A round-up of other law news in brief
Conference on law of the Lisbon Treaty
The Irish Centre for European Law is holding a conference on The Law of the Lisbon Treaty in the Royal Irish Academy, Dublin, on Monday, May 11th next.
The conference will be chaired by Ms Justice Fidelma Macken, and the speakers will include Prof Alan Dashwood, University of Cambridge; Dr Gavin Barrett, UCD; Mr Justice John Hedigan; Dr Angela Ward BL, UCD; Prof Dermot Walsh, University of Limerick and Dr Laurent Pech of NUI Galway and New York University.
Topics will include institutional changes, the Charter of Fundamental Rights, and police and judicial co-operation in criminal matters.
Seminar on Philanthropy
The Community Foundation for Ireland and the European Association of Philanthropy and Giving are organising a roundtable on May 19th, from 8am to 9.30am, on Philanthropy and the Wealth Adviser, aimed at solicitors and others involved in wealth management and estate planning.
The speakers will examine issues such as how to bring up philanthropy with clients, the role of community foundations, and issues of fees and potential conflicts of interest for lawyers, accountants, private banks, stockbrokers and others. The speakers include Paul Knox of JP Morgan, Mike Gaffney of KPMG and Tina Roche of the Community Foundation for Ireland, and the roundtable, which takes place in the HSBC Bank at 1 Grand Canal Square, costs €45.
Further details from www.eapg.org.uk or www.foundation.ie
Hardiman chairs privacy forum
The Bar Council is holding a conference on privacy on Saturday May 9th next.
It will be chaired by Mr Justice Adrian Hardiman of the Supreme Court, and speakers include former tánaiste and minister for justice Michael McDowell SC, Paul O’Higgins SC, Eoin McCullough SC, Luan Ó Braonain SC, Mr Justice David Eady QC, High Court judge of the Bar of England and Wales; TJ McIntyre BL, chairman, Digital Rights Ireland, and Carol Coulter, Irish Times Legal Affairs Editor.
New chair for Irish law centre
Mr Justice Nial Fennelly has retired as chairman of the Irish Centre for European Law, and Ms Justice Fidelma Macken has been elected chairman. Ms Justice Macken was a judge of the ECJ from 1999-2004.
World expert at energy seminar
Amory Lovins, a world energy expert and chairman and founder of the Rocky Mountain Institute in Colorado, will give a lecture on energy at the Institute of International and European Affairs in North Great George’s Street, Dublin, on Friday May 8th at 12.45pm.
This is the second in the IIEA “World of Tomorrow” lecture series.