimination’ (2014) 14 International Journal of Discrimination and the Law 145 (Sage Journals)
• Mel Cousins, "Travellers, equality and school admission in the High Court: Stokes v Christian Brothers High School Clonmel" - http://works.bepress.com/mel_cousins/22
• Page at Northern/Irish Feminist Judgments Project 

 I previously posted on travellers in County Clare and the Equal Status Act.

Gender Equality in Promotions

The case of Dr Micheline Sheehy Skeffington, who successfully claimed gender discrimination concerning the senior lecturer promotions process in NUI Galway, has been widely reported in the media.  This case illustrates a number of key aspects of employment equality law, and I am currently discussing it in my Employment Law classes.  The full decision - DEC-E2014-078 - is available here and I would urge those interested to read the case in full.  By way of background, for those unfamiliar with employment equality law, a quick summary of the Irish legislation is here.  Some key principles to bear in mind are the differences between direct and indirect discrimination and the meaning of objective justification in s.22 of the 1998 Act as amended.  The current version of the legislation is here.

There is no need to prove an intention to discriminate under the Act.  Once an employee produces prima facie evidence of gender discrimination, the burden moves to the employer to prove that it did not discriminate.  The ground relied upon need not be the only or indeed the dominant reason for the impugned decision. It is sufficient if the discriminatory ground is anything other than a trivial influence in that decision.  At the initial stage, the employee is merely seeking to establish a prima facie case. It is not necessary to establish that the conclusion of discrimination is the only, or indeed the most likely, explanation which can be drawn from the proved facts. It is sufficient that the presumption is within the range of inferences which can reasonably be drawn from those facts.  It has been noted that "discrimination is usually covert and often rooted in the subconscious of the discriminator. …the court must be alert to the possibility of unconscious or inadvertent discrimination and mere denials of a discriminatory motive, in the absence of independent corroboration, must be approached with caution."  (Nevins, Murphy, Flood v Portroe Stevedores - EDA051 - [2005] ELR 282). 

The decision includes detailed discussion of the procedure and scoring in the promotions round in question.  For purposes of my classes, I chose to highlight the following selected aspects (to understand all of these fully, you need to read the full case):

Prima facie evidence of direct discrimination in Sheehy Skeffington case (para. 4.3):

• No training for interviewers
• No marking schemes
• One male promoted even though not eligible 
• Only one woman on interview board of 7 people
• Registrar on interview board and involved in appeal
• Three successful males had less than minimum contact hours 
• Dr Sheehy Skeffington had supervised more PhDs than anyone else
• Some males received higher marks for contribution to School, etc., in anomalous manner

 Cumulatively, these were prima facie evidence of discrimination.

The employer provided rebuttals to many of these points (see paragraphs 3.1 to 3.12).  The Equality Tribunal responded to these rebuttals by making various points, which included the following:

• Statistical evidence showed women had a very low success rate in promotions.  From 2001 to 2009, men had a one in two chance being promoted; women had only a one in three chance.  
• The female candidate with the most glowing references was unsuccessful and came fourth last
• Dr Sheehy Skeffington had published well and had a fair record of grant funding   

The Tribunal therefore found that there had been direct discrimination on grounds of gender.

As regards indirect discrimination, the application form for promotions asked people to state when they were on maternity leave or other unpaid leave so that it could be discounted.  The Tribunal dealt with this issue as follows (see para. 4.6) :

• Males left this bank; Four females filled it in 
• The three females who left it blank ranked highest  
• The majority of female applicants drawing attention to their caring responsibilities outside the workplace disadvantaged them against the male applicants  
• The inclusion of the question on the form was a legitimate aim but it was not appropriate or necessary

The Tribunal therefore also found indirect discrimination.

The tribunal ordered that Dr Sheehy Skeffington be promoted to the post and awarded €70,000 compensation.  It also ordered that the employer conduct a review of its policies and procedures in relation to promotion to Senior Lecturer to ensure that they are in compliance with the Acts with particular reference to the gender ground. A report on progress of this review must be made to the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission within one year.

Declaration of Interest: I am a male university lecturer.  I have attempted to highlight the grounds on which this case succeeded, for the information of readers of this blog. The employer's perspective is summarised fully in the case, but most of the employer's arguments were rejected by the Tribunal. 

Comments:  This case is best understood in the context of the principles established in earlier case-law, some of which are outlined above and in the full decision.  The Tribunal is not stating that if fewer women than men are promoted this automatically shows discrimination.  But since there were so many defects in procedure and anomalies in scoring, the statistics constituted evidence of direct discrimination.  It is also important to note that it was the cumulative impact of the various defects that lead to the prima facie evidence of discrimination. There will be those who will argue (as some students often do) that defects in procedure should not lead to findings of substantive breach.  However, if this does not happen, then the law is effectively providing a licence to breach procedure and sending a message that such procedures are unimportant.
As regards asking people to state if they had been on maternity leave, etc., this is only a minor aspect of the case and it is debatable whether this would always be discriminatory.  

On a related note, I spent a fascinating two days at the recent feminist judgments workshop here in UCC and look forward to reading the book which will result. 

Media stories on the Sheehy Skeffington case are available by doing web searches such as this.