BRIEFS:The Irish Criminal Bar Association is holding its annual public conference on children and the criminal justice system.
It will take place on Saturday April 28th in the King’s Inns, Dublin 7. Speakers include Supt Colette Quinn, Dr Imelda Ryan of Crumlin Hospital, NUIG professor Tom O’Malley, Catherine Ghent, solicitor, Liam Herrick of the Irish Penal Reform Trust and barristers Grainne O’Neill and Miriam Delahunt.
The fee for non-ICBA members is €150 including lunch. Contact: fleurysuzanne@gmail.com
TCD students’ submission
More than 100 students have signed a petition drawn up by a group of law students in TCD on the Legal Services Regulation Bill, outlining reservations they have about the Bill from a law student’s perspective.
The petition is on petitiononline.ieand can be found by typing in "law student submission".
Launch of Arthur Cox 2011 yearbook
The Arthur Cox Employment Law Yearbook 2011 has just been published. It comes with an e-Publication making it Ireland’s first such published work.
Price of paperback + e-book €75 + 23 per cent VAT (applied to 50 per cent of product).
European law update
Last week’s update on EU law was compiled by Robert McDonagh and Claire Waterson, who are members of the Irish Society for European Law. ISEL provides Law Matters with a monthly update of legal developments in the EU.