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THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE BILL 2007: IMPLICATIONS FOR LAW AND PRACTICE
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Date: Wednesday, 9th May 2007
Venue: The Davis Theatre, Arts Building, Trinity College Dublin
The Criminal Justice Bill 2007 is a radical measure which is likely to have significant implications for criminal law and procedure, the law of evidence and the work of legal practitioners. It makes important changes relating to the granting of bail and entreatment of recognisances. It introduces new provisions for mandatory sentencing and crime prevention orders. It modifies the right to silence by a series of inference-drawing provisions and makes changes to the legislation on drugs and firearms offences. It extends the powers of detention for a range of offences to seven days.
It is important for practitioners to be fully aware of these proposed changes and their likely impact on practice.
The conference, to be held by the Law School of Trinity College from 6 pm to 9 pm on Wednesday, 9th May, will address all of the major aspects of the Bill and assess the implications for legal practitioners. There will be plenty of time for questions and discussion. The conference will be chaired by William Binchy.
Last Modified 19 April 2007 by Catherine Finnegan
Ivana Bacik is Reid Professor of Criminal Law, Criminology and Penology at Trinity College Dublin, a Fellow of Trinity College Dublin and a practising barrister. She was editor of the Irish Criminal Law Journal from 1997 to 2003. She is co-editor of Crime and Poverty in Ireland and co-author of The Legal Process and Victims of Rape.
Patricia Brazil is Lecturer in Law at Trinity College Dublin and a practising Barrister. A full-time researcher with the Law Reform Commission for a number of years, she conducted postgraduate research on the Drug Court and sentencing policy in Ireland. She has lectured in criminal law at Trinity and is currently engaged in research on behalf of the Commission for the Support of Victims of Crime. She is Vice-Chairperson of the Irish Penal Reform Trust.
Yvonne Daly is a doctoral candidate at Trinity College Dublin, carrying out research on safeguarding the rights of the accused in the pre-trial process in Ireland. She has held a postgraduate scholarship from the Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences. Her article, “Does the Buck Stop Here?: An Examination of Pre-trial Right to Legal Advice in light of O’Brien v DPP”, is published in the 2006 volume of the Dublin University Law Journal.
Michael Farrell is a solicitor working for the Free Legal Advice Centres Ltd (FLAC) and is Vice-Chairperson to the Law Society’s Human Rights Committee. He has taken cases to the European Court of Human Rights and other international bodies. He was previously involved in the Civil Rights movement in Northern Ireland in the 1960s and 1970s and was vice-chair and then co-chair of the Irish Council for Civil Liberties for most of the 1990s. He is a member of the Irish Human Rights Commission.
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5:30 (pm) |
Registration |
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6:00 (pm) Patricia Brazil BL |
Bail, Electronic Monitoring and Crime Prevention Orders |
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6:30 Ivana Bacik BL |
The New Provisions on Sentencing |
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7:00 |
Tea / Coffee Break |
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7:30 Yvonne Daly |
The Effect of the Bill on the Pre-Trial Process |
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8:00 Michael Farrell |
The Right to Silence |
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8:30 |
Questions and Discussion |
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9:00 |
Conference Ends |
The right to substitute and rearrange lectures is reserved
Fees*:
€ 150 for 1; €270 for 2; €385 for 3; €480 for 4 and €565 for 5.
Reduced rate: €75 for barristers of 5 years’ standing or less, trainee solicitors, legal executives
All cheques should be made payable to TCD No. 1 account
CPD HOURS : 2 3/4 hours
Reservations: Please complete and return the booking form to :
Catherine Finnegan, School of Law, Trinity College, Dublin 2 or email lawevent at tcd.ie.
*Fees are inclusive of lecture materials and tea/coffee break.
Early booking is advisable as places are limited.