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    • Accessing justice in cases of occupational bullying in Ireland 

      Connolly, Ursula; Quinlivan, Shivaun (Community Law & Mediation, 2016-07-07)
      Our understanding of the nature and effect of bullying behaviour has developed dramatically over the past forty or so years. Despite this however Ireland does not have a dedicated legal remedy for workplace bullying. ...
    • Corr v IBC - Civil liability and employee suicide 

      Connolly, Ursula (Clarus Press, 2007)
      The English Court of Appeal decision in Corr v IBC Vehicles Ltd1 held that an employer could be found liable for the suicide of an employee. 2 Sedley and Wilson LJJ (with Ward LJ dissenting) overturned the trial court ...
    • Multiple publication and online defamation - recent reforms in Ireland and the UK 

      Connolly, Ursula (Masarykova Univerzita Nakladatelstvi,Masaryk University Press, 2012)
       The multiple-publication rule, allowing for a new cause of action each time a defamatory statement is published, has applied to non-internet publications for well over a century. Its application to online publications ...
    • Paternity fraud and the tort of deceit 

      Connolly, Ursula (Clarus Press, 2008)
      Recent cases in England, Australia and the United States have seen efforts to expand the tort of deceit to allow a remedy in cases of paternity fraud. The tort of deceit has traditionally applied to commercial transactions ...
    • Socially constructed hierarchies of impairment: the case of Australian and Irish Workers' access to compensation 

      Harpur, Paul; Connolly, Ursula; Blanck, Peter (Springer Verlag, 2017-11-27)
      Objectives: Socially constructed hierarchies of impairment complicate the general disadvantage experienced by workers with disabilities. Workers with a range of abilities categorized as a disability are likely to experience ...
    • Sutherland v Hatton: A Solution to Ireland's Occupational Stress Question? 

      Connolly, Ursula (2002)
      The Irish Courts have not dealt with the issue of occupational stress claims in any great detail. However, in a recent UK decision, Sutherland v Hatton1 , where four separate appeals were joined together, the Court of ...