Irish European Law Forum
The Centre for Common Law in Europe succeeded in its bid to secure funding to host the 24th session of the IELF. The chosen theme is Empowering Consumers: Reconciling EU Law and the Common Law which aligns with UCD’s interest in ‘Empowering Humanity’. The conference pursues the ambition of publishing original research.
The traditional format has been reframed as a one week long series of webinar sessions of 90 mins (starting at either 8.30am or 12.30) to facilitate greater participation, especially from those located abroad than is achievable in a face to face one day event.
Each session critically examines how consumers fare under selected areas of EU law and common law including contract law, competition law, digital law, privacy law and consumer Law. Debate is anticipated on matters such as i) reconciling traditional common law concepts (for example, good faith /reasonableness) with EU concepts and ii) Europeanisation versus national diversity.
Another notable feature is the post-session “coffee and chat” intended for SSoL post- graduate students display their posters on their research.