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Australia and Ireland were the first two countries in the world to introduce legislation to require standardized packing of tobacco products. There will be a seminar on this topic from 2:00pm to 4:00pm on Tuesday 12 June 2018 in the Neill Lecture Theatre in the Trinity Long Room Hub. The  speakers will be Prof Matthew Rimmer (QUT) and Dr Eoin O'Dell (TCD); the seminar will be chaired by Prof Shane Allwright (TCD); and there will be plenty of time for questions and answers. The seminar is open to the public, and all are welcome to attend, but booking is essential.

More information: http://www.cearta.ie/2018/06/plain-tobacco-packaging-in-australia-and-ireland/

Booking: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/plain-tobacco-packaging-in-australia-and-ireland-tickets-46610050917

The Private Law Group at Trinity College Dublin is holding a CPD Civil Litigation Update on Wednesday 20 June, 6pm-8pm.

The event will be chaired by the Hon. Ms Justice Mary C. Irvine, Judge of the Court of Appeal.  Details are available from the conference website.

A great deal has been happening in tort litigation over recent months.  The Supreme Court has handed down several important judgments, on the duty of care, professional negligence, economic loss, and the liability of public authorities.  The Court of Appeal has been extremely busy on issues relating to the calculation of damages, occupiers’ liability, employers’ liability and defamation.  Judges of the High Court have handed down very many judgments on all aspects of practice and procedure in tort litigation as well as emerging areas of liability.  The Law School of Trinity College Dublin is holding a conference on Tort Litigation: All the Recent Developments, on the morning of Saturday, 23 June from 9.30 am to 1 pm.  The Honorable Mr. Justice Anthony Barr will be Chair.    There is a strong team of speakers and there will be opportunity for questions and discussion.  Further details are available on the conference website.

There have been numerous challenges to planning and environmental decisions in recent years based on arguments that the Habitats Directive has not been property transposed or applied. This course will cover the fast changing EU and Irish law relating to Habitats, what the law is (and should be), the most common mistakes made when dealing with Habitats issues, practical problems which occur, the methodology for decision-making on Habitats and other important issues. It should be of interest to lawyers, planners, engineers, construction companies, environmental professionals and anyone involved in development in Ireland.

This one-day intensive course is organised by the School of Law, Trinity College Dublin under the directorship of Professor Emerita Yvonne Scannell.

This is an evening event, which is aimed at legal practitioners, those involved in data protection compliance, as well as others who are interested in data protection and privacy. Our speakers will consider a number of topics, ranging from an update on the state of play of the GDPR, data protection damages, the new Irish Data Protection Bill and issues around privacy policies, electronic contracts, and emerging technologies. Full details are available from the conference website.

The conference will take place in McCann FitzGerald on Thursday April 26th followed by a reception hosted by the Law School in the Long Room in Trinity College Dublin at 6pm.

The Crime and Punishment Research Group at the Law School Trinity College Dublin will host an evening conference on Criminal Law: Recent Developments and Emerging Trends on Thursday 19 April 2018 from 6pm to 8.15pm.

Chaired by Ms Justice Una Ni Raifeartaigh, the conference will present papers from legal experts on developments in four key areas of law and practice: bail, evidence under the ECHR, criminal culpability, and sentencing. A detailed programme and information about registration are available on the conference website.

The Constitutional Governance and Social Change Group are delighted to host a lecture by Dr. Andrea Pin on Wednesday, 4 April, 2018 at 4:30 pm in the Law School Research Seminar Room, Mezzanine area, 3rd Floor, 7-9 South Leinster Street.

The Private Law Research Group presents “A Liberal Theory of Property” by Prof Hanoch Dagan  

Guest Lecture by Professor Jane C. Ginsburg organised by the Technologies, Law, and Society (TLS) Research Group at the School of Law, Trinity College Dublin.

Wednesday, 13 December 2017 at 5 pm

The Constitutional Governance and Social Change Research Group is delighted to host Dr. Tom Gerard Daly, Fellow at Melbourne Law School to speak about this study on 'Designing an African Judicial Network: Potential and Challenges' on December 13 at 5 pm in Room 11. Professor William Binchy will be a Discussant.

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