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The conveyancing conundrum: Reviewable dispositions and the in camera rule. I
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Corr v IBC - Civil liability and employee suicide
(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 ... -
De-camouflaging chameleons: Requiring transparency for consumer protection in the Internet of Things
(Queen's University Belfast, School of Law, 2019)Information and communications technology (ICT) and the development of the so-called ‘Internet of Things’ (IoT) provide new and valuable affordances to businesses and consumers. The use of sensors, software, and interconnectivity ... -
Defences to international crimes
(Routledge, 2011)The label 'defences' can be used to describe a range of excusing or justificatory answers to a criminal charge, or as 'grounds for excluding criminal responsibility', according to Article 31 of the Rome Statute of the ... -
Disability, EU law and the CRPD: A New Dawn?
(Clarus Press, 2017)This paper will examine the definition of disability in anti-discrimination employment law in Europe. This paper reviews some of the approaches to defining disability both within the European Union and by the European ... -
Disrupting the status quo? Discrimination in academic promotions
(Thomson Round Hall, 2017)In June 2016 the HEA Report of the Expert Group: HEA National Review of Gender Equality in Higher Education Institutions (Gender Equality Review) reported and stated that there was a need for “radical action” without ... -
E-regulation and the rule of law: smart government, institutional information infrastructures, and fundamental values
(IOS Press, 2016-02-15)Information and communications technology (ICT) is increasingly used in bureaucratic and regulatory processes. With the development of the Internet of Things , some researchers speak enthusiastically of the birth of the ... -
The Employment Equality Act 1998 (Ireland).
(Oxford University Press, 2000-09)The Employment Equality Act, 1998, came into force in Ireland on 18 October 1999, following a prolonged period of preparation necessary to establish the new equality enforcement mechanisms and bodies prescribed by the ... -
EU Bewildered by Ireland's Attitude to Peacekeeping Force for Macedonia
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The European approach to integrated management: are there lessons for the China Seas region?
(Martinus Nijhoff, 2006)The terrible events and human tragedy of the tsunami in the Indian Ocean on December 26, 2004, brought home to the world the unpredictable nature of the ocean in relation to affairs of mankind. It was a timely reminder ... -
European Family Law: the Beginning of the End for "Proper" Provision?
(2012-06)European law has become increasingly relevant to Irish family law issues. The measures in question are wide-ranging, covering matters as diverse as the enforcement of maintenance decisions in other Member States, the ... -
A European Law Perspective: Science, Technology and New Challenges to Ocean Law
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An expanded definition of environmental information? Minch v Commissioner for Environmental Information [2016] IEHC 91
(SAGE Publications, 2016)A recent Irish High Court decision has overturned a decision of the Commissioner for Environmental Information not to grant access to a report on broadband networking infrastructure on the grounds that the document sought ... -
Extra-judicial Comment by Judges
(Judicial Studies Institute, 2005)This article looks at recent occasions where extrajudicial speech has been the subject of public comment in Ireland. It then examines case law from other jurisdictions, focusing on examples from common law countries and ... -
Family law and the corporate veil: accessing company assets on marital breakdown after Prest v. Petrodel Resources Ltd
(Dublin University Law Journal, 2014)When, if ever, can a company’s assets be used to meet the family law liabilities of private persons? This question has arisen infrequently in Irish law, perhaps because family lawyers tend to assume that assets held by ... -
The Family Support Agency Act 2001.
(Roundhall Sweet & Maxwell, 2001)The Family Support Agency Act 2001 was enacted with the purpose of rationalising and enhancing the main family support programmes in Ireland. Prior to the passing of the Act, numerous support services, most of them in ... -
Financial provision on relationship breakdown in Ireland: A constitutional lacuna?
(Dublin University Law Journal, 2013)In recent decades, legislation has had an extraordinary impact on personal property rights in the context of marital and relationship breakdown. Initially under the Judicial Separation and Family Law Reform Act 1989, and ... -
A Flood of Light: Comments on the Interpretation Act 2005
(Judicial Studies Institute, 2006)The Interpretation Act 2005 consolidates previous legislation and contains some new provisions inspired by a Law Reform Commission report. These may bring about a subtle but significant change in the methods of statutory ... -
Freedom to negotiate: a proposal extricating 'capacity' from 'consent'
(Cambridge University Press, 2017-03-15)In this paper, we seek to radically reframe the legal construct of consent from a disability perspective. Drawing on feminist scholarship and human rights standards around free and informed consent', we apply a concept of ... -
From participatory design to participatory governance through sustainable HCI
(Routledge, 2017-11-20)[No abstract available]