| | | You are here: Home >> Events | | | | Upcoming Events | | | | | | Seminar on Legal Services Bill | | | The Irish Women Lawyers’ Association is holding a seminar on the Legal Services (Regulation) Bill on Saturday, November 26th, from 10am-1pm in the Distillery Building, Church Street, Dublin.
Speakers include Noeline Blackwell of Flac, Mary Rose Gearty SC, Prof David Gwynn Morgan, professor emeritus UCC and former member of the Law Reform Commission, and Ken Murphy, director general of the Law Society. It will be chaired by Carol Coulter, Legal Affairs Editor of The Irish Times , and is open to the public. Further details on www.iwla.ie. To register, phone 087-9480388 or e-mail events@iwla.ie. |
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| | | | | | Conference of family lawyers | | | The annual conference and agm of the Family Lawyers Association will take place from November 11th to November 13th in the Merchant Hotel, Belfast. Up to five CPD points are available.
It will be opened jointly by the attorneys general of Ireland and Northern Ireland, Máire Whelan and Jim Larkin, in the former Bar Library, the Royal Courts of Justice on Chichester Street. They will also launch a new all-Ireland family law initiative.
Special rates are available for conference delegates. Rooms must be booked directly with the hotel on 048 9023 4888, quoting “family law conference”. |
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| | | | | | Arbitration Ireland conference | | | Arbitration Ireland is holding a conference on Making Ireland a Centre for International Arbitration in the RDS in Dublin on Monday next (Oct 10) from 2pm-5.30pm. The panel will include a number of leading international practitioners and corporate counsel as well as leading domestic practitioners.
The conference will examine the importance of arbitration in international trade, the advantages of Ireland as a venue for international arbitration and practical aspects of conducting an arbitration under the 2010 Act.
Further details and bookings can be obtained by e-mailing: | | info@arbitration ireland.com |
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| | | | | | Alternatives to litigation | | | A conference on alternatives to litigation in a civil society will immediately precede the ABA conference, taking place next Tuesday (Oct 11), from 11am-5.30pm, in the Convention Centre.
Co-hosted by the International Centre for Dispute Resolution, the American Arbitration Association and TCD, the conference gives attendees the opportunity to be present at both events.
Speakers include the Chief Justice Ms Justice Susan Denham; Mark Appel, senior vice-president of the International Centre for Dispute Resolution; Patricia O’Brien, under-secretary general for Legal Affairs and UN Legal Counsel; and Lada Busevan, senior operations officer at the investment climate department of the World Bank Group.
A joint reception with the American Bar Association International Law Section, sponsored by Matheson Ormsby Prentice, follows the conference’s close. For further information contact Mandy Sawier at: | | SawierM@adr.org |
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| | | | | | American Bar Association meets in Dublin | | | Key challenges within the legal profession due to the economic downturn and technology, as well as global regulatory and competition issues, will be on the agenda as the American Bar Association’s section of international law comes to the Convention Centre in Dublin from October 11th to 15th, for its autumn meeting.
The opening plenary session at 11am on Wednesday October 12th will be addressed by President Mary McAleese, which will be followed by a luncheon with former president and former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson.
On October 13th, former Chief Justice Mr Justice John Murray will speak during the session, from 12.45pm-2.15pm.
A complete agenda and updated list of speakers can be found online at:
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| | | | | | Law Matters returns on October 3rd | | | The Law Matters page will not be published in August and September during the courts vacation and will resume on October 3rd, when the courts resume.
While most of the courts are not sitting during August and September, the President of the High Court has arranged for special sittings of the High Court in September to deal with the backlog in asylum judicial reviews, and the District Court sits in September.
Further information on the Courts Service website | | www.courts.ie |
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| | | | | | Mediation Centre | | | A new mediation centre has been opened in Limerick by the Chief Justice, Mr Justice John Murray.
South and West Mediation Service, the Granary, Michael Street, will provide mediation for debt, familial, workplace and probate disputes. It can be contacted at 087 165 2057 or email | | | | info@swmediationservices.org |
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| | | | | | Online dispute service launched | | | | An online Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) service has been launched by the Irish branch of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb.) Business and private individuals can obtain the ADR service that best suits their needs and have a specialised CIArb member practitioner assigned to them by applying directly to a new interactive website at | | www.arbitration.ie |
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| | | | | | Employment Law | | | | In a special introductory offer Employment Law Review – Ireland, edited by Dr Des Ryan BL and Dr Neville Cox BL, is available at €275 plus VAT, rather than the normal €325 for October. See tcarrick@firstlaw.ie |
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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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| | | | | | 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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| | | | |  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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