Events in June 2013 and following months

I've updated the events page at www.irishlaw.org/events/ as follows:

Thu. 6 June 2013: 
Children's Rights in Healthcare Conference 2013 - University College Cork 
http://www.ucc.ie/en/lawsite/eventsandnews/upcoming/

Sat. 8 June 2013:
10th Annual Round Hall Employment Law Conference, Dublin
http://www.roundhall.ie

Thu. 13 Jun 2013 9.00 am:
Setting up in Practice: A Practical Guide - Law Society Professional Training, Dublin http://www.lawsociety.ie/Setting_up_in_Practice_A_Practical_Guide_2013.aspx

Thu. 13 June 2013 18.00:
Different Perspectives on Notions of Direct Participation in Hostilities - Irish Red Cross International Humanitarian Law Roundtable, Dublin
http://www.redcross.ie/news/events/international-humanitarian-law-roundtable-discussion/

Fri. 14 June 2013 10.00am:
North South CPD Forum – Legal Issues of Mutual Interest in collaboration with Cavan Solicitors’ Bar Association, Drogheda Solicitors’ Association, Louth Solicitors’ Bar Association, Meath Solicitors’ Bar Association and Midland Bar Association, Law Society Professional Training, Nuremore Hotel, Co Monaghan
http://www.lawsociety.ie/North_South_CPD_Forum_Legal_Issues_of_Mutual_Interest.aspx

14-15 June 2013:
A Pioneering Past and a Bright Future - A conference celebrating 21 years of Occupational Health and Safety postgraduate study at NUI Galway
http://www.conference.ie/Conferences/index.asp?Conference=220

17-22 June 2013:
5th International Summer School: The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities - VOICE and CHOICE, NUI Galway
http://www.nuigalway.ie/cdlp/Summer_School_2013/summer_school_2013_into.html

17-21 June 2013 :
International Criminal Court Summer School 2013 - Summer School at the Irish Centre for Human Rights, School of Law, NUI Galway
http://conference.ie/Conferences/index.asp?Conference=199

Thu. 20 June 2013 6.00pm :
Tactical Negotiation Skills - Law Society Professional Training, Law Society of Ireland, Dublin 7
http://www.lawsociety.ie/Tactical_Negotiation_Skills_13033.aspx

Thu. 20 June 2013:
Legal Aid Board Family Law Conference 2013, NUI Galway
http://www.lawsociety.ie/Pages/Events/Legal-Aid-Board-Family-Law-Conference/

20-21 June 2013:
North South Irish Criminology Conference and Centre for Criminal Justice and Human Rights Postgraduate Conference, University College Cork
http://www.ucc.ie/en/ccjhr/events/upcoming/ 

20-21 June 2013:
Information and Communications Technology for Environmental Regulation: Developing a Research Agenda, NUI Galway
http://www.conference.ie/Conferences/index.asp?Conference=205

Fri. 21 Jun 2013 9.00 am:
Advising the Farmer Conference - Law Society Skillnet in partnership with Killarney Bar Association and Kerry Law Society, Killarney
http://www.lawsociety.ie/Advising_the_Farmer_Conference_21st_June_2013.aspx

26-28 June 2013:
International Human Rights Summer School, UCD, Dublin
http://www.ucd.ie/law/professionaldevelopment/

Thu. 27 June 2013:
Mental Health in the Criminal Justice System: Legal Trends & Research Results - ACJRD, Dublin
http://www.acjrd.ie/contents/214

Sat. 29 June 2013:
The ECHR and Ireland: 60 Years and Beyond - Hosted by UCD Human Rights Network, Dublin
http://www.ucd.ie/law/professionaldevelopment/

Sat. 29 Jun 2013 9.30 am:
Criminal Law Update - Bar Council CPD, Dublin
http://www.ucc.ie/law/irishlaw/events/bar-council-29june2013.pdf

2-3 July 2013:
Changing Landscape: Comparative Reflections on Rights-Based Constitutional Review - SLS Constitutional Review Seminar at University College Dublin
http://www.ucd.ie/law/events/

5-12 July 2013:
Certificate in Civil Litigation Updates Law Society Diploma Programme, Dublin
http://www.lawsociety.ie/Cert_Civil_Litigation_Updates.aspx

7-8 July 2013 9:00 AM
Irish Legal Diaspora Conference - Irish Legal History Society, Dublin
www.ilhs.eu/conferences.asp

8-12 July 2013:
Summer School on Human Rights, Migration and Globalization, Irish Centre for Human Rights, NUI Galway
http://www.conference.ie/Conferences/index.asp?Conference=222

Fri. 12 July 2013 9.00 am:
Masterclass in Legal Writing and Drafting - Law Society Professional Training, Dublin
http://www.lawsociety.ie/Master_Class_in_Legal_Writing_and_Drafting.aspx

15-19 July 2013:
Certificate in Intellectual Property Rights Management, Law Society Diploma Programme, Dublin
http://www.lawsociety.ie/Cert_IP_Property_Rights_Management.aspx

3-6 September 2013:
Annual Conference of Society of Legal Scholars, Edinburgh, Scotland
http://conference.legalscholars.ac.uk/edinburgh/

4-7 Sept. 2013:
Parliaments and the Colonial / Imperial Experience in Ireland and the Wider World - International Commission for the History of Representative and Parliamentary Institutions, Dublin
http://www.ichrpi.com/meeting2013.html

5-7 Sept. 2013:
Critical Legal Conference, Queen's University Belfast
http://www.qub.ac.uk/sites/clc2013/

Thu. 12 Sept. 2013 9.00 am:
Efficient Reading Techniques - Law Society Skillnet, Dublin
http://www.lawsociety.ie/Efficient_Reading_Techniques_12th_Sept_2013.aspx

Fri. 13 Sept. 2013:
Remedies for Breach of EU Law by Public Authorities - Irish Centre for European Law, Dublin
http://www.icel.ie

Wed. 18 Sept. 2013 2.00pm :
Employment Law Update - Law Society Professional Training, Dublin 7
http://www.lawsociety.ie/Employment_Law_Update_13012.aspx

Wed. 25 Sept. 2013 2.00pm:
Acting for Executors, Trustees and Beneficiaries - Law Society Professional Training, Dublin 7
http://www.lawsociety.ie/Acting_for_Executors_Trustees_and_Beneficiaries_13013.aspx

26-27 Sept. 2013:
Law Via the Internet Conference, Jersey
http://www.jerseylvi2013.org

4 October 2013:
Closing date of Call for Papers - Compensation Culture or Accident Culture? Comparative Tort Law Reform in the 21st Century - University of Limerick
http://irishlawblog.blogspot.ie/2013/05/cfp-compensation-culture-or-accident.html

Fri. 4 Oct. 2013:
Preventable Harm: Criminal Justice, Communities and Civil Society - 16th Annual Conference of the ACJRD, Dublin
http://www.acjrd.ie/contents/215

Wed. 9 Oct. 2013 2.00pm :
Litigation Update - Law Society Professional Training, Dublin 7
http://www.lawsociety.ie/Litigation_Update_2013.aspx

Fri. 15 Nov. 2013 10.00am :
Essential Solicitor Update for 2013 - Law Society Skillnet, Cork
http://www.lawsociety.ie/Essential_Solicitor_Update_for_S1319.aspx

Wed. 20 Nov. 2013 2.00pm :
In-house and Public Sector Committee – Annual Conference, Law Society Professional Training, Dublin 7
http://www.lawsociety.ie/Inhouse_and_Public_Sector_Committee_Annual_Conference_13017.aspx

Fri. 22 Nov. 2013 10.00am :
General Practice Update 2013 Conference - Law Society Professional Training, Kilkenny
http://www.lawsociety.ie/General%7C_Practice_Update_2013_Conference_13018.aspx

Thu. 5 Dec. 2013 9.30am :
Cross Border Insolvency Proceedings - Law Society Professional Training, Dublin 7
http://www.lawsociety.ie/Cross_Border_Insolvency_Proceedings_13027.aspx

Thu. 5 Dec. 2013 6.00pm :
Tactical Negotiation Skills - Law Society Professional Training, Dublin 7
http://www.lawsociety.ie/Tactical_Negotiation_Skills_13021.aspx

Thu. 12 Dec. 2013 6.00pm :
Tactical Negotiation Skills Law Society Professional Training, Dublin 7
http://www.lawsociety.ie/Tactical_Negotiation_Skills_13022.aspx

2014

23-24 May 2014:
Compensation Culture or Accident Culture? Comparative Tort Law Reform in the 21st Century - University of Limerick
http://irishlawblog.blogspot.ie/2013/05/cfp-compensation-culture-or-accident.html

To subscribe to the Irish Law Updates email list, visit
http://www.ucc.ie/law/irishlaw/joinleaveupdates/index.shtml

CFP: Compensation Culture or Accident Culture? Comparative Tort Law Reform in the 21st Century

International Commercial and Economic Law Research Group, 

School of Law, University of Limerick

Compensation Culture or Accident Culture?

Comparative Tort Law Reform in the 21st Century

Call for Papers

June 2014 will mark the 10th anniversary of the coming into operation of the Personal Injuries Assessment Board in Ireland; the Board quantifies damages in most classes of personal injury case where liability is not in dispute. 2014 is also the 10th anniversary of the enactment of the Civil Liability and Courts Act 2004, which introduced a variety of procedural reforms to the tort process. These reforms were introduced to deal with a variety of perceived problems in the tort system.

To mark the anniversary, the International Commercial and Economic Law Research Group at the School of Law, University of Limerick is hosting a conference on comparative compensation culture and tort reform at the end of May 2014 (provisionally on 23 and 24 May). It will seek to bring together a variety of perspectives from academics and practitioners in law, insurance and the administration of compensation schemes. In particular, it seeks to focus on the position in Ireland, England & Wales and Australia, though other jurisdictions may be included if there is sufficient interest expressed.

Anyone interested in offering a paper on any aspect of this theme should submit an outline to eoin.quill@ul.ie by Friday 4 October 2013.

Eoin Quill

Director ICELRG

School of Law

University of Limerick

Ireland.

Irish Society of Comparative Law Annual Conference, 24th & 25th May 2013

The School of Law at NUI Galway will host the Irish Society of Comparative Law 5th Annual Conference on Friday 24th and Saturday 25th of May 2013 in Galway. The theme for the Irish Society of Comparative Law’s Annual Conference 2013 is ‘Comparative Public Law’.

The Irish Society of Comparative Law was established in June 2008 and is recognised by the International Academy of Comparative Law. The ISCL is open to those interested in Irish and comparative law. Its purpose is to encourage the comparative study of law and legal systems and to seek affiliation with individuals and organisations with complementary aims.

For inquiries please contact charles.omahony@nuigalway.ie

Friday 24th May 2013

1.30 Registration

2.15 Welcome by Mrs. Justice Catherine McGuinness, Adjunct Professor at the School of Law, NUI, Galway and Professor Steve Hedley, President of the Society.

2.30 – 3 30 Keynote Address
Dr. Susan Farran, University of Northumbria
‘The age of Empire. Again: critical thoughts on legal imperialism’


3.30 – 5.30 Masters Students’ Presentations

5.30 Drinks Reception.

5.30 - 6.15 Annual General Meeting of the Society

8.00 p.m.               Gala Dinner and Presentation of Masters Prize (Aula Maxima)

Saturday 25th May 2013

8.30 – 9.00 Late Registration – Tea & Coffee
9.30 – 10.30 Keynote Address
Professor Brice Dickson Queens University Belfast
‘The Irish Supreme Court in Comparative Perspective: Preliminary Thoughts.’

10.30 – 11.45 Parallel Session - 1
1. Children and the Law:

Chair: Judge Catherine McGuinness
Marta Tomasi, PhD in Comparative and European Legal Studies, Faculty of Law, University of Trento,
“The protection of children in rainbow families.”

Catríona Moloney, PhD Candidate, Centre for Disability Law and Policy, NUI, Galway,
“Access to justice for children with mental disorders.”

Katherine Wade, PhD Candidate, Department of Children and Youth Affairs Research Scholar, Faculty of Law, University College Cork,
“Protection of Child Research Participants in the Research Process: Lessons from the US Regulatory Approach.”

2. Comparative Criminal Law I:

Chair: Charles O’Mahony
Mathilda Twomey, Judge Court of Appeal Seychelles and PhD Candidate, NUI, Galway,
“Commonality in common intention in common law jurisdictions.”

Dr. Chris Taylor and Dr. Yvonne Marie Daly, Bradford University Law School and School of Law and Government, Dublin City University,
“Comparative Observations on Compelled Co-operation: Adverse Inferences in the Criminal Process.”

Ronan Ó Fathaigh, PhD Candidate, Universiteit Gent, Belgium,
“Criminal Defamation and Freedom of Expression: Lessons for Strasbourg from the Inter-American Court.”


3. Collaboration and Alternative Approaches to Law:

Chair: Marie McGonagle
Connie Healy, PhD Candidate, School of Law, NUI, Galway, research funded by the Irish Research Council,
“Collaborative Practice: The Critics’ View.”
Darren McStravick, O’Hare Scholar and PhD Candidate, School of Law and Government, Dublin City University,
“Adult Reparation Panels, Best Practice and the Search for Community: Lessons and Warnings from Other Jurisdictions.”
Miriam Keane, IRCHSS Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholar, University College Dublin,
“The Regulation of Legal Costs: A comparative historical approach.”

4. Constitutional Interpretation:

Chair: Donncha O’Connell
Stephen Gerard Brittain, PhD Scholar and Irish Research Scholar, Trinity College Dublin,
“Originalism in Irish Constitutional Discourse: the Straw Man Answers Replies.”
Elisabeth Pulice, PhD Candidate in Public Law at the Doctoral School in Comparative and European Legal Studies, University of Trento (Italy),
"Extra-legal sources and Constitutional Interpretation: A Comparative Analysis in the Field of Biolaw."
David Kenny, Assistant Professor of Law, Trinity College Dublin,
“They Don’t Like It Like That in Canada: The Proportionality Principle in Irish Constitutional Law in Comparative Perspective.”
5. Legal Theory and Legal History:

Chair:Dr. Conor Hanly
Dr. David Prendergast, School of Law, Trinity College Dublin,

“The differing demands of legality”.

Dr.  Sean Patrick Donlan, School of Law, University of Limerick,
“The American Orleans Territory and Spanish West Florida, c1803-1810: A Study in Entangled Legal History.”


11.45 – 12.00 Tea and Coffee

12.00 – 1.15 Parallel Session – 2
1.International and Comparative Disability Law:

Chair: Catríona Moloney

Candia Emmanuel, Advocate/Managing Partner: M/S Candia Advocates & Legal Consultants, Kampala, Uganda: Founder/Director: Accessibility Initiative Uganda (AIU),
“Why DPO’s counter the Human Rights Approach on Delivering CRPD in Disability Movements.”

Charles O’Mahony, Lecturer in Public Law, School of Law, NUI Galway,
“A Disability Perspective on the Prohibition on Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Torture.”

Priscilla Fay, Courts Service, ISIS Intern.
“Problem-Solving Justice as a Reasonable Accommodation: Does the Criminal Justice System Really Care?”

2. Law Governance and Regulation:

Chair:   Professor Steve Hedley
Andy Noble, PhD Candidate and Postgraduate Teaching Assistant Birmingham Law School, University of Birmingham,
“Central Dictatorship or Local Discretion?: Comparing Regulation of the Taxi Trade in Ireland and England and Wales.”

Dr. Niamh Connolly, Lecturer in Law, Trinity College, Dublin,
“The private law lives of public bodies.”

Dr. Annabel Brody, Editor of IRIS, University of Amsterdam,
“Regulation of the print media: an analysis of the trend towards re-regulation as indicated by recent European Court of Human Rights jurisprudence and inquiries into freedom of the press.”

3. Employment Law Issues:

Chair:Aisling de Paor
Aneta Tyc, University of Lodz,
“Burden of Proof in Employment Law: A Comparative Perspective.

Dr. Clíodhna Murphy, Lecturer in Law, School of Law and Government, Dublin City University,
“Domestic Workers and Diplomatic Immunity: Converging Approaches in Europe and the US?”

Mamedova Aybeniz Tariverdi Kizi, PhD Candidate, Department of Civil Disciplines, Gumilev L.N. Eurasian National University,
“New trends in labour market regulation.”

4. Transitional Justice:

Chair: Judge Mathilda Twomey
Dr. James Gallen, Lecturer, School of Law and Government, Dublin City University,
“Property Rights, Reparations and Transitions.”

Amina Adanan, Doctoral Fellow at the Irish Centre for Human Rights, NUI Galway,
“Universal jurisdiction the crimes of piracy and slavery before World War II.”

Alice M. Panepinto, PhD Candidate, Durham Law School,
“Caramel Latte? Giving Transitional Justice an Islamic Flavour.”


5. Family Law:

Chair: Connie Healy
Dr. Anne Egan, Lecturer in Law, School of Law, NUI Galway,
“All by myself: An analysis of adoption law in Ireland and the United Kingdom for non-marital couples.”

Dr. Ronagh McQuigg, Lecturer, School of Law, Queen’s University Belfast,
“A Comparative Perspective on Domestic Violence in Regional Conventions on Violence Against Women.”

Dr. Lucy-Ann Buckley, Lecturer in Law, School of Law, NUI Galway,
“Choice rhetoric’ and relational autonomy in Ireland and Canada: comparative approaches to marital financial agreements.”

1.15- 2.15 Lunch

2.15 – 3.30 Parallel Sessions – 3
1. Constitutions of the World:

Chair: Dr. Ekaterina Yahyaoui Krivenko
Dr. Marie-Luce Paris, Lecturer in Law, ISCL Treasurer, School of Law, University College Dublin,
“French Constitutional Review in the Era of Globalisation and Europeanisation: A Comparative Perspective.”
Thomas McDonagh, PhD Candidate, School of Law, NUI Galway,
“Sources of education rights? Ireland and the United States – a comparison.”

2. Constitutional and Human Rights:

Chair: Dr. Ciara Smyth
Prof.  Fiona de Londras, School of Law, Durham,
“Politicising the Legal Constitution: can the ECHR Act 2003 work?”
Dr. Semahagn Gashu Abebe, Bank of Ireland Post-Doctoral Fellow, Irish Centre for Human Rights, NUI Galway,
“Institutional Accommodation of Cultural Diversity in Sub-Sahara Africa with particular emphasis to Ethiopia’s Ethnic Federal System.”
Maureen O’Sullivan, Lecturer, School of Law, NUI Galway,
“Do Human-Animal Hybrids and Chimeras Deserve Constitutional Recognition?”

3.Contemporary Issues:

Chair: Dr. Marie-Luce Paris
George J. Siedel, Thurnau Professor of Business Law and Williamson Family Professor of Business Administration, University of Michigan,
“A Comparative Study of the US “Law for Competitive Advantage” Movement and the Continental Proactive Law Movement.”

Anouck Juraver, Trinity College Dublin,
“The concept of public contract in the French legal system and the Common Law system.”
Mike Madden, J.S.D. (candidate) and Lieutenant-Commander, Legal Advisor Military Justice, Office of the Judge Advocate General,
“Keeping up with the Common Law O’Sullivans? The Limits of Comparative Law in the Context of Military Justice Law Reforms.”

4. Issues in International Criminal Law:

Chair: Dr. Ciara Hackett
Dr. Sharon McLaughlin, Lecturer, Department of Law and Humanities, Letterkenny Institute of Technology,
“Tightening the Net on Cyberbulling”
John Lombard, Leona O’Brien, PhD Candidates, University College Cork,
“The International Response to Money Laundering: An Examination of the External Forces which have shaped Money Laundering Regulations in the European Union and the United States.”
Susan Power, Lecturer in Law, Griffith College Cork,
“The Responsibility to Rebuild: An uneasy Framework for Economic Reconstruction.”
3.30 - 3.45 Tea & Coffee

3.45 – 5.00 Parallel Sessions – 4
1.Comparative Criminal Law II:

Chair:Tom O’Malley
Dai Tamada, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Law, Kobe University, Japan
“Can the Irish Jury system survive? Taxquet and obligation to state reasons under the ECHR”

Patrick O’Donnell, Lawyer, Wiltshire & Grannis, LLP, Washington Extraterritorial Enforcement of U.S. Criminal and Civil Law,
“Extraterritorial Enforcement of U.S. Criminal and Civil Law.”

Maria Manuela de Almeida Silva, Legal Interpreter,
“Facing Criminal Proceedings with Limited Knowledge of the English Language in Ireland: A case for justice to be done and heard.”

2. Constitutional Issues:

Chair: Dr. Anne Egan
Magdalena Duggan, PhD Researcher, School of Law, University of Limerick,
“Blurring the Boundaries? The ‘Constitutionalism’ of the Irish Private Law on the Example of the Rights Attributable to an Unborn Child as compared with the Continental Approach.”
Lucia Bussata, PhD in Comparative and European Legal Studies, University of Trento,
“How to grant equality to healthcare: the perspective of comparative ` constitutional law.”
Dr. Denise Amram, Attorney at Law (avvocato) at the State Bar in Pisa (Italy),
“Family Law reforms in European countries and the role of the Constitutional Charts.”

3.Comparative Public Law and the EU:

Chair:   Dr. Sean Patrick Donlan
Dr. Carlo Panara, Sr. Lecturer EU/Public Law, LJMU, UK,

 “A Legal Appraisal of Multilevel Governance in the EU: A Crucial Role for Comparative Public Law.”

Robert Siucinski, University of Lodz,
“Convergence of Law in the Field of Administrative Procedure.”
Krzystek Krzysztof, PhD Candidate, University of Lodz
"The parallel application of competition law and sector specific regulations in the European Union".

4.  Law and the Economic Crisis:

Chair: Dr. Niamh Connolly
Prof. Elizabeth F. Brown, Dept. of Risk Management and Insurance J. Mack Robinson College of Business, Georgia State University,
“A Comparison of the Handling of the Financial Crisis in Ireland and the United States.”
Dr. Ciara Hackett, Lecturer in Law, Queen’s University Belfast,
“Moving beyond banking legislation and regulation: the tort of reckless lending.”
Tania Abbiate, PhD Candidate in Comparative Public Law, University of Siena,
“Courts facing the crisis: a difficult balance of principles.”

5.00 Close of Conference

Full information and registration:
http://conference.ie/Conferences/index.asp?Conference=218

Events in April 2013 and after

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


Tue. 23 April 2013:
The Histories of International Law: Dealing with Eurocentrism - Martii Koskenniemi, NUI Galway
http://www.ila-hq.org/en/events/index.cfm  

Wed. 24 April 2013: 
Postgraduate Research Symposium on Environmental Law, University College Cork 
http://www.ucc.ie/en/lawsite/eventsandnews/upcoming/  

Thu. 25 April 2013: 
Law and the Environment 2013 conference, themed 'Towards Coherent Reform of Environmental Law', University College Cork
http://www.ucc.ie/en/lawsite/eventsandnews/upcoming/

Thu.-Fri. 25-26 April 2013:
The European Banking Union - A Turning Point? Conference organised by the Academy of European Law and the Irish Presidency of the Council of the EU, Dublin  
http://www.era.int/?123416&en

Fri. 26 April 2013:
Mapping the Rollback of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement - Collaborative Conference of Committee on the Administration of Justice (CAJ), Transitional Justice Institute (TJI) University of Ulster and Human Rights Centre at Queens University Belfast (QUB), Belfast  
http://rollback-estw.eventbrite.co.uk    

Fri. 26 Apr 2013 10am:
Reform of the Common Agricultural Policy: Some Legal Questions - UCD School of Law Conference, Newman House, St. Stephen's Green, Dublin 2        
http://www.ucd.ie/law/cap

Fri.-Sat. 26-27 Apr. 2013:
Developing Clinical Legal Education in Ireland - School of Law, NUI Galway & Public Law Interest Alliance
Conference, Galway
http://www.conference.ie/Conferences/index.asp?Conference=217  

Sat. 27 April 2013 to Sept. 2013  
Diploma in Employment Law (incl iPad Mini) - Law Society Diploma Programme, Dublin and webcast
http://www.lawsociety.ie/Diploma_in_Employment_Law.aspx    

Mon. 29 April 2013:
Supported Decision-making in Theory and Practice: Ireland’s Capacity Bill - Dublin
http://legalcapacity.eventbrite.ie

Tue. 30 April 2013:
Recent competition law developments in the sports sector in the EU - ISEL Competition Law Forum, Dublin
http://www.isel.ie

Wednesday 1 May 2013 8 am :
Law and regulation as we move to the Cloud - SCL / Matheson, Dublin
http://www.scl.org/site.aspx?i=ev31302

Fri. 3 May 2013:
'Community Living for all' -  A Conference on the Future Role of the European Union Structural funds to Advance Community Living for Older People and People with Disabilities - NUI Galway
http://www.conference.ie/Conferences/index.asp?Conference=215  

3-5 May 2013:
Ireland's Place Among the Nations - Irish Identity in the 21st Century - Burren Law School 2013, Co. Clare
http://www.burrenlawschool.org/programme.html

Wed. 8 May 2013 1.45pm:
Tomorrow's Irish Lawyers: An Introduction to Your Future - UCD School of Law Conference, UCD Quinn School of Business, Belfield, Dublin 4
http://www.ucd.ie/law/professionaldevelopment/cpdprogrammes/tomorrowsirishlawyers/title,168097,en.html 

Fri. 10 May 2013:
Fundamental Rights Protection in the European Union - Irish Centre for European Law, Dublin
http://icel.ie/events_currentprogramme

Tuesday 14 May 2013:
Annual review of important competition law cases in the EU and Ireland - ISEL Competition Law Forum
http://www.isel.ie

Fri.-Sat. 24-25 May 2013:
Comparative Public Law - Irish Society for Comparative Law Annual Conference, NUI Galway
http://irishsocietyofcomparativelaw.blogspot.ie/2012/12/call-for-papers-irish-society-of.html  

Wed. 29 May 2013:
Designing Effective Environmental Regulation: From Crisis to Transformation - Newman House, St. Stephen's Green, Dublin
http://www.ucd.ie/law/envirconf    

Thu. 6 June 2013: 
Children's Rights in Healthcare Conference 2013 - University College Cork 
http://www.ucc.ie/en/lawsite/eventsandnews/upcoming/ 

17-22 June 2013:
5th International Summer School: The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities - VOICE and CHOICE, NUI Galway
http://www.nuigalway.ie/cdlp/Summer_School_2013/summer_school_2013_into.html

17-21 June 2013            :
International Criminal Court Summer School 2013 - Summer School at the Irish Centre for Human Rights, School of Law, NUI Galway
http://conference.ie/Conferences/index.asp?Conference=199

20-21 June 2013:
North South Irish Criminology Conference and Centre for Criminal Justice and Human Rights Postgraduate Conference, University College Cork
http://tinyurl.com/cz5th3n   

20-21 June 2013:
Information and Communications Technology for Environmental Regulation: Developing a Research Agenda, NUI Galway
http://www.conference.ie/Conferences/index.asp?Conference=205

2-3 July 2013:
SLS Constitutional Review Seminar at University College Dublin
http://www.ucd.ie/law/events/

7-8 July 2013 9:00 AM
Irish Legal Diaspora Conference - Irish Legal History Society, Dublin
http://www.ilhs.eu/conferences.asp

8-12 July 2013:
Summer School on Human Rights, Migration and Globalization, Irish Centre for Human Rights, NUI Galway
http://www.conference.ie/Conferences/index.asp?Conference=222  

3-6 September 2013:
Annual Conference of Society of Legal Scholars, Edinburgh, Scotland
http://conference.legalscholars.ac.uk/edinburgh/

4-7 Sept. 2013:
Parliaments and the Colonial / Imperial Experience in Ireland and the Wider World - International Commission for the History of Representative and Parliamentary Institutions, Dublin
http://www.ichrpi.com/meeting2013.html    

5-7 Sept. 2013:
Critical Legal Conference, Queen's University Belfast
http://www.qub.ac.uk/sites/clc2013/

26-27 Sept. 2013:
Law Via the Internet Conference, Jersey
http://www.jerseylvi2013.org  

Events in March 2013 and after

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

Here's the current listing:


Thu. 14 March 2013:
Land and Conveyancing Law: The New Law in Practice - Seminar 2 on Mortgages, Faculty of Law, University College Cork
http://www.ucc.ie/en/lawsite/eventsandnews/Upcoming/Land/

Wed. 20 March 2013:
Data Protection and European Developments: a German View - Irish Society for Comparative Law, Dublin
http://www.tcd.ie/Law/events/guest-lectures/wolff-lecture.php

Fri. 22 March 2013:
Reforming Abortion Law: Comparative Perspectives - Centre for Criminal Justice and Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University College Cork
http://www.ucc.ie/en/ccjhr/events/upcoming/

Fri. 22 March 2013:
Criminal Litigation Update - Law Society, Dublin
http://www.lawsociety.ie/Products/Courses/

24-26 March 2013:
Annual Conference of Association of Law Teachers, Nottingham, England
http://www.lawteacher.ac.uk/events/?id=25

26-28 March 2013:
Annual Conference of Socio-Legal Studies Association, York, England
http://www.york.ac.uk/law/news/conferences/#tab-1

Mon.-Tue. 25-26 March 2013:
The Emotional Dynamics of Law and Legal Discourse - Queen's University Belfast
http://www.law.qub.ac.uk/schools/SchoolofLaw/NewsandEvents/Events/

Wed. 27 Mar 2013 5.30pm-7pm
Patenting Stem Cells - A wrong or A right? Intellectual Property Seminar Series Spring 2013, Newman House, 86 St Stephen's Green, Dublin 2
http://www.ucd.ie/law/events/title,157182,en.html

Wed. 27 Mar. 2013 18.00:      
International Humanitarian Law and Cyber-Operations - Irish Red Cross IHL Roundtable Discussion, Dublin
http://www.redcross.ie/news/events/  

Mon. 8 April 2013:
Ms. Eithne McCarthy, Solicitor, Directorate General Competition, European Commission, Brussels will give a lecture at University of Limerick. For further information, please contact Sinead.eaton@ul.ie

10-12 April 2013:
Annual Conference of British and Irish Law, Education and Technology Association, Liverpool, England
http://www.bileta.ac.uk/Home/

Thu. 11 April 2013:
Land and Conveyancing Law: The New Law in Practice - Seminar 3 on  Selected Conveyancing and Land Law Issues, Faculty of Law, University College Cork
http://www.ucc.ie/en/lawsite/eventsandnews/Upcoming/Land/

Fri. 12 April 2013:
Recovery and Confiscation of Criminal Assets in the European Union- Irish Centre for European Law, Dublin
http://icel.ie/events_currentprogramme

12-14 April 2013:
Religious Freedom in America, 1813 to 2013: Bicentennial Reflections on People v. Philips - Glucksman Ireland House, New York, USA
http://www.irelandhouse.fas.nyu.edu/object/ne.religiousfreedom

Sat. 13 April 2013 to August 2013
Diploma in Technology Law (incl. iPad Mini) - Law Society Diploma Programme, Dublin and webcast http://www.lawsociety.ie/Diploma_in_Technology_Law.aspx      

Sat. 13 Apr 2013 to June 2013:
Certificate in District Court Advocacy - Law Society Diploma Programme, Dublin and webcast
http://www.lawsociety.ie/Certificate_in_District_Court_Advocacy.aspx  

Wed. 17 April 2013 to Sept. 2013
Diploma in Commercial Litigation - Law Society Diploma Programme, Dublin and webcast
http://www.lawsociety.ie/Diploma_in_Commercial_Litigation.aspx

Wed. 24 April 2013:
Postgraduate Research Symposium on Environmental Law, University College Cork 
http://www.ucc.ie/law/

Thu. 25 April 2013:
Law and the Environment 2013 conference, themed 'Towards Coherent Reform of Environmental Law', University College Cork
http://www.ucc.ie/law/

Sat. 27 April 2013 to Sept. 2013
Diploma in Employment Law (incl iPad Mini) - Law Society Diploma Programme, Dublin and webcast
http://www.lawsociety.ie/Diploma_in_Employment_Law.aspx  

Fri. 3 May 2013:
'Community Living for all' -  A Conference on the Future Role of the European Union Structural funds to Advance Community Living for Older People and People with Disabilities - NUI Galway
http://www.conference.ie/Conferences/index.asp?Conference=215

3-5 May 2013:
Ireland's Place Among the Nations - Irish Identity in the 21st Century - Burren Law School 2013, Co. Clare
http://www.burrenlawschool.org/programme.html

Fri. 10 May 2013:
Fundamental Rights Protection in the European Union - Irish Centre for European Law, Dublin
http://icel.ie/events_currentprogramme

Fri.-Sat. 24-25 May 2013:
Comparative Public Law - Irish Society for Comparative Law Annual Conference, NUI Galway
http://irishsocietyofcomparativelaw.blogspot.ie/2012/12/call-for-papers-irish-society-of.html

Wed. 29 May 2013:
Designing Effective Environmental Regulation: From Crisis to Transformation - Newman House, St. Stephen's Green, Dublin
http://www.ucd.ie/law/envirconf  

20-21 June 2013:
North South Irish Criminology Conference and Centre for Criminal Justice and Human Rights Postgraduate Conference, University College Cork
http://tinyurl.com/cz5th3n  

20-21 June 2013:
Information and Communications Technology for Environmental Regulation: Developing a Research Agenda, NUI Galway
http://www.conference.ie/Conferences/index.asp?Conference=205

7-8 July 2013 9:00 AM
Irish Legal Diaspora Conference - Irish Legal History Society, Dublin
www.ilhs.eu/conferences.asp

8-12 July 2013:
Summer School on Human Rights, Migration and Globalization, Irish Centre for Human Rights, NUI Galway
http://www.conference.ie/Conferences/index.asp?Conference=222

3-6 September 2013:
Annual Conference of Society of Legal Scholars, Edinburgh, Scotland
http://conference.legalscholars.ac.uk/edinburgh/

4-7 Sept. 2013:
Parliaments and the Colonial / Imperial Experience in Ireland and the Wider World - International Commission for the History of Representative and Parliamentary Institutions, Dublin
http://www.ichrpi.com/meeting2013.html

5-7 Sept. 2013:
Critical Legal Conference, Queen's University Belfast
http://www.qub.ac.uk/sites/clc2013/

26-27 Sept. 2013:
Law Via the Internet Conference, Jersey
http://www.jerseylvi2013.org

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Events in February 2013 and after

The list of events at www.irishlaw.org/events/  has been updated:


Thu. 7 Feb. 2013:
Public Procurement Conference - Irish Centre for European Law, Dublin
http://icel.ie/events_currentprogramme

Thu. 7 Feb 2013 6 pm:
The Role of International Humanitarian Law in Transitional Justice - Irish Red Cross IHL Roundtable Discussion, Dublin
http://www.redcross.ie/news/events/ihl-roundtable-discussion-the-role-of/

Thu. 7 Feb. 2013:
 Using the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU: from theory to practice, PILA Practitioner Seminar, Dublin
http://bit.ly/SpONHk

Wed. 13 Feb. 2013:
The Origin of International Crime:  A Personal History - Professor Philippe Sands QC, Centre for Criminal Justice and Human Rights, University College Cork
http://www.ucc.ie/en/lawsite/eventsandnews/Upcoming/

Fri. 15 Feb. 2013:
Closing Date of Call for Papers for Irish Society for Comparative Law Annual Conference, NUI Galway
http://irishsocietyofcomparativelaw.blogspot.ie/2012/12/call-for-papers-irish-society-of.html

Wed. 20 Feb. 2013 5.30pm-7pm
Who is my public? UCD Intellectual Property Seminar Series Spring 2013, Newman House, 86 St Stephen's Green, Dublin 2
http://www.ucd.ie/law/events/title,157182,en.html

Thu. 21 Feb. 2013:
Introduction to Social Welfare Law - Law Society, Dublin
http://www.lawsociety.ie/Products/Courses/

26 Feb.-7 May 2013:
Certificate in Public Procurement Law and Practice - Law Society Diploma Programme Course, Dublin and online
http://www.lawsociety.ie/Certificate_in_Procurement_Law_and_Practice.aspx

Fri.-Sat. 1-2 March 2013 9.30am
Certificate in English and Welsh Property Law and Practice 2013 - Law Society Skillnet Certificate, Dublin
http://www.lawsociety.ie/Certificate_in_English_and_Welsh_Property_Law_and_Practice_2013.aspx

Sat.2 March 2013:
Seminar on Establishment of a Court of Appeal and of a Family Court structure - Department of Justice and Equality
http://www.justice.ie/en/JELR/SeminarReg?OpenForm

Mon.4 March 2013:
Ireland and the UN Human Rights Council, 2013- 2015: an Opportunity and Some Challenges - Colin Wrafter, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade - University of Limerick
For further information, please contact Gerard.coffey@ul.ie.

Week commencing Mon. 4 March 2013:
Dr. David McFadden will present a paper at University of Limerick on Enforcement of Competition Law during the week of 4th March. For further information, please contact Sinead.eaton@ul.ie

7-8 March 2013:
Child-Friendly Justice - Belfast
http://www.era.int

Fri. 8 March 2013:
Privacy from Birth to Death and Beyond: European and American Perspectives - School of Law, NUI Galway
http://www.conference.ie/Conferences/index.asp?Conference=211

Thu. 14 March 2013:
Land and Conveyancing Law: The New Law in Practice - Seminar 2 on Mortgages, Faculty of Law, University College Cork
http://www.ucc.ie/en/lawsite/eventsandnews/Upcoming/Land/

Fri. 22 March 2013:
Criminal Litigation Update - Law Society, Dublin
http://www.lawsociety.ie/Products/Courses/

24-26 March 2013:
Annual Conference of Association of Law Teachers, Nottingham, England
http://www.lawteacher.ac.uk/events/?id=25

26-28 March 2013:
Annual Conference of Socio-Legal Studies Association, York, England
http://www.york.ac.uk/law/news/conferences/#tab-1

Wed. 27 Mar 2013 5.30pm-7pm
Patenting Stem Cells - A wrong or A right? Intellectual Property Seminar Series Spring 2013, Newman House, 86 St Stephen's Green, Dublin 2
http://www.ucd.ie/law/events/title,157182,en.html

Mon. 8 April 2013:
Ms. Eithne McCarthy, Solicitor, Directorate General Competition, European Commission, Brussels will give a lecture at University of Limerick. For further information, please contact Sinead.eaton@ul.ie

10-12 April 2013:
Annual Conference of British and Irish Law, Education and Technology Association, Liverpool, England
http://www.bileta.ac.uk/Home/

Thu. 11 April 2013:
Land and Conveyancing Law: The New Law in Practice - Seminar 3 on  Selected Conveyancing and Land Law Issues, Faculty of Law, University College Cork
http://www.ucc.ie/en/lawsite/eventsandnews/Upcoming/Land/

12-14 April 2013:
Religious Freedom in America, 1813 to 2013: Bicentennial Reflections on People v. Philips - Glucksman Ireland House, New York, USA
http://www.irelandhouse.fas.nyu.edu/object/ne.religiousfreedom

3-5 May 2013:
Ireland's Place Among the Nations - Irish Identity in the 21st Century - Burren Law School 2013, Co. Clare
http://www.burrenlawschool.org/programme.html

Fri. 10 May 2013:
Fundamental Rights Protection in the European Union - Irish Centre for European Law, Dublin
http://icel.ie/events_currentprogramme

Fri.-Sat. 24-25 May 2013:
Comparative Public Law - Irish Society for Comparative Law Annual Conference, NUI Galway
http://irishsocietyofcomparativelaw.blogspot.ie/2012/12/call-for-papers-irish-society-of.html

20-21 June 2013:
North South Irish Criminology Conference and Centre for Criminal Justice and Human Rights Postgraduate Conference, University College Cork
http://tinyurl.com/cz5th3n  

20-21 June 2013:
Information and Communications Technology for Environmental Regulation: Developing a Research Agenda, NUI Galway
http://www.conference.ie/Conferences/index.asp?Conference=205

7-8 July 2013 9:00 AM
Irish Legal Diaspora Conference - Irish Legal History Society, Dublin
www.ilhs.eu/conferences.asp

3-6 September 2013:
Annual Conference of Society of Legal Scholars, Edinburgh, Scotland
http://conference.legalscholars.ac.uk/edinburgh/

4-7 Sept. 2013:
Parliaments and the Colonial / Imperial Experience in Ireland and the Wider World - International Commission for the History of Representative and Parliamentary Institutions, Dublin
http://www.ichrpi.com/meeting2013.html

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Events in January 2013 and after

The listing of events has now been updated at www.irishlaw.org/events/


Thursday 10 Jan. 2013 6:00 PM
The Natural Environment and International Humanitarian Law - Irish Red Cross International Humanitarian Law Roundtable, Dublin
http://www.redcross.ie/news/events/ihl-roundtable-discussion/

Thu. 17 Jan. 2013 5.15 p.m.:
Adopting Change: The Future of Adoption Law and Practice in Ireland - University College Cork 
http://www.ucc.ie/en/lawsite/eventsandnews/Upcoming/Adopt/ 

Wed. 23 Jan. 2013 5.30pm-7pm
The Return of Honest Concurrent Use - UCD Intellectual Property Seminar Series Spring 2013, Newman House, 86 St Stephen's Green, Dublin 2
http://www.ucd.ie/law/events/title,157182,en.html

Wed. 23 Jan. 2013
Disciplining Spaces of Dissent: The Rioter, The Occupier and the Regulation of Resistance - Queen's University, Belfast
http://www.qub.ac.uk/schools/SchoolofLaw/NewsandEvents/Events/SchoolofLawEvents2013/

24 Jan. - 28 Mar. 2013 7pm-9pm
Handling Employment Law Issues- UCD Employment Law Lecture Series, Nova UCD
http://www.ucd.ie/law/events/title,157178,en.html

Thu. 31 Jan. 2013:
The UCD Constitutional Studies Group Annual Conference - Dublin
http://www.ucd.ie/law/events/

Fri. 1 Feb. 2013:
Ireland and the Human Rights Council: Where To From Here? - Irish Centre for Human Rights, NUI Galway
http://www.nuigalway.ie/human_rights/events.html

1-3 Feb. 2013:
Four Jurisdictions Family Law Conference, Belfast
http://www.familylawyers.ie/news-events/

Thu. 7 Feb. 2013:
Public Procurement Conference - Irish Centre for European Law, Dublin
http://icel.ie/events_currentprogramme

Fri. 15 Feb. 2013:
Closing Date of Call for Papers for Irish Society for Comparative Law Annual Conference, NUI Galway
http://irishsocietyofcomparativelaw.blogspot.ie/2012/12/call-for-papers-irish-society-of.html

Wed. 20 Feb. 2013 5.30pm-7pm
Who is my public? UCD Intellectual Property Seminar Series Spring 2013, Newman House, 86 St Stephen's Green, Dublin 2
http://www.ucd.ie/law/events/title,157182,en.html

Thu. 21 Feb. 2013:
Introduction to Social Welfare Law - Law Society, Dublin
http://www.lawsociety.ie/Products/Courses/

Fri.-Sat. 1-2 March 2013 9.30am
Certificate in English and Welsh Property Law and Practice 2013 - Law Society Skillnet Certificate, Dublin
http://www.lawsociety.ie/Certificate_in_English_and_Welsh_Property_Law_and_Practice_2013.aspx

7-8 March 2013:
Child-Friendly Justice - Belfast
http://www.era.int

Fri. 22 March 2013:
Criminal Litigation Update - Law Society, Dublin
http://www.lawsociety.ie/Products/Courses/

24-26 March 2013:
Annual Conference of Association of Law Teachers, Nottingham, England
http://www.lawteacher.ac.uk/events/?id=25

26-28 March 2013:
Annual Conference of Socio-Legal Studies Association, York, England
http://www.york.ac.uk/law/news/conferences/#tab-1

Wed. 27 Mar 2013 5.30pm-7pm
Patenting Stem Cells - A wrong or A right? Intellectual Property Seminar Series Spring 2013, Newman House, 86 St Stephen's Green, Dublin 2
http://www.ucd.ie/law/events/title,157182,en.html

10-12 April 2013:
Annual Conference of British and Irish Law, Education and Technology Association, Liverpool, England
http://www.bileta.ac.uk/Home/

3-5 May 2013:
Ireland's Place Among the Nations - Irish Identity in the 21st Century - Burren Law School 2013, Co. Clare
http://www.burrenlawschool.org/programme.html

Fri. 10 May 2013:
Fundamental Rights Protection in the European Union - Irish Centre for European Law, Dublin
http://icel.ie/events_currentprogramme

Fri.-Sat. 24-25 May 2013:
Comparative Public Law - Irish Society for Comparative Law Annual Conference, NUI Galway
http://irishsocietyofcomparativelaw.blogspot.ie/2012/12/call-for-papers-irish-society-of.html

7-8 July 2013 9:00 AM
Irish Legal Diaspora Conference - Irish Legal History Society, Dublin
www.ilhs.eu/conferences.asp

3-6 September 2013:
Annual Conference of Society of Legal Scholars, Edinburgh, Scotland
http://conference.legalscholars.ac.uk/edinburgh/


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Call for Papers Irish Society of Comparative Law Annual Conference 2013

The School of Law at NUI Galway will host the Irish Society of Comparative Law 5th Annual Conference on Friday 24th and Saturday 25th of May 2013 in Galway. The theme for the Irish Society of Comparative Law’s Annual Conference 2013 is ‘Comparative Public Law’. Papers placing Irish public law in comparative perspective are especially encouraged, but any topic in comparative or legal systems may be proposed including private law topics. Proposals for thematic panels of papers are also welcomed.

The primary objective of the Irish Society of Comparative Law is to encourage the comparative study of law and legal systems. Students fully registered for a masters in law, or law-related area (LL.M, MA) are encouraged to submit papers, and the 2nd ISCL Young Researcher Prize will be awarded to the best paper delivered by a student in this category.

Proposals for papers for the 2013 conference should be short (250 words max) and sent to Charles O’Mahony at charles.omahony@nuigalway.ie. The deadline for receipt of proposals is Friday 15 February 2013. Applicants will be notified by Thursday 28th February 2013 if their paper proposal is successful. There will be an opportunity for poster presentations (Posters A1 size) to be displayed in the foyer of the conference venue, Áras Moyola. Poster presenters are expected to attend the conference in the normal way and to be available to discuss their work. You do not have to be a member of the ISCL to propose a paper or be selected to present a poster. Registration forms and additional information will be available early in 2013.

The Irish Society of Comparative Law was established in June 2008 and is recognised by the International Academy of Comparative Law. The ISCL is open to those interested in Irish and comparative law. Its purpose is to encourage the comparative study of law and legal systems and to seek affiliation with individuals and organisations with complementary aims. Queries regarding the ISCL should be directed to Niamh Connolly at niamh.connolly@tcd.ie.

The School of Law, NUI Galway has a long and distinguished tradition of teaching law and legal scholarship since 1849. The School of Law is comprised of full-time professors and lecturers who are academics producing research across a number of fields including human rights law, international and comparative disability law and policy, legal theory, criminal law, commercial law, maritime law and media law. Large national and international research projects, international conferences and guest lectures are organised under the auspices of the School of Law and its research centres, the Irish Centre for Human Rights and the Centre for Disability Law and Policy. The School of Law is home to a thriving Ph.D programme and offers a number of taught LL.M programmes including a dynamic LL.M in Public Law.

See
http://irishsocietyofcomparativelaw.blogspot.ie

90 Years - The 1922 Irish Free State Constitution and the Birth of the Modern Irish State

90 YEARS – THE IRISH FREE STATE CONSTITUTION AND THE BIRTH OF THE MODERN IRISH STATE

CONSTITUTION PROJECT @ UCC invites you to a free public event on
Thursday 6th December at 6pm in G30 Aras na Laoi, UCC
to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the 1922 Irish Free State Constitution.

Programme:

6.00: Welcome by Dr Andrew McCarthy (School of History)

6.05: Professor David Gwynn Morgan (Faculty of Law) “The Separation of powers in the Irish Free State Constitution – Real or Imaginary?”

6.25: Dr Neil Buttimer  (Department of Modern Irish) “The Irish Version of the 1922 Constitution: Beginning a Linguistic Tradition”

6.45: Dr Laura Cahillane (Faculty of Law) “Appreciating the Irish Free State Constitution – Novelties and Experiments”

7.05: Tim Pat Coogan “Revisiting the 1922 Constitution after 90 years”.

7.30: Questions and discussion

Further details on www.constitutionproject.ie

This event has been kindly sponsored by the College of Business and Law, Invited Speaker Series

Copyright Law in the Educational Context

Louise Crowley and I put together a talk on Copyright Law in an Educational Context which we gave here in UCC yesterday.

Here are Louise's slides:

Copyright law in the Educational Context Part 1 (Louise Crowley) from Darius Whelan

These were my slides:

Copyright Law in the Educational Context (Darius Whelan part) from Darius Whelan

Regulating Cloud Computing: Clear Skies Ahead? - Cork, 16 Nov. 2012

We're organising a conference here in UCC Faculty of Law on Friday 16 November:

Regulating Cloud Computing: Clear Skies Ahead?

Presented in association with UCC’s LLM in Intellectual Property and E Law

Friday 16 November, 2012, 2.00 p.m. to 5.15 p.m.

Room G10, Brookfield Health Sciences Complex, UCC, College Road, Cork

Cloud computing - internet-based delivery of IT services – is a growth industry and many Irish businesses are operating as either cloud providers or cloud clients.  This conference, presented in association with UCC’s LLM in Intellectual Property and E Law, will discuss regulation of  cloud computing, including questions such as the following:

• What legal issues need to be considered by businesses in contracting for the provision or use of cloud computing services?
• Can an appropriate regulatory balance be struck between cloud provider and cloud client interests?
• What are the legal consequences of security breaches regarding data held in the cloud?
• What are the implications of storage of data in Europe, the USA and other jurisdictions?
• What is the relevance of the EU / US safe harbour arrangements for cloud computing?
• What are the implications of the EU’s draft General Data Protection Regulation?
• Are concerns about the USA’s Patriot Act and Mutual Legal Assistance Treaties in cloud computing justified?
• How are intellectual property law issues dealt with in a cloud environment?

Speakers: 

• Professor Ian Walden, Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary, University of London and member of the Cloud Legal Project.
• Mr John O'Connor, Head of the Technology and Commercial Contracts Group at Matheson Ormsby Prentice, Solicitors.
• Ms Síofra Flood, COO and General Counsel at Swrve, leading provider of in-application testing and analytics, California and Dublin.   

Supported by the UCC Dean of Law’s Strategic Fund

Conference Convenors:
Dr Darius Whelan, Professor Maeve McDonagh and Dr Louise Crowley

Advance Registration is essential.
Conference Registration: €40, to be paid by post in advance.
Students:  No Fee.

Continuing Professional Development: 3 hours General CPD

Conference Administrator:  Ms Noreen Delea, Faculty of Law, UCC.
Email n.delea@ucc.ie.    Phone +353-21-490 3220.

Please book by post and pay in advance.
Please use the Booking Form available here.

Students may book by email.

For information on UCC’s LLM on Intellectual Property and E law, see
www.ucc.ie/en/lawsite/StudyLaw/postgrad/.

Update - December 2012: 
Slides and videos from this conference are available at

http://www.ucc.ie/law/lawonline/elaw/cloud2012.shtml

Events in October 2012 and after

The listing of events has now been updated at www.irishlaw.org/events/

Thu. 1 Nov. 2012:

The Children's Rights Referendum - Law School, Trinity College Dublin
http://www.tcd.ie/Law/events/2012/childrens-rights.php
 
Thu. 1 Nov. 2012:
Contract Law Update, Law Society, Dublin
http://www.lawsociety.ie/Products/Courses/

Thu. 1 Nov. 2012:
Moving to a Culture of Respect for Children in Ireland - Talk by Children's Ombudsman, Irish Women Lawyers Association, Limerick
http://www.iwla.ie/contents/69

5-6 Nov. 2012:
EU Anti-Discrimination Law, Trier, Germany
http://www.era.int

Tue. 6 Nov. 2012:
The role of the Court of Justice of the European Union in regulating of public procurement market - practitioners' perspectives - ISEL Procurement Law Forum, Dublin
http://www.lawsociety.ie/Pages/Events/ISEL-Procurement-Law-Forum-1/

Fri. 9 Nov. 2012:
The role of ‘credibility’ in international protection claims - Irish Refugee Council, Dublin
http://www.irishrefugeecouncil.ie/event/conference-the-role-of-credibility-in-international-protection-claims

Wed. 14 Nov. 2012:
The Old Munster Circuit and other Tales of the Irish Bar - 27th Hugh M. Fitzpatrick Lecture, Dublin
http://www.lawsociety.ie/Pages/Events/25th-Hugh-M-Fitzpatrick-Lecture/

Fri. 16 Nov. 2012:
Regulating Cloud Computing: Clear Skies Ahead? Faculty of Law, University College Cork 
http://www.ucc.ie/en/lawsite/eventsandnews/Upcoming/ 

16-18 November 2012:
Legal Scholarship and Judicial Reasoning: A Mutual Interaction - Annual Conference of Irish Association of Law Teachers, Dublin
http://www.ialt.ie/events/

16-18 Nov. 2012:
Society of Young Solicitors conference, Tullamore
http://www.sys.ie/news-events-2/

Sat. 17 Nov. 2012:
Tort Litigation 2012: All the Recent Developments - Law School, Trinity College Dublin
http://www.tcd.ie/Law/events/

Thu.-Fri. 22-23 Nov. 2012:
7th Annual Data Protection Practical Compliance Conference, Dublin
http://www.pdp.ie/conference/data_protection/2012

Thu. 22 Nov. 2012:
Economic, Social & Cultural Rights Conference - Amnesty International Ireland, Dublin
http://tinyurl.com/escr-conf

Fri. 23 Nov. 2012:
Enforcing European Environmental Law Conference - Faculty of Law, UCC, Cork 
http://www.ucc.ie/en/lawsite/eventsandnews/events/ 

Fri. 23 Nov. 2012:
Business, Human Rights and Good Governance: A workshop with David Kinley - Queen's University Belfast
http://www.law.qub.ac.uk/schools/SchoolofLaw/NewsandEvents/Events/

Sat. 24 Nov. 2012:
The New Legislation on Special Areas of Conservation (SACS) and National Heritage Areas - Law School, Trinity College Dublin
http://www.tcd.ie/Law/events/

7-8 July 2013:
Irish Legal Diaspora Conference - Dublin
http://www.ilhs.eu/conferences.asp


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Events in September 2012 and after

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Mon.17 Sept. 2012:
Multiculturalism and the Role of International Law - QUB, Belfast
www.law.qub.ac.uk/schools/SchoolofLaw/NewsandEvents/Events/

Thu. 20 Sept. 2012:
Sentencing Guidelines and the work of the Sentencing Council, IPRT Annual Lecture, Dublin
www.iprt.ie/contents/2372

Thu. 27 Sept. 2012:
The People's Constitution: A Reflection on the Referendum Process - Faculty of Law, UCC
www.ucc.ie/en/lawsite/eventsandnews/

27-28 Sept. 2012:
Commonwealth Lawyers' Association Property Law Conference 2012, Belfast
www.qub.ac.uk/sites/clabelfastconference2012/

Fri.-Sat. 28-29 Sept. 2012:
Current Fundamental Issues in Employment Law - UCD, Dublin
www.ucd.ie/law/events/title,131675,en.html

30 Sept. to 5 Oct. 2012:
International Bar Association Annual Conference, Dublin
www.int-bar.org/conferences/dublin2012/

Tue. 2 Oct. 2012:
Current Legal Issues Facing the United Nations - IIEA, Dublin
www.iiea.com/events/current-legal-issues-facing-the-united-nations

10-12 October 2012:
U.S. / Ireland Legal Symposium, Philadelphia, USA
www.brehonsymposium.com

Fri.12 Oct. 2012:
European Union law in Practice - Faculty of Law, UCC, Cork 
www.ucc.ie/en/lawsite/eventsandnews/events/ 

Fri.12 Oct. 2012:
Exit from Custody - Annual Conference of ACJRD, Dublin
www.acjrd.ie/contents/181

Sat. 13 October 2012:
Promoting and Protecting Human Rights in Ireland: The Role of the Irish Constitution and European Law - Law Society, Dublin
www.lawsociety.ie/Pages/Events/Annual-Human-Rights-Conference/

Thu. 11 October 2012:
Annual Property Law conference - Law Society, Dublin
www.lawsociety.ie/Annual_Property_Law_Conference.aspx

Wed. 17 Oct. 2012:
Getting involved in Pro Bono litigation: Opportunities in Northern Ireland
www.pilsni.org

Thu. 18 October 2012:
Environmental Regulation and Enforcement Conference, ICEL and EPA conference, Dublin
www.icel.ie/events_currentprogramme

Fri. 19 Oct. 2012:
Migration, Domestic Workers and Human Rights: gender equality and the limits of rights - Centre for Criminal Justice and Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University College Cork 
www.ucc.ie/en/lawsite/eventsandnews/events/

Wed. 24 Oct. 2012:
Irish Maritime Law Association Autumn Lecture on SOSREP, Dublin
www.irishmaritimelaw.com/autumn-lecture-sosrep/

Thu. 1 Nov. 2012:
Contract Law Update, Law Society, Dublin
www.lawsociety.ie/Products/Courses/

5-6 Nov. 2012:
EU Anti-Discrimination Law, Trier, Germany
www.era.int

16-18 November 2012:
Legal Scholarship and Judicial Reasoning: A Mutual Interaction - Annual Conference of Irish Association of Law Teachers, Dublin
www.ialt.ie/events/

Thu.-Fri. 22-23 Nov. 2012:
7th Annual Data Protection Practical Compliance Conference, Dublin
www.pdp.ie/conference/data_protection/2012

Fri. 23 Nov. 2012:
Enforcing European Environmental Law Conference - Faculty of Law, UCC, Cork 
www.ucc.ie/en/lawsite/eventsandnews/events/

7-8 July 2013:
Irish Legal Diaspora Conference - Dublin
www.ilhs.eu/conferences.asp

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Migrant worker case in the High Court

Muhammad Younis.  Picture by RTE.  

Further update, June 2015:

The Supreme Court upheld Mr Younis's appeal

In a very important decision yesterday, Hussein v The Labour Court [2012] IEHC 364, Hogan J. found that a migrant worker (Mr Muhammad Younis) who had been exploited by his employer could not claim under the working time legislation, minimum wage legislation and the Terms of Employment (Information) legislation.  See news reports at Irish Times and RTE websites.

Liam Thornton has an excellent post over at humanrights.ie summarising the issues, particularly focusing on the international human rights dimension of the case.

While we are still digesting the judgment as it has only recently been published, some additional points which have struck me are as follows:

• Hogan J. says at para. 19 that the Employment Permits Act 2003 contains no saving clause such as obtains in the case of unfair dismissals.  However, the National Minimum Wage Act 2000 does contain a saving clause at s.40.  While it is likely that even if he had referred to this section, he would have reached the same conclusion, it is surprising that he does not explicitly address it.  
• Hogan J. does not refer explicitly to the significant Irish employment law case of Lewis v Squash Ireland [1983] ILRM 363.  In that case, the Tribunal stated: "It is public policy that the Courts and this Tribunal should not lend themselves to the enforcement of contracts, either illegal on their face or in which the intended performance of obligations thereunder was illegal to the knowledge of the party seeking to enforce the contract" (emphasis added).  Hogan J. could have explored whether he agreed with such a statement of public policy by the EAT, rather than relying entirely on court decisions.  While of course the courts have superior authority to the tribunals, they have also recognised the specialist expertise of such tribunals in the past.
• Hogan J. also does not refer to Dubyna v Hourican Hygiene  (2005) UD 781/2004, another EAT case in which it was found that a contract in breach of the Employment Permits Act 2003 was enforceable where the employee was unaware of the breach.  Admittedly, the circumstances were quite different but nonetheless it is a more relevant decision than some of those cited in the High Court decision. 
• As far as I can see, the only English case referred to is from 1957.  There is no reference to the recent Court of Appeal case of Hounga v Allen [2012] EWCA Civ 609 which involved breach of work permits legislation.  While the court did not permit the claim in that case, it allowed for the possibility that in some cases an employee might not be an active participant in an illegality, but instead acquiesce in the state of affairs, in which case she might still claim.  (See Laurie Anstis posting on Daniel Barnett blog here.)  [Update in 2014:  The UK Supreme Court has upheld the appeal against the Court of Appeal decision - Hounga v Allen [2014] UKSC 47 - See Vanessa James posting on Daniel Barnett blog here.] 
• I am not entirely comfortable with the idea of the High Court posting copies of its decisions to the Ceann Comhairle, the Cathaoirleach of the Seanad and the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation.  I agree that a judge may highlight a possible anomaly in the law, or possible unintended consequences of legislation, and even state that the law should be changed (as happened in the X. case).  But it is unnecessary and perhaps could be misinterpreted for the judge to post the decision to these three people.   They are all surely aware of the decision, as they are aware of all court decisions.  Perhaps I am splitting hairs here?  

[Further Update in 2014 - The Employment Permits (Amendment) Act 2014 will allow a migrant worker in Mr Younis's situation to bring a civil action seeking compensation for work done.  The Act will come into force on a date specified by the Minister. The new Act was welcomed by Migrant Rights Centre Ireland here. However, as the Centre notes, much more needs to be done.  From an employment law perspective, it is unclear to what extent a migrant worker without a work permit could bring an action other than an action seeking compensation for work done. ]   

Further update, June 2015: 
The Supreme Court upheld Mr Younis's appeal

Irish Mental Health Lawyers Association seminar - Dublin, 23 July 2012

Irish Mental Health Lawyers Association 

2012 Seminar

Reforms to the Mental Health Act 2001, update on Capacity legislation and Treatment issues 

Date: Monday 23rd of July 2012

Venue: Law Society, Blackhall Place, Dublin 7

Time: 5.30pm - 8.00pm

Registration and refreshments: 5.30

2 CPD points will be available for attendees

AGENDA

5.30pm  Registration  - Tea/Coffee/sandwiches

6.00pm  Dr. Darius Whelan,
President Irish Mental Health Lawyers Association, Faculty of Law U.C.C.
Daring to Change: The Interim Report of the Steering Group on the Review of the Mental Health Act

6.30pm  Fionn Fitzpatrick.
Presentation on need for legislative reform following her own experiences of the mental health services.

6.45pm  Mark Felton, Solicitor.
Overview of Proposed Capacity Legislation.

7.00pm  Dr. Ciaran Craven B.L.,
Mental Health Act 2001, Capacity and Consent to Treatment cases.

7.40pm  Joan Doran, Solicitor.
Operating the Mental Health Act 2001 Act, a practitioner’s viewpoint.

Seminar Registration Form available here:
http://www.irishlaw.org/events/imhla-july-2012.doc

Provisional registration can be made by email to: joan@joandoran.com


Fee:  Free to members of IMHLA
€65 to non-members


Cancellations must be received in writing. For cancellations received 5 working days or less prior to the event, the attendance fee is non refundable.

It may be necessary, for reasons beyond the control of the conference organisers, to alter the content and timing of the program or the identity of the speakers.