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Mon, May 21, 2012 MY FAVOURITE CASE Crotty v An Taoiseach and Others - Financial shock would never have happened under shariaMon, May 21, 2012 LEGAL OPINION: IN THE West we have, over many years, created a range of financial instruments to meet the needs of business, of investors and of the man and woman in the street. In the recent past, institutions in the Islamic world have developed a parallel set of instruments which seek to fulfil those needs in a way which is consistent with sharia law.
- Council backs passenger record pact with USMon, May 21, 2012 EU LAW UPDATE ON APRIL 26th last, the Council of the European Union adopted a decision supporting December’s Passenger Name Record (PNR) Agreement with the US.
- European Court of Justice judgmentMon, May 21, 2012 HSE -v- SC and Ors
- Diploma in Islamic finance on offerMon, May 21, 2012Applications are being accepted for the CIMA diploma in Islamic finance, which is supported by the Law Society Finuas Network programme. The qualification is open to solicitors who wish to upskill in this area.
- Human rights course at NUI GalwayMon, May 21, 2012The Irish Centre for Human Rights at NUI Galway is accepting delegates for its 2012 summer school on the International Criminal Court from June 18th to 22nd. Experts taking part include Prof William Schabas of Middlesex University and chairman of the Irish Centre for Human Rights; Prof Siobhán Mullally of UCC and lecturer Dr Shane Darcy.
- Corporate recovery forum at collegeMon, May 21, 2012Griffith College is holding a corporate recovery forum on June 7th from 1pm until 6pm. Speakers will include Minister of State John Perry and Eversheds partner Norman Fitzgerald.
- European honour for A&L GoodbodyMon, May 21, 2012A&L Goodbody has been named Irish Law Firm of the Year 2012 by Chambers and Partners at the Chambers Europe Awards for Excellence ceremony held in Amsterdam. At the same event, McCann FitzGerald scooped the title of Ireland’s Client Services Law Firm of the Year.
- Necessity is no defence for murder
Mon, May 14, 2012 MY FAVOURITE CASE Senator Ivana Bacik BL, Reid Professor of Law, Trinity College - Book published on origins of Irish ConstitutionMon, May 14, 2012 LEGAL UPDATE: TO MARK THE 75th anniversary of the 1937 Constitution, the Royal Irish Academy has published The Origins of the Irish Constitution, a comprehensive selection of key documents relating to its development and drafting.
- For citizens, the law is not a consumer productMon, May 14, 2012There are circumstances in which people need legal representation. They are not freely exercising a consumer choice
- High court judgmentMon, May 14, 2012OLeary Ors - v- Minister for Justice Equality and Law Reform
- Thompson Round Hall conferenceMon, May 14, 2012The Thomson Round Hall Annual Employment Law Conference will take place next Saturday, May 19th, in Dublin’s The Westbury Hotel from 9am to 1.30pm
- Bar Council Tort Law conferenceMon, May 14, 2012The Bar Council is holding a conference on Tort Law next Saturday, May 19th, in the Distillery Building, Church St, Dublin from 9.30am until 1pm.
- Law, Technology and GovernanceMon, May 14, 2012Graduate students in the Law School at the NUI Galway will present their thesis topics for discussion and feedback at a conference on the theme of “Law, Technology and Governance” on Monday, May 28th. Amongst the topics are electronic commerce, internet piracy, data retention, financial regulation and corporate governance. CPD certificates are available for those who pre-register. For more details, see iti.ms/JdzZFb
- Delany & McGrath win Law book of the yearMon, May 14, 2012Delany & McGrath, Civil Procedure in The Superior Courts (third edition), published by Round Hall, has won the “Law Book of the Year” award at the inaugural Irish Law Awards 2012 which took place recently at the Shelbourne Hotel, Dublin.
- Government employment blueprint has serious flawsMon, May 7, 2012THE DEPARTMENT of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation has published a Blueprint to Deliver a World-class Workplace Relations Service which proposes a two-tier structure consisting of a body of first instance to adjudicate on all complaints with a single factual appeal. The blueprint envisages that all of the initial adjudicative procedures undertaken by the Equality Tribunal, Rights Commissioners, the Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) and the Labour Court will be undertaken by Workplace Relation Commission Adjudicators with a single appeal to the Labour Court. Further appeals may go only on a point of law to the High Court.
- Tide may be turning for the next generation of solicitorsMon, May 7, 2012 FIRM PROFILE LK SHIELDS: In recent years, trainee lawyers have been on the front line when it came to cutbacks, but law firm LK Shields is reversing the trend, writes CAROLINE MADDEN
- Employment dangers of social media highlightedMon, May 7, 2012 LEGAL UPDATE: THE PRINCIPAL risk created by employee use of social media is that of inappropriate use. Employers may be vicariously liable for inappropriate behaviour and suffer reputational damage as a result. Reputational risk may be exacerbated by the viral nature of social media.
- High Court of England and Wales, Chancery DivisionMon, May 7, 2012McKillen case to be heard in public
