| | | You are here: Home >> Events | | | | Upcoming Events | | | | | | Circle Surrogacy seminar in Dublin in April | | | The founder and president of Circle Surrogacy, one of the oldest and most reputable surrogate parenting agencies in the USA, will be visiting Ireland in April for a conference and to meet with prospective parents. Since 1995 Circle Surrogacy has already helped several Irish couples in their journey to parenthood, along with hundreds of others worldwide (about a third of them Europeans). Circle's staff regularly meets with prospective clients for intake consultations in several major cities in the USA and Europe, and this will be their first Dublin visit. The free two hour consultations are an opportunity for prospective parents to have their questions answered and make a more informed decision about how to proceed.
Circle is offering personal consultation appointments in Dublin on April 21-22, 2010. Please let them know if you are interested by emailing Nancy, Circle's marketing coordinator (and a parent of two surrogacy children herself!) at Nancy@CircleSurrogacy.com. Nancy will get back to you with the location and specific appointment time they still have available. | | | | | | |
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| | | | | | LECTURE ON HUMAN RIGHTS AFTER LISBON | | | A public lecture on Human Rights in the EU after the Lisbon Treaty. A public lecture on Human Rights in the EU after the Lisbon Treaty. Practical implementations of the new Charter of Fundamental Rights and the Union Succession to the ECHR organized by the Irish Society of European Law will take place on March 9th in St Michan’s Church, Church Street, Dublin at 6.30p.m. chaired by Mr Justice O’Donnell of the Supreme Court.
Speakers include: | | |  | Gerard Hogan SC |
| | Sir Francis Jacobs QC Advocate General at the European Court of Justice 1988 – 2006 and Professor of European Law, University of London |
| | Professor Rick Lawson, Kirchheiner Chair, Europa Institute, University of Leiden |
| | | | The lecture costs €10.00 and is free for Irish Society for European Law members. |
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| | | | | | Gay Mitchell to chair Mediation Conference | | | Friarylaw is organizing a day-long conference to explore the practical framework for mediation in Ireland on Friday March 5th in Trinity College Dublin.
The conference will be chaired by MEP Gay Mitchell, and speakers will include Anne Colley, chair of the Legal Aid Board; President of the Law Reform Commission, Mrs Justice Catherine McGuinness; Irena Vanenkova, director of the International Mediation Institute in The Hague; Noel Rubotham, director of reform in the Court Service; and Kieran Mulvey, chief executive of the Labour Relations Commission.
Eight CPD points are available, and the conference costs between €280 and €380. Further information from 01-8728405 or dkhumais@the friary.ie | | | | | | |
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| | | | | | Study on the Irish family launched | | | A joint Family Support Agency/ESRI study, Family Figures: Family Dynamics and Family Types in Ireland, 1986-2006, by Dr Peter Lunn, Prof Tony Fahey and Dr Carmel Hannan, is being launched by Minister for Social and Family Affairs, Mary Hanafin, today.
It covers developments in couple formation, including a comparison of cohabitation and marriage; likelihood of marital breakdown, and lone parenthood.
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| | | | | | UCD Lecture on rights of Children | | | Dr. Tara Collins of the Faculty of Social Science, University of Ottawa, will give a lecture, "Constitutional Rights for Children Good Sense or Nonsense?"
In Room 106, Newman Building, Thursday 18th February at 7:00pm. | | |
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| | | | | | Refugee Council gets new CEO | | | Sue Conlon, a leading Immigration and Asylum Lawyer in the UK for over twenty two years has been pointed Chief Executive of the Irish Refugee Council replacing Robin Hannan.
Having first studied law in the late 1970’s she worked for years in the wider field of anti racism before returning to study law, this time with an emphasis on Social Welfare Law, particularly Social Security, housing, children, race relations and immigration.
Her practice involved advocacy before the UK Asylum and Immigration Tribunal.
She also worked politically in the defence and promotion of human rights.
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| | | | | | Expert Forum on European Aid Law | | | | Reproduced from the Irish Times, January 25th 2010 | | | The Irish Centre for European Law and the European State Aid Institute are holding a conference entitled “Special Experts Forum on European State Aid Law” on February 12th in the Royal Irish Academy, Dawson Street, Dublin.
Speakers include Supreme Court Judge Mr Justice Nial Fennelly, former advocate General of the European Court of Justice, High Court Judge and former Judge of the European Court of first instance, Mr Justice Cooke, Aindrias O’Caomh Judge of the European Court of Justice, Luxembourg, Conor Quigley QC, Brick Court Chambers, London and Brussels and Anthony M Collins SC.
More details from 01-8961845 or icel@tcd.ie
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| | | | | | Leaflet of advice on mortgage arrears issues | | | | The legal rights campaigning group Flac has issued a document that offers practical advice and information to people facing mortgage arrears. | | | Guidelines on mortgage arrears, a four-page leaflet, details issues that may face people who have fallen behind on their payments, such as what negative equity is, what to do when creditors or debt collectors are in constant contact, and where to access legal advice and information.
| | |  You can download the leaflet HERE | | |
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| | | | | | Competition law forum open to all | | | | A forum on competition law will take place on February 8th, at the offices of Eugene F. Collins, Temple Chambers, 3 Burlington Road, Dublin 4, at 6:30pm. | | | | Chaired by Carolyn Galbreath of the Competition Authority, it will be addressed by Marcus Bezzi of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, Philip Lee, solicitor, and Becket McGrath, a partner in Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge in the UK. It is open to all and free to Irish Society for European Law Members, and €20 to non-members. | | | | To register, e-mail iselcompetition@gmail.com |
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| | | | | For further information, please contact Marion Campbell Solicitors by calling (01) 475 9345, or by filling out an on-line enquiry form. |
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