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Exploring Ireland as a divergent common law jurisdiction since 1922

Exploring Ireland as a divergent common law jurisdiction since 1922.

02 December 2024. 9.15am- 4pm

Harty Boardroom, Sutherland School of Law

After 1922, English case law continues to be cited in Irish courts. Nonetheless, the courts in Ireland have delineated some areas of difference from English courts. By more closely reflecting Irish society, Irish courts are evolving, on occasion, common law in a distinctive way. In this, the second workshop in our Divergent Cases Project, the speakers are drawn from within and outside SSoL.

Programme

09:15: Tea/Coffee

09:45: Welcome

10:00: Session 1            Statutory Interpretation and Courts

 Chair: Karen Lynch Shally

Keynote Address

‘Courts Interpreting Legal Text’ (tbc)

Mr Justice Frank Clarke (ret’d C.J.),

President of Law Reform Commission

Mind the (fair procedures) Gap:  Divergence in Statutory Interpretation in The People (DPP) v McGrail [1990] 2 IR 38’

Mark Coen (SSoL)

11:00: Session 2            Irish Courts and Jurisdiction

Chair: Mark Coen

'Landmarks in a Changing Landscape: The Irish Courts System Since 1922'.

Niamh Howlin (SSoL)

'Forum Non Conveniens and EU Law'

Máire Ní Shúilleabháin (SSoL)

'Byrne v Ireland: Judging Walsh J’s divergence through the lens of Irish Nationalism'.

Saoirse Enright (SSoL)

12:00: Session 3            Transactions

Chair: John O’ Dowd

Divergent Answers to the Ongoing Land and Housing Question(s)?’

Sarah Hamill (Trinity College Dublin)

‘Fundamental breach in Irish contract law - the end of the (Clayton) Love affair?’

James McDermott (SSoL)

‘A Comedy of Errors? Cooper v. Phibbs’

James Devenney and Andrea Miglionico (University of Reading)

13:00: Lunch

13:45: Session 4            Calculations

Chair: James Devenney

Philp v Ryan (2004)

Sarah Fulham-McQuillan (SSoL)

Glover v BLN Ltd 1973 (Walsh J)

Anthony Kerr (SSoL)

“Lover of cop handler probed over cash”:

Gilchrist v Sunday Newspapers Ltd [2017] IECA 190

John O'Dowd (SSoL)

‘O’Donnell to Cavendish- A Quantum Leap or the Inevitable Next Step?’

Karen Lynch Shally (Maynooth University)

15:55: Concluding Remarks

UCD Centre for Common Law in Europe

University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.