Conference on OTC Derivatives and the Global Financial Crisis

Fri. 20 May 2011:
Forging a New Regulatory Balance: OTC Derivatives and the Global Financial Crisis - Dublin
www.ucd.ie/reggov/newsevents/body,87212,en.html

UCD Centre for Regulation and Governance

The Global Financial Crisis (GFC) has revealed certain weaknesses in financial regulation, generating both commentary and policy responses.

Within elements of this commentary, over the counter (OTC) financial derivative instruments, in particular, have been held up as a prime example of a market warranting substantially more direct public regulatory intervention, exemplified by recent regulatory proposals emanating from the United States and the European Union. This conference will map out both the historical and emerging nature and operation of both public and private regulation in the OTC derivatives markets. This offers participants a sense of where OTC derivatives regulation has been and where it is likely to go in the future, including its capacity to cope with challenges thrown up by the GFC. This will be coupled with an emphasis on OTC equity derivatives and the particular challenges they present to traditional corporate governance paradigms.
This includes discussion both of the potential benefits of OTC equity derivatives as well as their capacity to skew incentives in the market for corporate control and facilitate a sidestepping of public disclosure rules

This conference will be relevant to lawyers, accountants and other professionals with interest and experience in financial markets.

Venue: UCD Newman House, 85/86 St Stephens Green, Dublin 2

Further Information and Booking Form:

www.ucd.ie/reggov/newsevents/body,87212,en.html

Programme for Burren Law School 2011

www.burrenlawschool.org

Extracts from Programme:

Burren Law School 2011
Imagining a New Republic
A Contemporary and Brehon Perspective
Director: Fintan O'Toole
Friday 29th April- Sunday 1st May 2011
Burren College of Art, Newtown Castle, Ballyvaughan, Co. Clare

www.burrenlawschool.org Bookings 065 7077200

Friday 29th April 2011
8.30pm OPENING ADDRESS IMAGINING A REPUBLIC
Theo Dorgan, poet

Saturday 30th April 2011

CITIZENS OR SUBJECTS? CIVIL SOCIETY AND THE REPUBLIC
Professor Fred Powell
Professor of Social Policy and Dean of Social Science, UCC

THE LAW AND THE REPUBLIC
Dearbhail McDonald
Legal Affairs Correspondent, The Irish Independent

John McMenamin
Judge of the High Court

THE IRISH REPUBLIC: THE HISTORY AND FUTURE OF AN IDEA
Dr Iseult Honohan
Senior Lecturer in Politics, UCD

PUBLIC IDEAS FORUM - PECHA KUCHA* SESSION
10 presentations, each lasting 6 minutes
(If you would like to have your say, let us know in advance by emailing anna@burencollege.ie)
This method of presentation was developed by architects in Japan in 2003. The idea is to share a lot of ideas without anyone person taking all the time available. (The architects who started it said all architects talked too much).

Sunday 1st May 2011

THE DUTIES OF RULERSHIP IN BREHON LAW
Professor Donnchadh O Corrain
Emeritus Professor of History, UCC

TOWARDS A NEW REPUBLIC
Justine McCarthy, columnist Sunday Times
Elaine Byrne, Trinity College Dublin
Fintan O'Toole, Irish Times
Dr Tom Hickey, legal and political theorist, UCD

Venue: Newtown Castle, Burren College of Art,
Ballyvaughan, Co. Clare
Tel: 065 7077200 Fax: 065 7077201
www.burrenlawschool.org Email: admin@burrencollege.ie
The Burren Law School is supported by
BURREN COLLEGE OF ART
www.burrencollege.ie

U.S./Ireland Legal Symposium to take place in the West of Ireland

The inaugural U.S./Ireland Legal Symposium will take place in Westport, Co Mayo from 11-13 May 2011. This international Symposium will be hosted by the Brehon Law Society of Philadelphia and is supported by the Western Development Commission (WDC), Mayo County Council and Temple University Beasley School of Law in Philadelphia.

Topics relevant to international business exchange are high on the agenda and this event qualifies for CPD hours. Attendees will include Irish and American lawyers, business consultants and businesses operating in Ireland, the United States and the United Kingdom. Delegates will also include representatives from the banking and financial services sector, accountants and tax professionals, venture capitalists, state bodies, government departments and local authorities.

The Symposium will be chaired by Deirdre Somers, Chief Executive of the Irish Stock Exchange (ISE) and Vice President of the Federation of European Securities Exchanges (FESE). Guest speaker at the Gala Dinner will be Enda Kenny TD, Leader of Fine Gael.

Speaking at the launch of the Symposium at Knockranny House Hotel, Joseph T Kelley, President of the Brehon Law Society of Philadelphia said, “The theme of this year’s Symposium is ‘Doing Business in the U.S. / Ireland / Europe – Critical Legal Issues for U.S. and Irish Companies’. The programme will address topics which are essential for international business exchange between both countries and will include import/export regulations, legal trends in the U.S. and Ireland and how to navigate cross border legal risks in intellectual property”.

The WDC is the key instigator in bringing this Symposium to the West of Ireland. It is supported by Mayo County Council in this initiative which dovetails with Government plans for trade, tourism and investment.

U.S. legal groups are no strangers to Ireland as part of their quest for continuing legal education. However, most trips have typically focused on Dublin. The U.S./Ireland Symposium is the first event of its kind to draw lawyers from across the United States and throughout Ireland to an event in the Ireland’s Western Region.

Speakers:

Deirdre Somers: Chairperson for the Brehon Law Syposium; CEO, Irish Stock Exchange

Enda Kenny: Offical address at the Gala Conference dinner; Leader of Fine Gael

Kelly G. Huller: Vice President - Legal, Globus Medical, Inc.

John J. Egan: J Egan & Associates, LLC and J Egan Consulting LLC

The Honorable Joseph Rocks: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, NHS Human Services

Nevan Elam: Chief Executive Officer, Aero Surgical Limited

Frank Ryan: Chief Executive Officer, Enterprise Ireland

Gerry Kilcommins: President, American Chamber of Commerce

Regina Brehony: Director General, Irish Venture Capital Association

Gillian Buckley: Chief Executive Officer, Western Development Commission

Brendan Cahill: Partner, William Fry

Kieran Cowhey: Partner, Dillon Eustace

Jeanne Kelly: Partner, Mason Hayes & Curran

John Malady: Principal, Malady and Wooten Public Affairs

Kevin Dooley Kent: Shareholder, Conrad O'Brien PC

Joseph T. Kelley Jr.: Founder/Managing Partner, Kelley & Murphy

Agenda

The following topics will be addressed by Irish, European and U.S. speakers and panelists at the Symposium:*

Accessing Capital and Starting Up a Business

Attracting venture capital, capital finance, banking (bulleted list)
State funding and grant assistance
Legal structure and formations, redomiciliation, mergers and acquisitions and other areas of corporate law
Public private partnerships
Current tax and accounting issues

Conducting Business/Comparative Analysis

Employment and Benefits
Insurance
Immigration
Lobbying
Public Law, Regulatory Law
Intellectual Property Law
Legal issues relevant to Hi-Tech Industries
Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Governance
Investigations and Fraud
Contracts and Commercial Transactions

Litigation and Dispute Resolution

Commercial/Regulatory Litigation
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Ireland as a Forum for Alternative Dispute Resolution

* Topics are subject to change. A final program will be circulated to all delegates and interested parties as speakers and panels are confirmed

The website for bookings etc is www.brehonsymposium.com.

FitzPatrick Family Foundation Doctoral Scholarship (Criminology, Criminal Justice, Penology)

FitzPatrick Family Foundation Doctoral Scholarship

UCD Institute of Criminology

University College Dublin

Closing Date: Friday April 22nd

The UCD Institute of Criminology, part of UCD’s School of Law, is pleased to offer one doctoral scholarship in the area of criminology/ criminal justice / penology.

Applications are sought from exceptional graduates for a scholarship to undertake on a full-time basis a four year funded PhD programme of research in the fields of criminology, criminal justice, or penology. The scholarship is being generously funded by the FitzPatrick Family Foundation. It is available to candidates commencing their studies in September 2011 and is tenable for a maximum of four years, renewable each year subject to satisfactory progress.

In addition the payment of fees there is an annual stipend of €16,000 per annum (plus a €500 conference attendance allowance) and is open to Irish, EU and International applicants. In the case of non EU applicants any offer is conditional on the applicant demonstrating at the time of accepting the offer that s/he has sufficient funds to supplement the living allowance to cover the cost of living in Dublin. Information for international students contemplating a period of study at UCD is available at: http://www.ucd.ie/international

To apply please submit an application on-line at http://www.ucd.ie/apply/. Letters of application should be accompanied with a proposal for research (300-500 words in length).

Please also send a covering letter explaining

· why you wish to undertake a PhD, and in particular, why you wish to undertake a PhD at UCD Institute of Criminology.

· why you would be a suitable recipient for the scholarship.

This letter should be no more than 2 sides of A4 single-spaced and can be sent either as an email attachment to niamh.mccabe@ucd.ie or in hard copy to Ms. Niamh McCabe, Graduate Programme Manager, School of Law, UCD, Roebuck Castle, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland. Please note that it is your responsibility to ensure that references are received before the closing date for this scholarship.

Please direct any queries regarding the application process to Niamh McCabe at the above email address or by telephone on + 353 1 716 8769.

Late applications will not be accepted.

All applicants will be notified of the outcome of the decision of the scholarship committee. No correspondence will be entered into about the committee’s decision.

Vacancy - Professorship of Law at UCC

Applications are invited for the post of Professor of Law at University College Cork to lead research, contribute to UCC’s national and international profile in Law, and play a critical role in attracting external research funding. The Department of Law at University College Cork is recognised as one of the University’s centres of excellence in research and teaching. The Department of Law at UCC has 46 full-time and part-time teaching and research staff with a large undergraduate and growing postgraduate student body with a strong doctoral programme.

The Department of Law at UCC has an outstanding record of research and publication, a strong and vibrant research culture and has been the recipient of numerous major national and international grants and awards. The appointee will be expected to play a pivotal academic leadership role in further developing these strengths and to be a distinguished contributor to research and teaching at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, PhD supervision and administrative elements of the Department

UCC law academics are centrally involved in the development and implementation of College and University policies and strategies and the Law Faculty is well-known also for its public engagement and its contribution to professional, civil and legal life at national and international level.

The appointee shall be an outstanding legal scholar of international standing and shall have a significant track-record of sustained internationally published research. S/he will have the capacity to act as Dean of the Faculty of Law together with the requisite communication, management, administrative and leadership skills.

For further information on the post and Department see www.ucc.ie/hr/vacancies/academic

Salary Scale (Scale B): €113,604 - €145,953

Completed application forms must reach the Recruitment Office, Department of Human Resources, University College Cork, Ireland, before 12pm on Friday 8th April 2011.

University College Cork is an equal opportunities employer.

Constitutional Law: An Update - UCD Constitutional Studies Group seminar

Constitutional Law: An Update

School of Law, Roebuck Castle, University College Dublin

Wednesday March 2nd 2011

6.00-8.30 pm

2.5 CPD HOURS

Conference schedule

5.45 Registration.
6.00 The top 20 cases of 2010 — Eoin Carolan.
6.30 Questions and answers

6.40 Recent developments in Irish constitutional law – Eoin Carolan.
7.20 Questions and answers

7.30 Constitutional Reform: a new conventional wisdom? – John O’Dowd.
8.10 Questions and answers.

Booking Details
Conference Fee: €60 (practitioners of at least 5 years experience; government representatives)
Conference Fee: €45 (practitioners of less than 5 years experience; students; NGO representatives; the
unwaged).

To Reserve a Place: sinead.hennessy@ucd.ie

Speaker Details

Eoin Carolan B.L. is a practising barrister and a lecturer in Constitutional Law in University College
Dublin. He has contributed to a number of works in this area, including The New Separation of
Powers (Oxford University Press, 2009), The Irish Constitution: Governance and Values (Thomson
Round Hall, 2008) and The Right to Privacy (Thomson Round Hall, 2008). He is also the internal examiner for the FE-1 examinations for the Law Society of Ireland.

John O’Dowd has lectured constitutional law in UCD since 1992. He a member of the European
Group of Public Law and regularly contributes to conferences and publications of that international group of experts on constitutional and administrative law and in other fora. He is the internal examiner for Irish Constitutional Law in the entrance examination for the Degree of Barrister at Law in the King’s Inns.

www.ucd.ie/law/constitutionalstudiesgroup/events/

More events: www.irishlaw.org/events/

Constitutional Reform Seminar Series: Health Care and Children's Rights

Constitutional Reform Seminar Series: Health Care and Children's Rights
University College Cork

The third seminar in the Constitutional Reform Seminar Series will take place on Friday 25th February 2011 in Brookfield Health Sciences Room G10.
This session will focus on health care and children's rights. Confirmed speakers for the seminar include:

Maeve Lewis, Executive Director, One in Four
Claire Hayes, Lecturer, School of Nursing and Midwifery
Mary Hughes, Lecturer, School of Nursing and Midwifery
Dr Mary Donnelly (Seminar Chairperson), Faculty of Law

The seminar is free to attend and open to all. However, as places will be limited, please confirm your place by sending an email in advance to Shannon at childrensrightsseminar@gmail.com . The seminar will run from 1-3 pm with coffee/tea beforehand.

The seminar is organised by the Faculty of Law, the School of Applied Social Studies, the Irish Social Sciences Platform, and the ISS21 Children and Young People Research Cluster. The seminar is funded by PRTLI4 through the ISS21 Children and Young People Research Cluster

The full text of the Joint Committee on the Constitutional Amendment on Children (2010) report is available at this link: www.oireachtas.ie/viewdoc.asp?DocID=9925.

Best wishes

Dr Ursula Kilkelly (Law), Dr Conor O'Mahony (Law) & Dr Kenneth Burns (Applied Social Studies)

University College Cork

www.ucc.ie/en/iss21/

Call for Papers Centre for Criminal Justice and Human Rights Postgraduate Conference 2011

The Centre for Criminal Justice and Human Rights at University College Cork is pleased to announce its fifth Annual Postgraduate Conference which will take place on Thursday, 28th April, 2011. The conference is aimed at those who are undertaking postgraduate research in the areas of criminal law, criminal justice and human rights. The Organising Committee is particularly eager to incorporate multi-disciplinary perspectives. Abstracts are welcome from scholars from disciplines outside of law (such as politics, social studies, sociology and philosophy, for example) who are working on related topics.

The theme for this year's event is “Human Rights Protection and Criminal Justice in the Age of Crisis”. The aim is to reflect upon the impact of crises on fundamental rights protection and the criminal law. We hope that this theme will encourage debate on the challenging and complex questions which arise in turbulent times. We are especially interested in papers that relate to human rights, criminal justice, criminal law or the intersection of these fields. However, we also welcome papers dealing with issues outside these areas that fall within the broader theme of the conference. Papers will be streamed thematically. Anticipated sessions include "Contemporary Discourse in Criminal Law", "Civil Liberties, Technology and State Security Claims" and "International Law, Human Rights and Development Policy". Session titles will be finalised based on submissions, and the Committee also invites proposals for additional streams.

This international one-day event has attracted promising research scholars from Ireland, the UK and Europe in the areas of law, politics, philosophy and the related social sciences. This year's conference aims to build on this success.
Details of the keynote speaker will follow shortly.
Please submit an abstract (max. 300 words) to the organising committee by Friday 18th February 2011. Successful conference submissions will be notified by Friday, 4th March 2011. Submissions and further enquiries should be directed to ucclawconf@gmail.com.
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UCC Law Postgraduate Conference
Department of Law
University College Cork
Western Road
Cork
Ireland

ucclawconf@gmail.com

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Events from January 2011 on

=== Forthcoming Events ===
Details of events at http://www.irishlaw.org/events/
To receive an e-mail each time a new event is added, use this link to submit your e-mail address:
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Fri.28 Jan. 2011
Remedies in EU Law - Irish Centre for European Law, Dublin
http://www.icel.ie

Tue. 1 Feb. 2011, 6.15 p.m.:
"If These Walls Could Talk: The Graffiti of Female Prisoners" - Irish Women Lawyers Association, Dublin
http://bit.ly/iwla-jan

Wed. 2 Feb. 2011:
The EU and International Law: Uneasy Bedfellows - Professor Takis Tridimas at Queen's University Belfast
http://www.law.qub.ac.uk/schools/SchoolofLaw/NewsandEvents/Events/

Sat.12 Feb.2011, 10.00-4.30:
Contemporary Issues in Child and Family Law, presented by the Department of Law, Dublin Institute of Technology, in association with Fulbright Ireland
http://www.dit.ie/socialscienceslaw/newsevents/

Wed. 16 Feb. 2011:
Religion and Human Rights: Towards a Better Understanding - Professor Mashood Baderin (SOAS) at Queen's University Belfast
http://www.law.qub.ac.uk/schools/SchoolofLaw/NewsandEvents/Events/

Tue.22 Feb. 2011:
The Legal and Policy Challenges of Financial Elder Abuse - National Centre for the Protection of Older People, Dublin
http://www.ncpop.ie/index.php?uniqueID=8

Wed. 23 Feb. 2011:
The Middle East International Law Dynamics - Mr Solon Solomon at Queen's University Belfast
http://www.law.qub.ac.uk/schools/SchoolofLaw/NewsandEvents/Events/

Thu. 24 Feb. 2011:
The General Principles of EU Law in the Light of the Rulings in Mangold and Kücükdeveci -
Professor Michael Dougan (University of Liverpool) at Queen's University Belfast
http://www.law.qub.ac.uk/schools/SchoolofLaw/NewsandEvents/Events/

Mon.28 Feb.2011:
Irish Approaches to Justice, Special Edition of the Irish Journal of Legal Studies: Call for Papers; Expressions of interest to n.howlin@qub.ac.uk by 28 February

1-2 April 2011:
The Legacy and Future of the ECHR: Evaluating Sixty Years of the European Human Rights Project - University College Dublin School of Law PhD Workshop on Human Rights
http://www.ucd.ie/law/newsevents/name,73847,en.html

11-12 April 2011:
British and Irish Law, Education and Technology Association conference - Manchester
http://www.bileta.ac.uk

12-14 April 2011:
Socio-Legal Studies Association conference - Brighton
http://www.slsa.ac.uk/content/view/179/139

19-21 April 2011:
Crossing Borders: Legal Education United - Association of Law Teachers, Cardiff
http://www.lawteacher.ac.uk/events/?id=20

Fri.-Sat. 29-30 April 2011:
Irish Society of Comparative Law Annual Conference, UCD School of Law, Dublin
Call for Papers - The Society is seeking especially proposals which place Irish law (in either part of Ireland) in a comparative dimension but is also open to comparative analyses from other legal systems. Any topic in comparative law or legal systems may be proposed: private or public law, criminal law and criminal justice, legal education, legal history, etc.
http://www.irishlaw.org/events/iscl-cfp-2011.pdf

29 April-2 May 2011:
Burren Law School 2011
http://www.burrenlawschool.org/programme.html

16-18 June 2011:
British and Irish Association of Law Librarians conference - Newcastle
http://www.biall.org.uk

CURRENT CONSULTATIONS:
Law Reform Commission:
"Submissions either verbal or written are welcome at any stage during our deliberations on any topic."
http://www.lawreform.ie/submissions.9.html

Irish Human Rights Commission - Have your say on Ireland's human rights record
The IHRC, as Ireland's National Human Rights Institution, will submit its own report for the Universal Periodic Review process. To inform our report, the IHRC welcomes contributions from the Irish Public and its other stakeholders. Submissions for consideration in our report should be made to the IHRC by 14 February 2011.
Members of the Public can write to us outlining their human rights concerns at upr@ihrc.ie
Stakeholders are also invited to submit their views for consideration in the IHRC's Report at upr@ihrc.ie

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If These Walls Could Talk: The Graffiti of Female Prisoners

The Irish Women Lawyers Association (IWLA)

are hosting a talk by

Niamh O’Sullivan BL

former curator of Kilmainham Gaol archive
and author of Every Dark Hour and Written in Stone

entitled

"If These Walls Could Talk: The Graffiti of Female Prisoners"

at 6.15 p.m. on Tuesday 1st February 2011

in the Multimedia room, Distillery Building
145/151 Church Street
Dublin 7

Refreshments will be served

This event is free to all members of IWLA.
A nominal fee of €5.00 will be charged to non members who wish to attend.

In order to assist in the organisation of refreshments please indicate if you are attending by e-mailing events@iwla.ie, or by phone to 087-9480388 by Friday 29th January 2011.

Information on IWLA is available on the website: www.iwla.ie.

CFP - Irish Society of Comparative Law

The ISCL Annual Conference will take place on 29-30 April 2011 in University College Dublin School of Law.

Call for Papers

The Society is seeking especially proposals which place Irish law (in either part of Ireland) in a comparative dimension but is also open to comparative analyses from other legal systems. Any topic in comparative law or legal systems may be proposed: private or public law, criminal law and criminal justice, legal education, legal history, etc.

The closing date for submission of abstracts is 21 February 2011.Abstracts should be submitted to Dr. Marie-Luce Paris at marieluce.paris@ucd.ie.

www.irishlaw.org/events/iscl-cfp-2011.pdf

http://irishsocietyofcomparativelaw.blogspot.com

Events in September 2010 and after

Events in September 2010 and after include the following.
For full listings see www.irishlaw.org/events/

Thu.9 Sep.2010:
Subjects Before the Law: Membership, Recognition and the Religious Dimensions of Women's Citizenship - Cork
http://www.ucc.ie/en/ccjhr/fullstory,97939,en.html

Fri.10 Sept.2010:
International conference on Gender Equality, Citizenship and Multiculturalism in Contemporary Europe - Centre for Criminal Justice and Human Rights, University College Cork
http://www.ucc.ie/en/ccjhr/fullstory-105503-en.html

13-16 Sept.2010:
Society of Legal Scholars Annual Conference 2010 - Southampton
http://www.legalscholars.ac.uk/southampton/index.cfm

Thu.16 Sep.2010:
The Future of Human Rights in the UK - Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission Annual Conference, Belfast
http://www.nihrc.org/index.php?page=events&Itemid=106

Tue.21 Sep.2010:
An Introduction to Energy and Environmental Law - Law Society, Dublin
http://www.lawsociety.ie/LSPT/

Thu.23 Sep.2010:
Shifting Focus: From Criminal Justice to Social Justice - Dublin
http://www.iprt.ie/contents/1793

Thu.30 Sep.2010:
Civil Partnership Act - Limerick
http://www.iwla.ie/seminars.htm

Tue.5 Oct.2010:
Keeping up with the Neighbours: Equivalence of Human Rights Protections since the Agreement - Belfast
http://www.law.qub.ac.uk/schools/SchoolofLaw/NewsandEvents/Events/

Fri.-Sat.8-9 Oct. 2010
Canadian-Irish Family Law Judicial Conference, Maynooth, Co. Kildare
http://www.familylaw2010.com

Fri. 8 Oct. 2010:
Criminal Litigation Update - Law Society, Dublin
http://www.lawsociety.ie/LSPT/

Thu.14 Oct. 2010:
Recent Equality Decisions - Dublin
http://www.iwla.ie/seminars.htm

Fri.15 Oct.2010:
Women in the Criminal Justice System - Association for Criminal Justice Research and Development, Dublin
http://www.acjrd.ie/contents/51

28-29 Oct.2010:
Annual Conference on European Migration Law - Trier
http://www.era.int

Fri-Sat.19-20 Nov. 2010:
Forgotten Rights, Forgotten Concepts - Conference as part of ICHR 10th Anniversary Celebrations - NUI Galway
http://www.nuigalway.ie/human_rights/10thanniversary.html

Thu.25 Nov.2010:
Annual Family Law Conference - Law Society, Dublin
http://www.lawsociety.ie/LSPT/

Thu.25 Nov. 2010:
Ombudsman for Children - Limerick
http://www.iwla.ie/seminars.htm

Fri.26 Nov. 2010:
Thirty Years of Irish Scholarship: Lessons from the Past, Visions for the Future - Irish Association of Law Teachers, Limerick
http://www.ialt.ie/event/annual-conference

White Collar Crime Lecture Series - Part 1

Irish Women Lawyers Association (IWLA) White Collar Crime Lecture Series - Part 1

Saturday, July 3rd 10.00-1.00pm

Green Hall, Law Society of Ireland, Blackhall Place, Dublin 7

9.30: Registration

10.00 Regulatory Crime
Dr. Shane Kilcommins, Law Department, UCC

10.30 Corporate Enforcement - Breaches of Company Law & Corporate Governance
Kevin Prendergast, Corporate Compliance Manager ODCE.

11.00 Q & A

11.15 Coffee & Networking

11.45 The Challenges in the Prosecuting of White Collar Crime
Detective Sergeant Catharina Gunne, Commercial Fraud Investigation Unit, GBFI

12.15 Money Laundering. Detective Sergeant
Clodagh White, Financial Intelligence Unit - attached to the GBFI

12.45 Q & A and Networking

Cost : I.W.L.A Members €25; Non-Members: €50;
Students, devils, apprentices, or those under 5 years practice or unwaged: €15.

SPECIAL OFFER: Join/renew membership of IWLA & book for the conference at a special price of €50.

To book : email admin@iwla.ie or post to: IWLA, The Distillery Building, 145 - 151 Church St., Dublin 7.
Cash or cheques payable to "IWLA" (No credit card facilities available)
This conference may be accredited for CPD hours and is open to all interested parties (i.e. not confined to IWLA members)

www.iwla.ie

Irish Mental Health Lawyers Association seminar - Dublin, 27 May 2010

Irish Mental Health Lawyers Association
Seminar and Launch of Irish Mental Health Lawyers Association website http://www.imhla.org/

Launch of website by Miriam O'Callaghan

Brief Presentations will be given by:

Darius Whelan, Faculty of Law, University College Cork, on Reforming Mental Health and Mental Capacity Law

Ciaran Craven B.L., MB, B.Ch, BAO, B.Sc

Lianna Murphy, Project Officer with the Public Interest Law Alliance (PILA), a project of Flac, on Opportunities for Public Interest Law in Ireland

Date: Thursday 27th May 2010
Venue: Distillery Building, 145-151, Church St., Dublin 7.
Time: 6.00pm

Seminar Fee: Members - 30 euro / Non-Members - 60 euro

CPD points will be awarded for attendance at this Seminar

Name : ...........................................................
Address:..............................................................................................................................................
Telephone:....................................................... Fax:................................................................
email:........................................................................................................................................

Those wishing to attend should complete this Registration Form, and send it to:

Joan Doran Solicitor, 26, Upper Pembroke Street, Dublin 2.
Fax: 01 637 3933 / Email: joan@joandoran.com

http://www.imhla.org/

Events in May 2010

Other events are listed at www.irishlaw.org/events/


Wed.5 May 2010:
Practical Implications of the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 - Dublin
http://bit.ly/cZj88o

Fri.7 May 2010:
Using international law: the European Social Charter and UN treaty body complaints procedures - Dublin
http://bit.ly/flac-7May2010

Sat.8 May 2010:
Medical Negligence: Recent Developments Impacting on Practice - Trinity College Dublin
http://www.tcd.ie/Law/Events/

Wed.12 May 2010:
Seminar on the Civil Partnership Bill 2009 - Irish Women Lawyers Association, Dublin
http://www.iwla.ie/seminars.htm

10-14 May 2010:
Mediation Training for Family Lawyers - Dublin Solicitors Bar Association
http://bit.ly/alLq45

Fri.14 May 2010:
Symposium: Towards a Gender Recognition Framework for Ireland - Cork
http://www.ucc.ie/en/ccjhr/fullstory,97981,en.html

Fri.14 May 2010:
Legal Education Symposium - University of Limerick
http://tinyurl.com/legaled-14may10

Sat.15 May 2010:
Trial by Media- Media and the Criminal Law - Irish Criminal Bar Association Conference
http://www.icba.ie/news-events/

Sat.15 May 2010:
Probate and Succession: Recent Developments Impacting on Legal Practice - Trinity College Dublin
http://www.tcd.ie/Law/Events/

Wed. 19 May 2010:
Annual Human Rights Lecture 2010 - Law Society, Dublin - Mr Morris Dees
http://www.lawsociety.ie/pages/Events/Annual-Human-Rights-Lecture-2010/

Thu.20 May 2010:
Launch of Irish Human Rights Law Review - Dublin
http://bit.ly/ihrlr-launch

Thu.20 May 2010:
Re-conceptualising Fair Trial Rights for the 21st Century - Queen's University Belfast
http://www.law.qub.ac.uk/schools/SchoolofLaw/NewsandEvents/Events/

Fri.21 May 2010:
Expanding Equality Protections in Goods and Services: Irish and EU Perspectives - Equality Authority conference, Dublin
http://www.equality.ie/index.asp?locID=317&docID=854

24 May-4 June 2010:
International and Comparative Disability Law: Global & Regional Perspectives - Summer School at NUI Galway
http://www.nuigalway.ie/cdlp/summer_school/welcome.html

Fri.28 May 2010:
Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners Ireland Annual Conference - Restructuring Family Affairs in 2010 - Dublin
http://www.step.ie/newsevents.php?id=81

Sat.29 May 2010:
Schools and the Law 2010: Coping with New Challenges - Trinity College Dublin
http://www.tcd.ie/Law/Events/

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Forthcoming Legal Events

Mon.22 March 2010:
Irish Prison Law and the ECHR - Dublin
http://www.iprt.ie/contents/1583

Wed.24 March 2010:
Family Law and the EU - Irish Society for European Law - Dublin
http://www.isel.ie/index.php?option=com_gigcal&Itemid=60

Wed. 24 March 2010:
Positive Obligations and the European Convention on Human Rights - Queen's University Belfast
http://www.law.qub.ac.uk/schools/SchoolofLaw/NewsandEvents/Events/

29-31 March 2010:
Association of Law Teachers Annual Conference - Cambridge
http://www.lawteacher.ac.uk/events/?id=18

29-30 March 2010:
British and Irish Law, Education and Technology Association (BILETA) Conference 2010 - Vienna
http://www.univie.ac.at/RI/BILETA2010/

Fri.2 April 2010:
Closing Date for Call for Papers, Fourth Legal Education Symposium, University of Limerick

School of Law
University of Limerick

FOURTH LEGAL EDUCATION SYMPOSIUM

Call for Papers

Dear Colleagues,

The Fourth Legal Education Symposium will be hosted by University of Limerick on Friday, 14th May 2010.

In addition to the plenary sessions, we will have some interesting workshops, as is usual at the symposia.

There are eight topics below and I welcome your proposals for papers and contributions in respect of these. Those themes which inspire most interest will run as workshops.

Each presenter should anticipate a delivery time of approximately 15 minutes, to leave some additional time for questions and discussion.

The possible themes are:

Interdisciplinary law degrees
Clinical legal education

E-learning
Integration of teaching and research

Law teacher as mentor
Law for non-law students

Engaging students with the curriculum
Undergraduate legal writing

Interested parties should submit an abstract of their presentation before Friday 2nd April. The abstract should consist of a 300-500 word description of content and be sent to sinead.eaton@ul.ie .

Holmes O’Malley Sexton, Solicitors have kindly agreed to sponsor the Fourth Legal Education Symposium.

Fri-Sat.9-10 Apr.2010:
Law Society Annual Conference - Kilkenny
http://tinyurl.com/lawsoc-kilkenny

Fri-Sat.9-10 Apr.2010:
Corporations and Armed Conflict: The Role of International Law - NUI Galway
http://www.nuigalway.ie/human_rights/upcomingconferences.html

Mon.12 April 2010:
The Arbitration Act 2010 - Dublin
http://www.arbitration.ie/events.php?pid=viewevent&event_id=49

Fri.16 April 2010:
Public interest law in action: using law to face current challenges - Dublin
http://bit.ly/flac-16apr2010

Fri.16 April 2010:
Deadline for call for papers: The Children’s Convention at 21: The Rights of the Child Come of Age? - University of Ulsetr (Magee)
http://www.socsci.ulster.ac.uk/law/conf1/


Sat. 17 April 2010:
Symposium on Jurisprudence and Legal Theory - University College Cork
http://tinyurl.com/juris-cork-2010

Wed.21 April 2010:
Fatherhood, Law and Personal Life: Rethinking Debates about Fathers and Law - Inaugural Annual Law and Society Lecture, School of Law and Government, Dublin City University
http://bit.ly/dcu-apr-2010

Thu.22 Apr.'10:
Law and the Environment Conference - University College Cork
http://www.ucc.ie/en/lawsite/eventsandnews/events/

Fri.23 April 2010:
Financial Services Update: Regulation and Acquisitions - Irish Centre for European Law - Dublin
http://www.icel.ie/events_currentprogramme.php

Sat.24 April 2010:
International and Comparative Perspectives on Employment and Disability Law - NUI Galway
http://www.nuigalway.ie/cdlp/ICPED/welcome.html

Thu.29 Apr.'10
Borders of Justice: Locating the Law in Times of Transition - UCC Centre for Criminal Justice and Human Rights Postgraduate Conference 2010 - University College Cork
http://www.ucc.ie/en/ccjhr/

Sat.1 May 2010:
Deadline for Call for Papers - 'Subjects Before the Law: Membership, Recognition and the Religious Dimensions of Women's Citizenship - Cork
http://www.ucc.ie/en/ccjhr/fullstory,97939,en.html

3-4 May 2010:
Annual Seminar on EU Law 2010 - ERA, Trier, Germany
http://www.era.int

Fri.7 May 2010:
Using international law: the European Social Charter and UN treaty body complaints procedures - Dublin
http://bit.ly/flac-7May2010

Fri.14 May 2010:
Symposium: Towards a Gender Recognition Framework for Ireland - Cork
http://www.ucc.ie/en/ccjhr/fullstory,97981,en.html

Fri.14 May 2010:
Legal Education Symposium - University of Limerick
http://tinyurl.com/legaled-14may10

Sat.15 May 2010:
Trial by Media- Media and the Criminal Law - Irish Criminal Bar Association Conference
http://www.icba.ie/news-events/

Fri.28 May 2010:
Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners Ireland Annual Conference - Restructuring Family Affairs in 2010 - Dublin
http://www.step.ie/newsevents.php?id=81

Thu.-Fri. 3-4 June 2010:
Current Problematic Issues in the Law of the Sea - Trinity College Dublin
http://www.tcd.ie/Law/Events/LawoftheSea.php

Thu.-Fri. 3-4 June 2010:
Mastering Law: Conflicts, Challenges and Solutions in Today's Society - N.U.I Galway Law Society Conference, Faculty of Law
http://www.masteringlaw.org

10-12 June 2010:
British and Irish Association of Law Librarians (BIALL) Annual Conference - Brighton
http://www.biall.org.uk/events.php

17-19 June 2010:
Regulation in the Age of Crisis: ECPR Standing Group on Regulatory Governance Biennial Conference - Dublin
http://regulation.upf.edu/index.php?id=dublin_2010

19-20 June 2010:
The Children’s Convention at 21: The Rights of the Child Come of Age? - University of Ulster (Magee)
http://www.socsci.ulster.ac.uk/law/conf1/

Mon.-Tue. 21-22 June 2010:
North-South Criminology Conference - University of Ulster
http://www.socsci.ulster.ac.uk/policy/conference/

5-23 July 2010:
E Law Summer Institute 2010 - University College Cork Faculty of Law
http://www.ucc.ie/en/lawsite/students/elsi/

Thu.9 Sep.2010:
Subjects Before the Law: Membership, Recognition and the Religious Dimensions of Women's Citizenship - Cork
http://www.ucc.ie/en/ccjhr/fullstory,97939,en.html

13-16 Sept.2010:
Society of Legal Scholars Annual Conference 2010 - Southampton
http://www.legalscholars.ac.uk/southampton/index.cfm

Dublin Archdiocese Report and the Law

Does the law need to be changed as a result of the Dublin Archdiocese Report on Child Sexual Abuse (the Murphy report, 2009)?

The report includes the following at pages 104 and onwards (edited):

"6.21 The Child Care Act 1991 was the first Act to place statutory responsibility on the health boards to promote the welfare of children not receiving adequate care and protection. Its only reference to child sexual abuse was to provide that sexual abuse of children would be among the criteria for seeking court orders.

"6.22 The stated purpose of the Child Care Act 1991 is “to provide for the care and protection of children and for related matters. Section 3 of the Act places a statutory duty on health boards to promote the welfare of children who are not receiving adequate care and protection. This section came into effect in December 1992....

"6.24 Section 69 provides that “The Minister may give general directions to a health board in relation to the performance of the functions assigned to it by or under this Act and the health board shall comply with any such direction”. No such direction has been issued.

"6.25 As is pointed out in the Ferns Report, this new obligation was not accompanied by new powers to intervene in specific situations. When introducing the Bill in 1988, the Minister for Health talked about the “imaginative use” of the new provisions. Legal provisions need to be clear and unambiguous with little scope for, and no requirement to use, imagination.

"6.26 As already stated, the Health Act 1970 did not enumerate all the functions of the health boards. The Health Act 2004 which established the Health Service Executive (HSE) is drafted in a similar way: it confers on the HSE those functions which were formerly carried out by the health boards. The Commission considers that it would be preferable if there was a clear unambiguous listing of the statutory functions and powers of the HSE so that there could be no doubt about the extent of its power to intervene in child protection issues.

What is the role of the health authorities in relation to clerical child sex abuse?

"6.27 Under the Child Care Act 1991, the health boards, and now the HSE, have a general duty to promote the welfare of children who are not receiving adequate care and protection. The Commission agrees with the Ferns Report analysis of the powers of the health boards. The Ferns Report takes the view that the powers conferred on the health boards by the 1991 Act are designed to protect a child from an abusive family situation. It is the parents or guardians who are responsible for dealing with the matter in cases of third party or extra-familial abuse. The Ferns Report also points out that the powers available to the health boards under the 1991 Act are not significantly greater than those available under the 1908 Act.

"6.28 Notification to the health board of alleged abuse by priests does not seem to serve any useful purpose if the health boards do not have any power to do anything about it.

"6.29 The method by which the boards recorded such notifications, that is, by the name of the child, while appropriate for family abuse, is not appropriate for extra-familial abuse. There is no point in recording alleged abuse by a person who is in a public position, for example, a priest, a teacher, sports coach, by the name of the abused person. This information needs to be recorded by the name of the alleged abuser and by the school, parish, sports club or other relevant body. The Commission is not aware of any legal reason why this information could not be collated and classified in this way by the HSE. For the avoidance of doubt, the Commission considers that the HSE should be given specific statutory power to maintain such a record.

"6.30 The Commission is not suggesting that it would be appropriate for the HSE to have the power to intervene where the child is being appropriately cared for by parents or guardians. It is concerned about the lack of clear power to collate and maintain relevant information and to share that information with other relevant authorities.

"6.31 In the case of M.Q. v Robert Gleeson and others [1997] IEHC 26; [1998] 4 IR 85, Mr Justice Barr took the view that health boards had an implied right and duty to communicate information about a possible child abuser if, by failing to do so, the safety of some children might be put at risk. Before making such a communication, the health boards had certain duties to the alleged perpetrator. This judgement has been viewed quite differently by the Ferns Report and the health boards/HSE. The Ferns Report was clearly concerned about the legislative basis for this wide ranging duty to communicate while the health boards/HSE concerns relate to restrictions on their ability to communicate because of the requirements to inform the perpetrator. The Ferns Report took the view that the only power available to health boards to inform parties that allegations of child sexual abuse have been made against a particular person is “one inferred from the wide ranging objective of child protection” imposed on health boards by the Child Care Act 1991. It went on to express the view that the implication of such a duty on health boards without any express legislative powers is an issue which should be carefully considered by the Legislature. The HSE told the Commission that the judgement in this case (generally known as the Barr judgement) had “significant implication for the management of child sexual abuse cases by the Health Boards/HSE. It provided that the Health Boards/HSE (except in cases where a child is believed to be at immediate risk of suspected child sexual abuse) before passing on any information with regard to a suspected child abuser to a third party, must give the allegations in writing to the alleged perpetrator. The alleged perpetrator must then be given the opportunity to respond in person to the HSE before the HSE makes its decision on whether or not to pass on the information to a third party. Recent legal advice is that the opportunity to appeal the decision of the HSE to pass on information to a third party must also be given to the alleged perpetrator.

"6.32 The Commission considers that the law should be clarified in order to confer on the HSE a duty to communicate to relevant parties, such as schools and sports clubs, concerns about a possible child abuser. The extent of the HSE obligation to notify the alleged perpetrator, if any, should also be clarified."

The Taoiseach has responded as follows:

"The Commission's Report expresses concern about the statutory powers of the Health Service Executive to deal with child sexual abuse by non-family members. Minister Andrews' Office is consulting further with the Office of the Attorney General to seek clarity in this regard. However, in the wake of the publication of the Ferns Report in 2005, legal advice was sought from the Attorney General in relation to the powers of Health Boards/HSE to investigate and deal with instances of Child Abuse perpetrated outside the family. The Attorney General was not of the view that the HSE's powers under Section 3 of the Child Care Act (1991) are limited to cases of intra family abuse. The HSE has stated that it responds to all allegations of child sex abuse regardless of the circumstances of the allegation."

This seems an inadequate response to the specific points raised in the Murphy report about the Child Care Act 1991 and the legislation concerning the powers of the HSE.

Forthcoming Events

The list of forthcoming Irish Law events has been updated. The full list appears here. To subscribe to the Irish Law site e-mail updates list, fill in the form here. Sample events on the list:

Thu.19 Nov.'09:
Mental Health in Prison - Dublin
http://www.iprt.ie/contents/1462

Sat. 21 Nov.'09:
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights – Making States Accountable - Annual Human Rights Conference of the IHRC and the Law Society of Ireland, Dublin
http://www.ihrc.ie/home/wnarticle.asp?NID=241&T=N&Print=

Wed.25 Nov.'09:
Constitutional Courts and the Lisbon Treaty - ISEL 7th Annual Brian Walsh Memorial Lecture, Dublin
http://www.isel.ie/index.php?option=com_gigcal&Itemid=60

Thu.26 Nov.'09:
ECHR Update: The Recent Use of the ECHR in the Courts, Procedure, Remedies and Analysis - Dublin
http://www.icel.ie/events_currentprogramme.php

Thu.26 Nov.2009:
A Comparatist’s Analysis of the Convergence of Legal Systems - Dublin
http://tinyurl.com/iscl-1

Thu.26 Nov. 2009:
National Asset Management Agency - UCD Commercial Law Centre, Dublin
http://www.ucd.ie/iccls/programs.htm

Fri. 27 Nov.2009:
Assessing Liability in Asset Management - Placing the Legal Principles in their Financial Context - UCD Commercial Law Centre, Dublin
http://www.ucd.ie/iccls/programs.htm

Sat. 28 Nov.'09:
Aspects of Asylum and Immigration Law - The Bar Council of Ireland, Dublin
http://tinyurl.com/lawlib111

Sat.28 Nov.'09
Recent Developments in Irish Defamation Law, Including the Defamation Act 2009 - School of Law, Trinity College Dublin, CPD Conference
www.tcd.ie/Law/Events

Mon.30 Nov.'09:
The Intel Decision - ISEL Competition Law Forum, Dublin
http://www.isel.ie

Mon.30 Nov.'09:
Launch of IPRT report on Detention of Children - Dublin
http://www.iprt.ie/contents/1457

Tue.1 Dec.'09:
FLAC Third Annual Dave Ellis Memorial Lecture
http://tinyurl.com/flac3rd

Wed.2 Dec.2009:
Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 - UCD Commercial Law Centre, Dublin
http://www.ucd.ie/iccls/programs.htm

Thu.-Fri.3-4 Dec.2009:
Police Governance and Accountability, Limerick
http://www2.ul.ie/pdf/375079620.doc

Thu.-Fri.3-4 Dec.'09:
Intensive Course on Planning Law (Including Developments on Strategic Infrastructure, Habitats and the New Planning Bill 2009) - Centre for Environmental Law, School of Law, Trinity College Dublin, CPD Course
http://www.tcd.ie/Law/Events

Sat.5 Dec.'09:
Meeting the Challenges - New Ways of Doing Business. Speakers: K Erwin, Mediators'Institute of Ireland; J Maguire Collaborative Law; P Marrinan Quinn SC Conflict & Dispute Resolution Diploma TCD: T O'Riordan Manager Public Interest Law Project FLAC. Irish Women Lawyers' Association, Dublin.
http://www.iwla.ie

Sat.5 Dec.'09:
Tort Litigation: Recent Developments - School of Law, Trinity College Dublin, CPD Conference
http://www.tcd.ie/Law/Events

Fri.11 Dec.'09:
Intensive Course on Waste Law including the New Waste Directive - Centre for Environmental Law and Policy, School of Law, Trinity College Dublin, CPD Course
http://www.tcd.ie/Law/Events

5-6 March 2010:
Irish Society of Comparative Law Annual Conference, Belfast
http://tinyurl.com/iscl-1

An Bord Snip and the Legal System

Colin Scott has a useful blog post on An Bord Snip's proposals regarding the legal system here.
Join in the lively discussion in the comments section.