Biography

Brian Tobin has completed both an LL.B and an LL.M at Trinity College Dublin, where he is currently working on a Ph.D entitled ‘Same-Sex Families in Ireland: The Road to Legal Recognition’ under the supervision of Professor Binchy.

Brian has previously tutored in Property Law and Succession on the LL.B programme at Trinity College Dublin and he is currently an Adjunct Lecturer in Law at the Law School, co-teaching Equity with Professor Delany to Junior and Senior Sophister LL.B students. In the 2007/2008 academic year he was a Lecturer in Law at the National University of Ireland, Galway, where he taught Equity and Contract Law to students on the LL.B and BA (Legal Science) programmes respectively. Brian has published works in various journals which include the Irish Journal of Family Law and the Annual Review of Irish Law. He was an academic contributor in the13th Annual Brian Walsh Memorial Moot.
 

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Professional Qualifications

LL.B. (Dub.), LL.M (Dub.)

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Awards

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Research Interests

Equity, Tort, Company Law, Family Law

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Education Details

LL.B., Trinity College Dublin (2000-2005)

LL.M., Trinity College Dublin (2006-2007)

Ph.D. Candidate, Trinity College Dublin (2008-),

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Employment Details

• Lecturer in Equity and Contract, NUI Galway (2007 - 2008)
• Seminarist, Trinity College Dublin (October 2008 - )
• Assistant Lecturer in Contract, Dublin Institute of Technology (2008-2009)
• Adjunct casual lecturer in Equity, Trinity College Dublin (October 2008 - 2010)

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Memberships /Associations

Society of Legal Scholars

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Publications

"Equity", Annual Review of Irish Law 2010 (Thomson Round Hall, 2011)

"Law, Politics and the Child-Centric Approach to Marriage in Ireland" (2012) 47 (1) Irish Jurist 210 “Equity”, chapter in the Annual Review of Irish Law 2009, Thomson Round Hall, 2010

“Recognition of Canadian Same-Sex Marriage: Zappone and Gilligan v Revenue Commissioners (2010) 1 Irish Human Rights Law Review 217

Mandatory Interlocutory Injunctions: Recent Irish Developments' (2010) 28 Irish Law Times 202

"Same-Sex Couples and the Law: Recent Developments in the British Isles" (2009) 23(3) International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family 309

“Equity”, chapter in the Annual Review of Irish Law 2008, Thomson Round Hall, 2009

“Equity”, chapter in the Annual Review of Irish Law 2007, Thomson Round Hall, 2008

“E.B. v. France: Endorsing Un-“Convention”-al Families? (2008) 4 Irish Journal of Family Law, (2008) 4 Irish Journal of Family Law 78

“Relationship Recognition for Same-Sex Couples in Ireland: The Proposed Models Critiqued” (2008) 1 Irish Journal of Family Law 10

“Gay Marriage – A Bridge Too Far?” (2007) 15 Irish Student Law Review 175

“From Siebe Gorman to Spectrum: An Analysis of Charges over Book Debts under English and Irish Law” (2006) 14 Irish Student Law Review 60

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