Events in September 2016 and after

I've updated the listings of events at www.irishlaw.org/events/.  Here's the current version:  

25 to 30 Sept. 2016:

Autumn Criminology School for Doctoral Researchers, Blackwater Castle, Castletownroche, Co. Cork 

https://autumncriminologyschool.wordpress.com     

Mon. 26 Sept. 2016:

Financial Action Task Force workshop, UCD Sutherland School of Law, Dublin 

https://www.ucd.ie/law/newsandevents/events/fatfworkshop/ 

Tue. 27 Sept. 2016: 

Brexiting and Rights seminar, Discussion seminar on the human rights and equality implications of the EU referendum, The MAC Belfast, Metropolitan Arts Centre, 10 Exchange St, Belfast  

http://www.caj.org.uk/contents/1450 

Wed. 28-Sep-2016 02:00 PM:  

Criminal Law Update - Criminal Law update 

Law Society Professional Training in partnership with the Criminal Law Committee, Law Society of Ireland 

https://www.lawsociety.ie/Criminal_Law_Update#.V3vTQ_krIdU 

Thu. 29-Sep-2016 02:00 PM:  

Employment Law Update 2016 - Law Society Professional Training, Law Society of Ireland 

https://www.lawsociety.ie/Employment_Law_Update_2016#.V2lHq_krIdU 

Thu. 29 Sep. 2016:

Implementing the New EU Data Protection Regulation - Dublin 

Details at http://cmgevents.ie/events/categories/legal_regulatory/ 

29-Sep-2016 to 30-Sep-2016 

Connaught Solicitors' Symposium 2016 - Law Society Skillnet, Breaffy House Hotel, Castlebar, Mayo 

https://www.lawsociety.ie/Connaught_Solicitors%E2%80%99_Symposium-Part_I_and_II_2016#.V5d2VPkrIdU 

Fri. 30 Sep. 2016:

ICEL EPA Environmental Law Conference 2016, Dublin 

http://icel.ie/EPA2016 

30-Sep-2016 to 15-Oct-2016 

The Fundamentals of District Court Civil Procedure, Drafting and Advocacy Skills - 30 September & 1 October and 14 & 15 October 2016

Time Fridays: 2.30pm – 6.30pm

Saturdays: 9.30am-4.30pm (light lunch included), Law Society of Ireland 

https://www.lawsociety.ie/The_Fundamentals_of_District_Court_Civil_Procedure_Drafting_and_Advocacy_Skills#.V3pHRfkrIdW

Sat. 1 Oct. 2016:

The Workplace Relations Act 2015 - One Year On, UCD Sutherland School of Law, in conjunction with the Employment Law Association of Ireland (ELAI), Dublin 

http://www.ucd.ie/law/newsandevents/events/theworkplacerelationsact2015-oneyearon/ 

Wed. 05-Oct-2016 12:30 PM  

Challenges for the Rule of Law in the 21st Century. John Larkin QC, Attorney General for Northern Ireland - Ulster University, Transitional Justice Institute, Seminar, Belfast 

https://www.ulster.ac.uk/ulster-life/events/transitional-justice-institute/challenges-to-the-rule-of-law-in-the-21st-century 

5 Oct. 2016:

The Annual Walsh lecture - Mr Justice Niall Fennelly, UCD, Dublin 

https://www.ucd.ie/law/newsandevents/events/ 

Thu. 6 Oct. 2016:

NWCI Members and Friends Meeting - Women’s Rights and CEDAW, Dublin  

http://www.nwci.ie/index.php?/learn/article/date_for_your_diary_for_the_next_nwci_members_and_friends_meeting_womens_ri 

Thu. 06-Oct-2016 02:00 PM  

Annual Litigation Update 2016 - Law Society Professional Training in partnership with the Litigation Committee, Law Society of Ireland 

https://www.lawsociety.ie/Annual_Litigation_Update_2016#.V4YVSPkrIdU 

Fri. 7 Oct. 2016: 

Cybercrime - ACJRD Annual Conference, Dublin

Details at http://www.acjrd.ie/contents/323  

Sat. 08-Oct-2016 10:00 AM 

Annual Human Rights Conference 2016 - Law Society Professional Training, Law Society of Ireland 

https://www.lawsociety.ie/Annual_Human_Rights_Conference_2016#.V5d23vkrIdU 

Wed. 12-Oct-2016 02:00 PM  

Work/Life Balance – Managing Clients, Mastering Time and Dealing With Stress - Law Society Professional Training, Law Society of Ireland 

https://www.lawsociety.ie/Work_Life%20Balance_Managing_Clients_Mastering_Time_and_Dealing_with_Stress#.V2lJDfkrIdV 

Thu. 13-Oct-2016 04:00 PM  

International response to Terrorism: Local Effects - This talk is presented by Law Society Professional Training in partnership with the EU and International Affairs Committee, Law Society of Ireland 

https://www.lawsociety.ie/International_response_to_Terrorism_Local_Effects#.V7GF0PkrIdU  

Wed. 19-Oct-2016 12:30 PM  

Dealing with the Past in Northern Ireland: the Victims' Perspective - Ulster University, Transitional Justice Institute, Seminar Series, Jordanstown campus 

https://www.ulster.ac.uk/ulster-life/events/transitional-justice-institute/dealing-with-the-past-in-northern-ireland-the-victims-perspective 

19 to 21 Oct. 2016:

Litigating for Social Change - 3-day conference organised by Law Centre (NI), Social Change Initiative and The Atlantic Philanthropies, Belfast 

http://www.lawcentreni.org/news/recent-news/38-featured-slideshow/1375-litigating-for-social-change-conference.html 

Thu. 20 Oct. 2016:

ICEL Human Rights Law Conference 2016, Dublin 

http://icel.ie/HumanRights2016 

Thu. 20 Oct. 2016:

Annual Property Law Conference 2016 - Law Society, Dublin 

Details at http://www.lawsociety.ie/Annual_Property_Law_Conference_2016  

Fri. 21 Oct. 2016:

The Rt Hon. the Baroness Hale of Richmond DBE, Deputy President, UK Supreme Court, will speak about social justice and human rights at the Law Centre NI's Social Justice lecture 2016, Belfast 

http://www.lawcentreni.org/news/recent-news/38-featured-slideshow/1372-law-centre-ni-social-justice-lecture-2016-social-justice-and-human-rights.html 

Fri. 21 Oct. 2016:

Probate Practice - A Practical Guide to Recent Developments - Dublin

Details at http://www.cltireland.ie/cpd-training.aspx  

21-23 Oct. 2016:

Sports and the Law, Society of Young Solicitors, Limerick

http://www.sys.ie/events/upcoming-events/sys-annual-conference-20161.html 

Tue. 25-Oct-2016 10:00 AM 

Training the Next Generation of Solicitors - Law Society Finuas Network, Law Society of Ireland 

https://www.lawsociety.ie/Training_the_Next_Generation_of_Solicitors#.V2lJq_krIdU 

Thu. 27-Oct-2016 10:00 AM 

Delegation and Performance Management October - Law Society Finuas Network, Law Society of Ireland 

https://www.lawsociety.ie/Delegation_and_Performance_Management_October#.V2lKffkrIdV 

Fri. 28 Oct. 2016:

Blockchain and Sustainable Communities: Potential and Pitfalls, co-organised by NUI Galway School of Law, FEASTA, and Cultivate, in partnership with Cloughjordan Ecovillage, and funded by the Irish Research Council.

Cloughjordan, Co. Tipperary.  

http://ict4er.org/blockchain-and-sustainable-communities-workshop/ 

Mon. 30 Oct. 2016:

Advancing Children's Rights through the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill, Children's Rights Alliance, Dublin

http://www.childrensrights.ie/resources/advancing-childrens-rights-through 

Thu. 3 Nov. 2016:

Adjudication Advocacy Course, UCD Sutherland School of Law 

https://www.ucd.ie/law/newsandevents/events/2016adjudicationadvocacycoursenov3/ 

Thu. 03-Nov-2016 01:30 PM  

Caring and the Law - Solicitors for the Elderly - Law Society Professional Training, Law Society of Ireland - Green Hall 

https://www.lawsociety.ie/Caring_and_the_Law_Solicitors_for_the_Elderly#.V8RFYfkrIdU 

10 Nov. 2016: 

A new approach to personal debt litigation: The role of the Unfair Contract Terms Directive and the Charter of Fundamental Rights, Irish Centre for European Law, Dublin

http://icel.ie/UCTD 

Thu. 10-Nov-2016 10:00 AM 

Annual In-house and Public Sector Conference - Leadership in Changing Times – Opportunities and

Challenges facing the In-house Solicitor. Law Society Professional Training in partnership with the In-house and Public Sector Committee, Law Society of Ireland 

https://www.lawsociety.ie/Annual_In_house_and_Public_Sector_Conference_Leadership_in_Changing_Times#.V3u2TPkrIdW 

11-Nov-2016 to 04-Feb-2017:   

Property Transactions Master Classes - Session one will take place on Friday 11 November 2016 and on Saturday 12 November 2016.

Session two will take place on Friday 20 January 2017 and on Saturday 21 January 2017.

Session three will take place on Friday 3 February 2017 and on Saturday 4 February 2017.

Law Society of Ireland 

https://www.lawsociety.ie/Property_Transactions_Master_Class%20_ALL_SESSIONS#.V3Oq-_krIdV 

Tue. 15-Nov-2016 10:00 AM 

Delegation and Performance Management November - Law Society Finuas Network, Law Society of Ireland 

https://www.lawsociety.ie/Delegation_and_Performance_Management_November#.V2lKnvkrIdU 

18-20 Nov. 2016: 

Annual Conference of Irish Association of Law Teachers, Waterford.  

Details at http://www.ialt.ie/event/annual-conference-of-the-irish-association-of-law-teachers-2016  

Fri. 18-Nov-2016 10:00 AM 

Practitioner Update Cork 2016 - Law Society Skillnet, Kingsley Hotel, Victoria Cross, Cork 

https://www.lawsociety.ie/Practitioner_Update_Cork_2016#.V5d3RvkrIdU 

Fri. 18-Nov-2016 09:30 AM  

Business Law 2017 - Business Law Committee in partnership with Law Society Professional Training, Law Society of Ireland 

https://www.lawsociety.ie/Business_Law_2017#.V81K-fkrKM_ 

Tue. 22-Nov-2016 10:00 AM 

Delegation and Performance Management - Cork - To equip practitioners with the skills and confidence to delegate effectively and tackle under performance., Kingsley Hotel, Cork 

https://www.lawsociety.ie/Delegation_and_Performance_Management_Cork#.V4TCwvkrIdU 

Thu. 24-Nov-2016 06:00 PM 

Networking Skills - How to get clients and keep them - Law Society of Ireland, Law Society of Ireland - Green Hall 

https://www.lawsociety.ie/Networking_Skills_How_to_get_clients_and_keep_them#.V4NaufkrIdV 

25 to 26 Nov. 2016:

Law and the Idea of Liberty in Ireland: From Magna Carta to the Present, Irish Legal History Society, Music Room, Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin 

http://www.ilhs.eu/?p=872    

Fri. 25 Nov. 2016:

ICEL IP Conference 2016: Trademarks, patents and designs, Dublin

http://icel.ie/IP2016 

25 Nov. 2016:

A new approach to personal debt litigation: The role of the Unfair Contract Terms Directive and the Charter of Fundamental Rights, Irish Centre for European Law, Galway 

http://icel.ie/UCTD 

Fri. 25-Nov-2016 02:00 PM 21-Jan-2017 

The Fundamentals of Technology and Intellectual Property Law - Law Society Finuas Network, Law Society of Ireland 

https://www.lawsociety.ie/The_Fundamentals_of_Technology_and_Intellectual_Property_Law#.V2lLTvkrIdV 

Wed. 30-Nov-2016 12:30 PM  

Unfinished Peace. Brian Rowan, journalist and author. - Ulster University, TJI/IRiSS Seminar, Belfast 

https://www.ulster.ac.uk/ulster-life/events/transitional-justice-institute/unfinished-peace.-brian-rowan,-journalist-and-author. 

30 Nov. 2016:

Distinguished Guest Lecture in Employment Law, UCD Sutherland School of Law

https://www.ucd.ie/law/newsandevents/events/ 

7 Dec. 2016: 

A new approach to personal debt litigation: The role of the Unfair Contract Terms Directive and the Charter of Fundamental Rights, Irish Centre for European Law, Cork

http://icel.ie/UCTD 

Wed. 07-Dec-2016 12:30 PM  

The Role of the Ombudsman's Office - Achievement and Challenges - Ulster University, Transitional Justice Institute, Seminar Series, Belfast 

https://www.ulster.ac.uk/ulster-life/events/transitional-justice-institute/unfinished-peace 

2017:

5-7 April 2017:

Socio-Legal Studies Association conference, Newcastle

http://www.slsa.ac.uk/index.php/annual-conference 

10-11 April 2017:

Association of Law Teachers' Annual Conference 2017: Foundations and Futures, Portsmouth, England

http://www.lawteacher.ac.uk/events.asp 

4-7 June 2017:

World Congress on Family Law and Children's Rights - in partnership with School of Law, University College Cork - Venue: Convention Centre, Dublin 

Details at http://www.wcflcr2017.com   

8 to 10 June 2017:

British and Irish Association of Law Librarians Annual Conference, Manchester, England

http://www.biall.org.uk/pages/conferences-biall.html  

Law Society Diploma and Certificate courses:  

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

Certificate in Professional Education; Diploma in Alternative Dispute Resolution;
Certificate in Conveyancing; Diploma in Law; Diploma in Education Law;
Diploma in Healthcare Law; Diploma in Judicial Skills and Decision-Making;
Certificate in Pensions Law and Practice; Diploma in Sports Law;
Diploma in Trust & Estate Planning (STEP);
Certificate in Practice Development; Certificate in Decision-Making Capacity and Support
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; Diploma in Legal Decision-Making Skills

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Events in April 2016 and following months

I have updated the listings of events at www.irishlaw.org/events/.

Here's the current listing:

Wed. 6 April 2016 4.30 p.m.
Prison Litigation Workshop - Irish Penal Reform Trust and Prison Litigation Network, Cork
Details at http://www.iprt.ie/contents/2869

Thu. 07-Apr-2016 02:00 PM
The New Requisitions on Title: A Practical Guide to the Key Changes - Central Law Training CPD Seminar - Dublin
Details at http://www.cltireland.ie/course.aspx?crseidcode=1073

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
Details at http://www.nuigalway.ie/business-public-policy-law/school-of-law/research/lptheory/

Sat. 9 April 2016:
Legal Capacity Conference 2016 - UCC CCJHR and IMHLA conference, School of Law, University College Cork
Details at https://www.ucc.ie/en/lawsite/eventsandnews/

Sat.-Sun. 9-10 April 2016:
Law, Revolution and Sovereignty: Reflections on the Legal Legacy of the 1916 Rising & Declaration of Independence, School of Law, NUI Galway
Details at
http://www.nuigalway.ie/business-public-policy-law/school-of-law/news/conference-announcement---law-revolution-and-sovereignty-1.html

Mon. 11 April 2016, 6 p.m. :
Breaking Bad Law. Legal Regulation and the end of The War on Drugs - Dublin Institute of Technology, School of Law - Public Lecture Series, Dublin
Details at http://www.dit.ie/llss/newsevents/newsarticles/headline,126073,en.html

11-12 April 2016:
BILETA Conference 2016: Future, law, education and technology - WoW, have we forgotten something?, University of Hertfordshire, England
Details at http://bileta2016.co.uk

Fri. 15 April 2016:
English Law in Early Modern Ireland: Promoting or Impeding Anglicisation? - Lecture by Professor Emeritus, Nicholas Canny, School of Law, NUI Galway
Details at https://www.facebook.com/schooloflaw/

Fri. 15 April 2016:
Business Contract Re-equipment for Contracting Parties, Lawyers, Managers, Resolvers, Students and Others - Sutherland School of Law, UCD, Dublin
Details at http://www.ucd.ie/law/newsandevents/events/

Mon. 18 Apr 2016 2:00 p.m.:
Access to Justice; Identifying the problems, finding the solutions, for families in dispute' - Waterford Institute of Technology Seminar in association with AFCC (Association of Family and Conciliation Courts), The Dublin Dispute Resolution Centre, Dublin
Details at https://www.wit.ie/events/all_news/access-to-justice-seminar

Tue. 19 April 2016:
The Rise and Fall of Joint Enterprise Liability - lecture by Professor David Ormerod QC, School of Law, Queen's University, Belfast
Details at https://www.facebook.com/events/757835111018857/

Thu. 21 April 2016:
Law and the Environment 2016 - Novel Challenges – Novel Solutions: Innovation in Environmental Law & Policy, School of Law, University College Cork
Details at: https://www.ucc.ie/en/lawsite/eventsandnews/

Thu. 21 April 2016:
Protecting Patents: Michael Lucy, Patent Attorney, IP Law Café at University of Limerick
Details at http://www.ul.ie/law/sites/default/files/files/IP%20Law%20Cafe%20Brochure%202015-2016.pdf 

Wed. 27 April 2016:
Prison Litigation Workshop - Irish Penal Reform Trust and Prison Litigation Network, Limerick
Details at http://www.iprt.ie/contents/2869

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
Details at http://www.nuigalway.ie/business-public-policy-law/school-of-law/research/lptheory/

29 April to 1 May 2016:
Vested Interests and the Law - A Contemporary and Brehon Perspective - Burren Law School, Co. Clare
Details at http://www.burrenlawschool.org

10-11 May 2016:
Fighting Cybercrime: Between Legal Challenges and Practical Difficulties - ICEL and ERA, Dublin
Details at http://www.era.int/?125655&en and http://www.icel.ie/Cybercrime

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
Details at http://www.nuigalway.ie/business-public-policy-law/school-of-law/research/lptheory/

Sat. 14 May 2016:  Human Rights - Reimagining Health and Justice, Medico-Legal Society of Ireland, Dublin
Details at http://www.medico-legalsociety.ie

Thu. 19 May 2016:
Tort actions to protect IP rights - IP Law Cafe, Eoin Quill, School of Law, UL, Limerick
Details at http://www.ul.ie/law/sites/default/files/files/IP%20Law%20Cafe%20Brochure%202015-2016.pdf

Fri. 20-May-2016 02:00 PM
The Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2015 - Central Law Training CPD Seminar, Dublin
http://www.cltireland.ie/course.aspx?crseidcode=1074

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

24-26 May 2016:
The Politics of Hate: Community, Societal and Global Responses - University of Limerick
Details at http://www.ulsites.ul.ie/hhrg/inhs-conference

25-27 May 2016:
Human Rights: A 21st Century Approach to the Work of Ombudsmen, Belfast
Details at http://www.nihrc.org/news/book-now-for-international-ombudsman-conference-25-27-may-2016

Fri. 3 June 2016:
Procurement Conference - ICEL and Eversheds, Dublin
Details at http://www.icel.ie/procurement2016

9-11 June 2016:  British and Irish Association of Law Librarians Conference, Dublin
Details at http://www.biall.org.uk/events.php

Fri. 10 June 2016:
International and Comparative Law in the 21st Century: Lessons learned, Postgraduate and Early Career Law Conference, Griffith College, Dublin
Details at https://www.griffith.ie/lawconference

16-25 June 2016:
Cinema and Human Rights Summer School, NUI Galway
Details at http://www.chra.ie/summerSchool.php

20-24 June 2016:
NUIG Centre for Disability Law & Policy: 2016 Summer School, Galway
Details at http://www.nuigalway.ie/cdlp/news.html

23-24 June 2016:
North-South Criminology Conference, Maynooth University
Details at http://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/law/news

24 June 2016:
The Role of International Law in Post-Conflict and Post-Colonial Societies - QUB Human Rights Centre, Belfast
Details at http://www.law.qub.ac.uk/schools/SchoolofLaw/News/Title,559799,en.html

27 June to 1 July 2016:
Women and Political Settlements: International, Regional and Local Approaches to Peacemaking - Summer School on Transitional Justice 2016 - Transitional Justice Institute, University of Ulster, Belfast
Details at http://www.ulster.ac.uk/ulster-life/events/transitional-justice-institute/summer-school-on-transitional-justice-2016

27 June to 1 July 2016:
International Criminal Court Summer School, ICHR, NUI Galway
Details at http://www.nuigalway.ie/irish-centre-human-rights/summerschools/

Tue. 28 June 2016:
Evidence-Informed Decision Making:  Putting research into practice in Criminal Justice - ACJRD, Dublin
Details to follow at http://www.acjrd.ie

Fri. 1 July 2016:
Privacy and Data Protection Conference, ICEL, Dublin
Details to follow at http://www.icel.ie

Fri. 16-Sep-2016 01:30 PM
Current Trends in Employment Law - Central Law Training CPD Seminar, Dublin
http://www.cltireland.ie/course.aspx?crseidcode=1076

Thu. 20 Oct. 2016:
Annual Property Law Conference 2016 - Law Society, Dublin
Details at http://www.lawsociety.ie/Annual_Property_Law_Conference_2016

Law Society Diploma and Certificate courses:  

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

Certificate in Practice Development; Certificate in Decision-Making Capacity and Support
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 Employme Law
Certificate in Data Protection Practice; Certificate in Environmental and Planning Law
Certificate in Human Rights Law; Diploma in Legal Decision-Making Skills

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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/

World Intermediary Liability Map - Ireland Entry

I have contributed the Irish entry to the new World Intermediary Liability Map (WILMap) at Stanford Law School Center for Internet and Society (CIS).

The WILMap educates the public about evolving Internet regulation affecting freedom of expression and user rights worldwide. It is managed by Giancarlo Frosio, the Intermediary Liability Fellow at CIS.
The map is a detailed English-language resource comprised of case law, statutes, and proposed laws related to intermediary liability worldwide. It allows visitors to the CIS website to select information on any country of interest through a graphical user interface.

The full entry on Ireland which I contributed is Creative Commons licensed and is available here.

An edited version appears below:

WILMAP: IRELAND

LEGISLATION

European Union (Copyright and Related Rights) Regulations 2012, S.I. No. 59 of 2012 

Defamation Act 2009

European Communities (Directive 2000/31/EC) Regulations 2003, S.I. No. 68 of 2003  

Copyright and Related Rights Act 2000

Other legislation relevant to intermediaries includes:

Communications (Retention of Data) Act, 2011

Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) Act, 2001

Trade Marks Act, 1996

Prohibition of Incitement to Hatred Act, 1989

Data Protection Acts, 1988-2003

Child Trafficking and Pornography Act, 1998

Non-Fatal Offences against the Person Act, 1997 

Criminal Damage Act, 1991

SELF-REGULATION

Internet Service Providers Association of Ireland, Code of Practice and Ethics, 2002

BILLS AND PENDING PROPOSALS

Copyright Review Committee, Modernising Copyright, 2013 

[A report by an expert committee on reform of copyright law, including a draft Bill. Includes proposals concerning intermediaries, e.g.  (1) that a “marshalling” exception be introduced for sites which index, syndicate, aggregate or curate online content and (2) that certain sections of the Copyright and Related Rights Act 2000 concerning transient and incidental copies be amended to come more closely into line with the CJEU’s approach to interpretation of the Information Society Directive.] 

Privacy Bill, 2006 

[The Privacy Bill was published by the previous Government in 2006 but has not been enacted.  In 2012, the Minister for Justice stated that he was considering re-introducing a version of this Bill.]  

DECISIONS

SUPERIOR COURTS

Supreme Court, EMI v Data Protection Commissioner [2013] IESC 34 

[copyright, privacy, data protection, graduated response]

[A settlement had been reached between record companies and a large ISP, Eircom, instituting a Graduated Response Protocol under which Eircom would issue copyright infringement notices to customers.  The Data Protection Commissioner believed that this Protocol breached EU and Irish data protection law and issued an enforcement notice requiring Eircom to cease its operation of the Protocol. The Supreme Court found that the enforcement notice was invalid because of the absence of reasons.]

LOWER COURTS

High Court, Schrems v Data Protection Commissioner [2014] IEHC 310 

[privacy, data protection, Facebook, transfers of personal data to USA]

[(1) The Data Protection Act 1988 as amended prohibits transfers of personal data outside the state unless adequate privacy protections are in place.  In 2000, the European Commission had decided that the USA ensured an adequate level of privacy protection for data.  A Safe Harbour framework had been put in place between Europe and the USA regarding transfers of personal data.

(2) In light of the Snowden revelations, Mr Schrems, an Austrian lawyer who runs the “Europe v Facebook” group, made a complaint to the Data Protection Commissioner arguing that the Commissioner should direct that transfers of personal data from Facebook Ireland to Facebook in the USA should cease.  Facebook Ireland is responsible for millions of Facebook users outside the USA and Canada.

(3) The Commissioner decided that the request was unsustainable in law.  Mr Schrems sought Judicial Review of the Commissioner’s decision.  

(4) In the High Court, Hogan J. said that much had changed since 2000, including for example the entry into force of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights.  As a result, he referred questions of EU law to the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU).  He also noted that mass and indiscriminate surveillance of communications as shown by the Snowden revelations would, as a matter of Irish law, be unconstitutional, but that Irish law on this matter had effectively been pre-empted by EU law.]  

High Court, Schrems v Data Protection Commissioner (No.2) [2014] IEHC 351

[privacy, data protection, Facebook, transfers of personal data to USA, amicus curiae]

[The High Court ordered that Digital Rights Ireland (DRI) be added as amicus curiae in the proceedings, which will now proceed to the CJEU.  DRI had stated that it would not adopt a position of partisanship. Hogan J. distinguished this case from the case of EMI v UPC [2013] IEHC 204, where DRI was not added as amicus curiae. The court also noted DRI’s successful case before the CJEU – Case 293-12, Digital Rights Ireland v Minister for Communications ECLI:EU:C:2014:238. The court did not permit DRI as amicus to alter the nature of the questions which it had already proposed should be transmitted to the CJEU.] 

High Court, Cummins v Twitter, February 2014 

[defamation, libel, hosting provider, Twitter]

[The High Court ordered that Twitter remove defamatory posts concerning the mayor of Waterford.  The order was made under s.33 of the Defamation Act 2009.]  

High Court, EMI v UPC [2013] IEHC 274

[copyright, access provider, ISP, torrent, ThePirateBay, blocking order]

[Record companies successfully applied for an order against various ISPs blocking access to the Pirate Bay website, based on the amended s.40 of the Copyright and Related Rights Act 2000. Later in 2013, the record companies successfully applied to the High Court for Kickass Torrents to be blocked.]

High Court, EMI v UPC [2013] IEHC 204

[copyright, access provider, ISP, torrent, ThePirateBay, blocking order, amicus curiae]

[Record companies had instituted proceedings seeking an order against various ISPs blocking access to the Pirate Bay website.  Digital Rights Ireland (DRI) applied to be added as an amicus curiae.  The Court refused to add DRI to the case.  Considering Irish cases on criteria for joining an amicus curiae, the court found that this case did not involve novel principles and DRI was not a neutral party.]  

High Court, Tansey v Gill [2012] IEHC 42

[defamation, hosting provider, preliminary injunction, interlocutory order]

[The plaintiff claimed he had been defamed on the website www.rate-your-solicitor.com.  He successfully sought interlocutory orders under s.33 of the Defamation Act 2009 against certain defendants prohibiting publication of the defamatory statements.  The court noted that, since the arrival of the internet, judicial hesitation in granting interlocutory orders of this type should be eased. One of the defendants was the host of the website, Dotster, located in the USA.  Dotster had not made an appearance in the case and the court made a final order in default of appearance.]   

High Court, McKeogh v Doe [2012] IEHC 95 

[defamation, privacy, right to good name, video removal, Norwich Pharmacal orders.]

[The plaintiff had wrongly been identified as the taxi fare evader shown in a video posted on various websites.  The judgment primarily concerns the issue of whether the plaintiff could be named on newspaper websites reporting the court case and the court ordered that he could be named.  The court noted that it had earlier granted interim orders that social media sites such as YouTube and Google should remove the video and provide the identities of web users who had defamed the plaintiff.  The orders regarding identities of web users were granted applying the UK tort case of Norwich Pharmacal v Customs & Excise [1973] UKHL 6. According to media reports, there have been further developments in this case in 2013 and 2014.] 

High Court, EMI v UPC [2010] IEHC 377 

[copyright, access provider, mere conduit, ThePirateBay, E-Commerce Directive]

[Record companies sought orders (1) restraining UPC, an ISP, from making available to the public copies of sound recordings which breach copyright and (2) requiring UPC to block access to the Pirate Bay site. The court found that s.40(4) of the Copyright and Related Rights Act 2000 only covered “removal” of infringing material and therefore an injunction could not be granted.  Charleton J. also reconsidered his previous decision in EMI v Eircom [2009] IEHC 411 (see below), in which he granted an order requiring an ISP to block access to the Pirate Bay, and stated that his previous decision in that case had been incorrect. Following this case, s.40 of the 2000 Act was amended by Statutory Instrument in 2012 (see above).] 

High Court, Digital Rights Ireland v Minister for Communications [2010] IEHC 22

[privacy, data protection, data retention, access providers, ISP, telephony providers, Directive 2006/24/EC, referral, ECJ, invalidity]

[This litigation concerned the validity of the data retention requirements imposed on ISPs and telephony providers. This case led to a decision by the CJEU (Grand Chamber) that the Data Retention Directive (Directive 2006/24/EC) was invalid, Case 293-12, Digital Rights Ireland v Minister for Communications ECLI:EU:C:2014:238.]

High Court, EMI v Eircom [2010] IEHC 108  

[copyright, data protection, graduated response]

[Record companies had reached a settlement with a large ISP (Eircom) instituting a graduated response system.  Charleton J. held that the settlement did not breach data protection laws as IP addresses in the hands of the record companies which do not identify subscribers are not “personal data”. He said that copyright is flagrantly violated by music theft and the sanction of terminating access is not excessive. Eircom’s terms and conditions stated that copyright must not be infringed and subscribers have agreed to these terms.]

High Court:  Irish Red Cross v UPC and Google (Unreported, 2010) [see news coverage here and here]

[confidentiality, breach, privacy, disclosure, alleged infringer, hosting provider, blog, liability of blog host]

[According to website reports, it appears that the High Court ordered that UPC and Google reveal the name of an anonymous blogger who allegedly breached confidentiality on the Blogger website.  Originally Google Ireland was named as defendant but the court permitted Google Inc to be substituted.] 

High Court, EMI v Eircom [2009] IEHC 411

[copyright, access provider, ISP, torrent, ThePirateBay, website blocking order, graduated response]

[Record companies had reached a settlement with a large ISP (Eircom) instituting a graduated response system. The court ordered, on application by the record companies, that Eircom should block access to the Pirate Bay website. The court based its decision on s.40(4) of the Copyright and Related Rights Act 2000 and the Information Society Directive 2001.]  

High Court, Mulvaney v Sporting Exchange trading as Betfair [2009] IEHC 133 

[defamation, libel, hosting provider, gambling, chatroom, forum, E-Commerce Directive, hosting defence]

[Betfair was a gambling site which also operated internet forums (chatrooms) where users could discuss sports events and other issues. The plaintiffs alleged defamation by forum users. As a preliminary issue, Betfair successfully relied on the hosting defence in the E-Commerce Directive as implemented by the 2003 Regulations. The court found that the gambling exception to the Directive and Regulations did not apply as the forums were not directly connected to the gambling part of the site.] 

High Court, Ryanair v Johnston, 2005/514P, July 12, 2006 

[bullying, intimidation, privacy, hosting provider, bulletin board, website operator, moderator, members, liability, disclosure, identities, alleged infringers, Norwich Pharmacal order]

[This was an action against the operators and moderator of an internet site and bulletin board set up to facilitate discussions by Ryanair pilots.  Ryanair alleged that bullying and intimidation of pilots was taking place on the site and sought ‘Norwich Pharmacal’ orders to disclose the identities of certain users of the bulletin board. On reviewing the evidence, Smyth J. found that there was no evidence of bullying or intimidation or that Ryanair had suffered loss. He distinguished this case from EMI v Eircom, 2005 (see below) and the English case of Totalise v Motley Fool [2001] EWCA Civ 1897.  He also stated that a balance needed to be struck between justice and privacy.]   

High Court, EMI v Eircom [2005] IEHC 233 

[copyright, privacy, confidentiality, access provider, disclosure, identities, alleged infringers, Norwich Pharmacal order]

[Record companies requested Eircom, a large ISP, to provide identities of 17 customers who were allegedly infringing copyright. The High Court ordered that customers’ identities should be passed to the ISP, based on the UK tort case of Norwich Pharmacal v Customs & Excise [1973] UKHL 6. The court also relied on the Canadian case of BMG Canada v Doe 2004 FC 488.] 

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CONTRIBUTORS

Darius Whelan

Lecturer in Law, University College Cork  

Email: d.whelan@ucc.ie 

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