Biography

Catherine Donnelly LL.B. (Dubl); B.C.L. (Oxon); LL.M. (Harv); D.Phil. (Oxon); Barrister (Law Library, Dublin, Blackstone Chambers, London); Attorney at Law, New York, FTCD. Catherine Donnelly undertook her LL.B. in Trinity College Dublin and is a former scholar of the College. She then completed a B.C.L. in Oxford, at Magdalen College, followed by an LL.M. and Fellowship in Harvard. She practised as a litigation attorney at Davis Polk & Wardwell in New York from 1999-2001 and was admitted to both the New York State and Federal Bars (Eastern and Southern Districts). During this time, she also taught an asylum law workshop at Columbia Law School and worked on pro bono projects for the Yale Law Clinic and Human Rights Watch. From 2001-2004, she completed a D.Phil. in Oxford, again at Magdalen College, during part of which time she held a college lectureship shared between Corpus Christi College and St John’s College, Oxford. The title of her doctoral thesis is 'Delegation of Governmental Power to Private Parties: A Comparative Perspective'. She was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 2003 (Gray's Inn) and from 2004-2005, she undertook pupillage at Blackstone Chambers, where she is currently a member. She was called to the Bar of Ireland in 2007 and is a practising barrister. She joined the Law Faculty of the University of Oxford in 2005 as a University Lecturer and Fellow in Law at Wadham College, teaching Administrative, Constitutional and European Union Law. She joined the Law School in January 2007. She has published and presented conference papers in the areas of human rights law, European Union law, administrative law, election law, constitutional law, comparative law, procurement law and public-private partnerships. She became a Fellow of Trinity in 2011.

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Professional Qualifications

Barrister at Law, Honorable Society of King’s Inns, 2007

Barrister, Gray's Inn, 2003

Attorney-at-Law, New York State Bar (2000)

Attorney-at-Law, New York Federal Bar (Eastern and Southern Districts), 2000

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Representations

Member, Blackstone Chambers (2008 to date)

Principal Legal Advisor, Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission, 2008-2010

Legal Advisor, Northern Ireland Bill of Rights Forum, September 2007 - March 2008 and 2009-2010

Committee Member, Irish Society for European Law

Committee Member, Procurement Law Forum, Ireland

Founding Member, Procurement Law Forum, Ireland

Member, Dornburg Research Group

Committee Member, Oxford Amnesty Lectures (2007-2009)

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Administrative Functions

Co-ordinator (Law) of the Law and Business Degree Programme

College Tutor

Member, University Postgraduate Students Academic Appeals Committee

Member, Undergraduate Studies Committee

Member, Law and Business Management Committee

Academic Liaisons Officer (2009-2011)

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Awards and Honours

Fellowship of Trinity College, 2011

C Donnelly, “Delegation of Governmental Power to Private Parties: A Comparative Perspective”, shortlisted for the Peter Birks Prize for Outstanding Legal Scholarship 2008

University of Oxford Fellowship Award, 2005

Arts and Humanities Research Council Awards, 2001-2004

Harvard Law School Fellowship, 1998-1999

Magdalen College Award for Excellent Performance in B.C.L. Examinations, 1998

Arts and Humanities Research Council Award, 1997-1998

Scholar of Trinity College, 1995

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Education Details

D.Phil., University of Oxford, 2004

LL.M., Harvard University, 1999

B.C.L., University of Oxford, 1998 (First Class)

LL.B., University of Dublin, 1997 (First Class)

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Employment Details

Lecturer in Law, Trinity College Dublin (2007-to date)

Barrister, Blackstone Chambers, London (2008-to date)

Barrister, Law Library, Dublin (2007-to date)

CUF Lecturer in Law and Fellow, University of Oxford, and Fellow of
Wadham College (2005-2007)

Lecturer, Corpus Christi College/St John’s College, Oxford (2003-2004)

Attorney at Law, Davis Polk & Wardwell, New York (1999-2001)

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Memberships /Associations

Member, Irish Centre for European Law

Member, Gray’s Inn

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Publications

Books

• Lord Woolf, Jeffrey Jowell, Andrew le Sueur, Catherine Donnelly, Ivan Hare, De Smith’s Judicial Review (Sweet and Maxwell, 7th edn, 2012, forthcoming)
• Lord Woolf, Jeffrey Jowell, Andrew le Sueur, Catherine Donnelly, Ivan Hare, De Smith’s Judicial Review: First Supplement to the Sixth Edition (Sweet and Maxwell, 2009) (226 pp)
• Delegation of Governmental Power to Private Parties: A Comparative Perspective (Oxford University Press, 2007) (457 pp)
• Lord Woolf, Jeffrey Jowell, Andrew le Sueur, Catherine Donnelly, De Smith’s Judicial Review (6th edn, Sweet and Maxwell, 2007) (1098 pp)

 

Book Chapters

• John Biggins and Catherine Donnelly, “Transposition of the Directive on Services in the Internal Market (2006/123/EC) in Ireland” in M Mirschberger (ed), The Implementation of the Services Directive in EU Member States (TMC Asser Press, 2012), pp. 309-345
• “The New Remedial Landscape in Public Procurement in Ireland” in D Fairgrieve (ed), EU Procurement Law: Damages as an Effective Remedy? (Hart Publishing, 2011) Chapter 7 (pp. 113-147)
• Tom de la Mare and Catherine Donnelly “Preliminary Rulings and EU Legal Integration: Evolution and Stasis” in P Craig and G de Búrca (eds), The Evolution of EU Law (2nd edn, Oxford University Press, 2011) Chapter 13 (pp. 363-407)
• “Problems of Legitimacy in Contracting Out and Privatisation” in M Ruffert (ed), Legitimacy in European Administrative Law: Reform and Reconstruction (Europa Law Publishing, 2011) Chapter 13 (pp. 251-283)
• “Participation and Expertise: Judicial Attitudes in Comparative Perspective” in S Rose-Ackerman and P Lindseth (eds), Comparative Administrative Law (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2010) Chapter 21 (pp. 357-373)
• “Public-Private Partnerships: Award, Performance and Remedies” in S Schill (ed), International Investment Law and Comparative Public Law (Oxford University Press, 2010), Chapter 15 (pp. 475-501)
• Tom de la Mare, Catherine Donnelly and Brian Kennelly “Article 8 ECHR” in A Lester, D Pannick and J Herberg (eds), Human Rights Law and Practice (3rd edn, LexisNexis, 2009) Chapter 4.8 (pp. 359-452)
• “The Response of English Public Law to Private Actors in Public Governance” in M Ruffert (ed), The Public/Private Divide: Potential for Transformation (British Institute of International and Comparative Law, 2009) Chapter 7 (pp. 169-203)
• “The Privatisation of Governmental Functions” in O Doyle and E Carolan (eds), The Irish Constitution: Governance and Values (Thomson/Roundhall, 2008) Chapter 13 (pp. 240-255)
• “el Reino Unido” in F Caamaño (ed), El Gobierno y las Relaciones con las Cortes (Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales, Madrid, 2007), pp. 153-185
• “Les rapports entre droit administratif fédéral et droits administratifs des États aux États-Unis: comparaison avec l’Union Européenne” in J Dutheil de la Rochère and JB Auby (eds), Droit Administratif Européen (Bruylant, 2007) Part 7, Chapter 2 (pp. 1085-1110)
• “Habeas Corpus” in B Lang, G Clarke and D Pannick (eds), Administrative Court: Practice and Procedure (Sweet and Maxwell, 2006) Chapters 24-25 (pp. 727-802)
• “Elections” in B Lang, G Clarke and D Pannick (eds), Administrative Court: Practice and Procedure (Sweet and Maxwell, 2006), Chapters 26-27 (pp. 805-915)

 

Journal Articles

• Hilary Delany and Catherine Donnelly, “The Irish Supreme Court Inches towards Proportionality” [2011] Public Law 9, pp. 9-19
• “Privatization and Welfare: A Comparative Perspective” (2011) 5 Law and Ethics of Human Rights 337, pp. 337-393
• “European Union Law Update - 2008” [2011] Irish Yearbook of International Law 117, pp. 117-143
• “Positive Obligations and Privatisation” (2010) 61 Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly 209, pp. 209-223
• “Administrative Law and Multi-Level Administration: An EU and US Comparison” (2008-2009) 11 Cambridge Yearbook of European Legal Studies 211, pp. 211-246
• “Remedies in Public Procurement in Ireland” (2009) 18 Public Procurement Law Review 18, pp. 18-41
• “Ireland and the European Union—2007” (2008) 2 Irish Yearbook of International Law 133, pp. 133-158
• “Leonard Cheshire Again and Beyond: Private Contractors, Contract and Section 6(3)(b) of the Human Rights Act” [2005] Public Law 785, pp. 785-805
  

 

Book Reviews

• “A Simple Common Lawyer. Essays in Honour of Michael Taggart” (2009) 44 Irish Jurist 151, pp. 151-153
• “Europe’s Area of Freedom, Security and Justice” [2005] Public Law 889, pp. 889-892

 

Major Reports

• “National Report on National Parliaments: Ireland”, Report to the International Federation for European Law, XXIV Congress, 2010 (Ireland Rapporteur with Dr Elaine Fahey, Dr Patricia Conlon and Mr John Biggins)
• “A Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland: Next Steps; Response to the Northern Ireland Office” (2010), available at http://www.nihrc.org/dms/data/NIHRC/attachments/dd/files/114/Response_to_NIO_consultation_on_a_Bill_of_Rights_for_Northern_Ireland_(February_2010).pdf (last accessed 2 April 2012)
• “A Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland: Advice to the Secretary of State” (2008), available at http://www.nihrc.org/dms/data/NIHRC/attachments/dd/files/51/A_Bill_of_Rights_for_Northern_Ireland_(December_2008).pdf (Drafted the Legal Sections as Principal Legal Advisor) (last accessed 2 April 2012)
• Chapters 3 and 6, and Appendix 2, Northern Ireland Bill of Rights Forum Report, 31 March 2008, available at www.billofrightsforum.org/bill_of_rights_final.pdf (last accessed 2 April 2012)
• Final Report of the Preamble, Enforcement and Implementation Working Group, Northern Ireland Bill of Rights Forum, March 2008, available at www.billofrightsforum.org/pei_final_report.pdf (with Aideen Gilmore) (last accessed 2 April 2012)

 

Forewords

• “Foreword” in P Downes, A Zule-Lapimaa, L Ivanchenko and S Blumberg, Not One Victim More: Human Trafficking in the Baltic States (Living for Tomorrow, Tallin, 2008)

 

Newspaper Articles

• “Cameron’s Bill of Rights: The Northern Irish Dimension”, Comment is Free, The Guardian, 20 March 2010

 

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Conference Proceedings

• “EU Law in the Irish Courts”, Irish Centre for European Law, Dublin, 10 May 2012
• “The Court in Crisis: Preliminary References”, Bar European Group Annual Conference, Porto, 6 May 2012
• “Protocol 30 and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union”, Northern Ireland Council for Ethnic Minorities, 14th Annual Human Rights Conference, Belfast, 23 March 2012
• “Judicial Review Cases of the Year”, Northern Ireland Council for Ethnic Minorities, 14th Annual Human Rights Conference, Belfast, 23 March 2012
• Catherine Donnelly and Ivan Hare “Judicial Review Remedies: Recent Developments and Some Predictions”, Sweet and Maxwell Judicial Review Conference 2011, London, 25 November 2011
• “Reasons in Administrative Law”, Lecture for Judges of the First-Tier Tribunal (Asylum Support), London, 11 November 2010
• “Convergences and Divergences in Educating Transnational Lawyers?”, American Bar Association International Section Annual Conference, Dublin, 12 October 2011
• “Judicial Review Cases of the Year”, Northern Ireland Council for Ethnic Minorities, 13th Annual Human Rights Conference, Belfast, 1 July 2011
• “Automatic Suspension, Time Limits and Standing”, Forum on Public Procurement of Ireland, Dublin, 4 April 2011
• “The New Public Procurement Remedies Regulations”, Procurement Law Forum, Dublin, 29 June 2010
• “Ineffectiveness, Relationships and Costs”, White Paper Conference, Dublin, 24 June 2010
• “Privatisation and Positive Obligations”, Annual Workshop of the School of Law, Queen’s University, Belfast, 24 March 2010
• “Drafting Judgments”, Lecture for Judges of the Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals), The Law Society of England and Wales, London, 1 March 2010
• “The NIO Bill of Rights Consultation: A Public Law Analysis”, Northern Ireland Council for Ethnic Minorities, 12th Human Rights and Equality Conference, Belfast, 12 February 2010
• “Problems of Legitimacy in Contracting Out and Privatisation”, Legitimacy in Administrative Law: Reform and Reconstruction, The Sorbonne, Paris, 24 October 2009
• Public Procurement Law Panel Participant, White Paper Conference, Dublin, 30 September 2009
• “The OGC Consultation on the Remedies Directive”, Arthur Cox Public Procurement Seminar, London, 24 September 2009
• “Access to Court: Procedures and Remedies”, British Institute of International and Comparative Law, London, 13 March 2009
• “Judicial Review: the Year in Great Britain”, Northern Ireland Council for Ethnic Minorities, 11th Human Rights and Equality Conference, Belfast, 27 February 2009
• “The Federalising Effect of Administrative Law in the EU and the US”, Centre for European Legal Studies, University of Cambridge, 21 January 2009
• “Institutional Reform: With and Without Lisbon”, Irish Centre for European Law, Conference on Ireland’s Rejection of the Lisbon Treaty, Royal Irish Academy, Dublin, 23 October 2008
• “Enforcing a Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland”, Committee on the Administration of Justice Seminar, Belfast, 30 September 2008
• “A British Bill of Rights and Devolution”, JUSTICE Seminar, London, 11 July 2008
• “Enforcing Bills of Rights”, Human Rights Consortium of Northern Ireland Conference, Belfast, 2 July 2008
• “Remedies”, Irish Centre for European Law, Conference on State Aid and Public Procurement, Royal Irish Academy, Dublin, 26 May 2008
• “A Year in the Life of Judicial Review: Key Cases of 2007” with Professor Jeffrey Jowell Q.C., Sweet and Maxwell Judicial Review Conference, London, 30 November 2007
• “Secondary Policies and Public Procurement”, Irish Society for European Law, Dublin, 29 October 2007
• “The Response of English Public Law to Private Actors in Public Governance”, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, London, 4 May 2007
• “Administrative Law in Multi-Level Systems: An EU and US Comparison”, Public Law Discussion Group, University of Oxford, 6 December 2006
• “Governance in the Changing Ireland and the Law’s Response”, Irish Association of Law Teachers Annual Conference, Cork, 8 April 2006
• “Governance and Human Rights”, Society of Legal Scholars First Annual Ireland Seminar, Trinity College, Dublin, 18 February 2006
• “Leonard Cheshire and Beyond: Is Contract Really a Substitute for the Human Rights Act? Does it Matter?”, Society of Legal Scholars Annual Conference, University of Sheffield, 14 September 2004
• “Human Rights Controls on Delegates of Governmental Power”, Public Law Discussion Group, University of Oxford, 10 June 2004

 

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Links

Catherine Donnelly supervises dissertations from undergraduate to doctoral level in the areas of Administrative Law, European Union Law, Human Rights Law, International Law, and Public Procurement Law.

Current doctoral students include:

• Stephen Brittain

• Ewaen Fred Ogieriakhi

• Doireann Ni Mhuircheartaigh

• James Art McGinnis

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