Biography
Diarmuid Rossa Phelan BCL (NUI) LLM (BERKELEY), BL (Kings Inns), Ph D (EUROPEAN UNIV INST FLORENCE), MA (Dub iuris officio), BL (Inns of Court of Northern Ireland), Attorney (NEW YORK), F.T.C.D.. He is a fellow of Trinity College and formerly a fellow of the European Law Institute. He was elected a member of the Board of Trinity College (2014-2018, 2018-2022) and was Chair of the Fellows of Trinity College 2015-2018. He teaches in the fields of European Union Law, Jurisprudence, and Lawyering Skills, and accepts research students in these areas. Internationally he has been a visiting professor at the University of Hamburg, Humboldt University, the China-EU School of Law, the University of Zurich (2014), and Notre Dame Law School (2015), Senior Emile Noel Fellow at New York University Law School (2016), visiting fellow at Brasenose College Oxford (2014), Fellow at the European University Institute (Florence), fellow of the European Law Institute, visiting scholar the University of California at Berkeley and at McGill University. He has worked as a référendaire in the Court of Justice, as a member of the Joint Managerial Committee of the China - EU School of Law (http://en.cesl.edu.cn/) and as the lead on European Commission project for postgraduate EU study in Georgia. He trained in the US law firm Hughes Hubbard & Reed and is a Senior Counsel at the Bar of Ireland. He is admitted to the bars of England and Wales, Northern Ireland, and New York. He has acted as counsel in a wide variety of reported cases at every level in the Irish Courts and at the Court of Justice of the European Union and the European Court of Human Rights of the Council of Europe, with a particular focus on pro bono publico litigation.
Publications and Further Research Outputs
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Diarmuid Rossa Phelan, Foreword, Irish Journal of European Law, 21, 2018, pi - ii
Irish Journal for European Law, 21, 1, (2018), 1 - 115p, Diarmuid Rossa Phelan, [Editor]
Brexit and British Europe, Fexit and Ireland: complexity and the nature of law, democracy and the division of powers, and the rule of law in, editor(s)Andreas Kellerhals and Tobias Baumgartner , New dynamics in the European integration process - Europe post Brexit, Zurich, Shulthess, 2018, pp13 - 30, [Diarmuid Rossa Phelan]
Diarmuid Rossa Phelan, Preface, Irish Journal of European Law, 20, 2017
Irish Journal for European Law, 20, (1), (2017), 1 - 143p, Diarmuid Rossa Phelan, [Editor]
China EU Law Journal, Special Edition, (2016), Diarmuid Rossa Phelan and Louis Brennan, [eds.]
The Future of the Welfare State in, editor(s)Julia Iliopoulos-Strangas , The Future of the Constitutional Welfare State in Europe, Athens, Nomos, 2016, [Diarmuid Rossa Phelan]
Diarmuid Rossa Phelan and Louis Brennan, Editorial Introduction to the EU-China Investment Treaty in Interdisciplinary Perspective, China-EU Law Journal Special Issue on the Eu-China Investment Treaty, 5, (1), 2016, p1 - 3
Irish Journal of European Law, 19, 1, (2016), 1 - 134p, Diarmuid Rossa Phelan, [Editor]
Irish Journal of European Law, 18, 1, (2015), Diarmuid Rossa Phelan and Anna-Louise Hinds, [eds.]
Irish Journal of European Law, 18, 2, (2015), 1 - 126p, Diarmuid Rossa Phelan, [Editor]
Diarmuid Rossa PHELAN, Major Events in European and Chinese International Development 1947-2013, Zeitschrift für Chinesisches Recht, 2015, p359 - 404
Diarmuid Rossa Phelan and Anna-Louise Hinds, Introduction, Irish Journal of European Law, 17, (1), 2014, pi - iii
Can the State Sell the Nation in, editor(s)E. Hobbs , Own Our Oil - The Fight for Irish Economic Freedom, Liberty Press, 2014, pp120 - [Diarmuid Rossa Phelan]
Irish Journal of European Law, 17, 1, (2014), Diarmuid Rossa Phelan & Anna-Louis Hinds, [Editor]
The Weakening of Allegiance to the Polity in the Institutional Practices of European Judges and Courts in, editor(s)Kieran St. Bradley , Of Courts and Constitutions - Liber Amicorum Nial Fennelly, United Kingdom, Hart, 2014, pp397 - 410, [Diarmuid Rossa Phelan]
Diarmuid Rossa Phelan and Conor Kennedy, O'Flynn Construction: the Need for Tax Certainty, Irish Tax Review, 27, (2), 2014, p100-
Diarmuid Rossa Phelan and Conor Kennedy, O'Flynn - The Need for Tax Certainty, The Bar Review, 19, (4), 2014, p87-
Diarmuid Rossa Phelan, The Crystalisation of Judicial Review as a Distinct Legal Subject, Judicial Review, 18, (4), 2013, p432-
Diarmuid Rossa Phelan, The Pros and Cons of Interdisciplinary Structured PhDs in European Studies, European Journal of Higher Education, 3, (4), 2013, p402-
Diarmuid Rossa Phelan, The Dynamic Unprohibited Nature of Dominance, European Competition Law Review, (6), 2013, p337-
Diarmuid Rossa Phelan, Seanad referendum is first of its kind, 24 September 2013, Cork, Irish Examiner, 2013
Diarmuid Rossa Phelan, Supreme Court's control of access to itself needs to be watched, 30 September 2013, Dublin, Irish Times, 2013
Diarmuid Rossa Phelan, Major Events in European and Chinese International Development 1947-2000, China-EU Law Journal, 2, (3), 2013, p217 - 257
Monism in International Relations, Dualism in International Law, Trinitarianism in Legal Theory - An Irish Crossroads in, editor(s)Marko Novakovic , Basic Concepts of Public International Law - Monism and Dualism, Serbia, Belgrade, 2013, pp892 - 912, [Diarmuid Rossa Phelan]
Diarmuid Rossa Phelan, Law and Justice in Community, Review of Law and Justice in Community, by T. Murphy and G. Barden , Dublin University Law Journal, 34, 2011, p273
The Effect of Complexity of Law on Litigation Strategy in, editor(s)Masson, Antoine; Shariff, Mary J , Legal Strategies - How Corporations Use Law to Improve Performance, Berlin, Springer, 2010, pp335 - 351, [Phelan, Diarmuid Rossa]
Der Schutz der sozialen Grundrechte in der Rechtsordnung Irlands in, editor(s)Prof. Dr. Julia Iliopoulos-Strangas , Soziale Grundrechte in Europa nach Lissabon, Belgium, NOMOS/Bruylant, 2010, pp325 - 390, [Murray, John L and Phelan, Diarmuid Rossa]
Diarmuid Rossa Phelan, Lawyer Skills Education in University, Phoenix Law Review, 3, 2010, p295-
Kees Jan Kuilwijk and Diarmuid Rossa Phelan, On the tax-deductibility of fines for EC competition law infringements, European Competition Law Review, 31, (3), 2010, p131 - 138
Diarmuid Rossa Phelan, Reflections on Lies in a Mirror, Dublin University Law Journal, 30, (1), 2008, p449-
Diarmuid Rossa Phelan, Convention on the Future of Europe; Does the EU need a constitutional treaty?, 13 March 2003, Dublin, Irish Times, 2003
- in, Good Faith in Contract in the European Community, Cambridge University Press, 2000, [Zimmerman, R]
Diarmuid Rossa Phelan, Authority and Interpretaton in Law, Four Courts Press, 2000
Diarmuid Rossa Phelan, The Meaning of Neutrality (Irish Times 14 June 1999), 14 June 1999, Dublin, Irish Times, 1999
Diarmuid Rossa Phelan, Meteoric Crash highlights regulatory problems for Semi-States, Law Society Gazette, (November), 1999, p6-
Referendum Law in, The Constitutional Implications of the Amsterdam Treaty, Institute of European Affairs, 1998, [Diarmuid Rossa Phelan]
The Context of Ratification in, Amsterdam: What the Treaty means, Institute of European Affairs, 1998, [ - ]
Diarmuid Rossa Phelan, On the matter of control and the matter of competency, 6 May 1998, Dublin, Irish Times, 1998
Phelan, Diarmuid Rossa with Rudden, B., Basic Community Cases, 2nd, Oxford, 1997
Phelan, Diarmuid Rossa, Revolt or Revolution: At the Constitutional Boundaries of the European Community, Round Hall Sweet & Maxwell, 1997
Diarmuid Rossa Phelan, National Constitutional Law and European Integration: FIDE Report, Irish Journal of European Law, 24, 1997
Phelan, Diarmuid Rossa, Case C-75/92 Gao Yao, Common Market Law Review, 149, 1996
Phelan, Diarmuid Rossa and Judge J.L. Murray, La protection des droits sociaux fondamentaux: Rapport Irlandais, 1996
Diarmuid Rossa Phelan, Two Hats, One Wig, No Halo, Doctrine and Life, 1995, p130-
Diarmuid Rossa Phelan, Summary of Main Developments in 1994 in European Community Law, Bulletin of the ICEL, (November), 1995
Phelan, Diarmuid Rossa, The Concept of Social Rights, Dublin University Law Journal, 105, 1994
Phelan, Diarmuid Rossa, Necessitated by the Obligations of Membership? Article 29.4.5 of the Constitution, Irish Law Times, 272, 1993
Phelan, Diarmuid Rossa, Right to Life v Trade in Services: the Normative Shaping of EC Law, Modern Law Review, 55, (670), 1993
Phelan, Diarmuid Rossa, Between the Single Market and the European Union, PS: Political Science and Politics, 732, 1993
Phelan, Diarmuid Rossa, E.U.I. Working Paper on US, EC and GATT trade and treaty law concerning non-market economy countries, 1992
Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications
Supreme Court, Kilty -v- Judge Dune and Attorney General (amicus curiae), 2020
Supreme Court, Kilty -v- Judge Dunne & Campion Property Consultants Ltd . (High Court, October 2011, Hedigan J.) [2015] IESC 88 (7th December 2015) (Supreme Court) [2018] IECA 80 (22 March 2018) (Court of Appeal); [2019] IESCDET 7 (25th January 2019) (Supreme Court), 2019
High Court, C.M., O.V.M., & C.G.M. (A minor suing by his mother and next friend C.M.) (Nigeria) -v- Minster for Justice Equality and Law Reform [2018] IEHC 217 (25th April 2018) ((High Court, Humphreys J)) , 2018
Diarmuid Rossa Phelan, What is Law?, Emile Noel Fellows Forum, New York University School of Law, 1 March 2016, 2016, Jean Monnet Center, NYU School of Law
Diarmuid Rossa Phelan, The Pan-European Constitutional and Social Implications of Euro-Federalism, Clarke Centre for International & Comparative Legal Studies, Cornell University Ithaca, 26th March 2015, 2015, Cornell Law School
Family Court , Re L, a Minor (Johnson J, Family Court, 18th March 2015), 2015
Supreme Court , Kavanagh and Bank of Scotland -v- McLaughlin [2015] IESC 255; [2015] 3 IR 555-600, 2015
Diarmuid Rossa Phelan, The Concept of Allegiance in the Institutional Practices of the European Union, Faculty Seminar, University of California at Irvine Law School, 8th September 2014, 2014, Dean Chemerinsky
High Court , C.C.A. -v- Minster for Justice & Equality and Refugee Appeals Tribunal [2014] IEHC 569 (Barr J.), 2014
Diarmuid Rossa Phelan, Persistently Difficult Issues in the Procurement Process, Fourth Annual Public Procurement Process, Royal Irish Academy, 20th June 2014, 2014, Irish Centre for European Law
Diarmuid Rossa Phelan, Constitutional and Political Issues for Small Country Membership of the European Union, Europa Institut , Zurich, 24th November, 2014, Europa Institut
Diarmuid Rossa PHELAN, Louis Brennan, Rosemary Byrne, The EU China Investment Treaty, 5th December 2014, In:The EU China Investment Treaty, 2014, Trinity College Dublin, Long Room Hub
High Court , Commission for Communications Regulation -v- An Post [2013] IEHC 149 (Hederman J.), 2013
Diarmuid Rossa Phelan, Academy or profession - skills: which do our graduates need and why?, International Conference of the Euro-China Law School on Legal Education, Beijing, China, 14-15 June , 2013, Euro-China Law School
Diarmuid Rossa Phelan, The Pros and Cons of Administrative Design in PhD Courses, Tbilisi State University, 1st May 2013, 2013
Diarmuid Rossa Phelan, The transformation in Europe by the Court of Justice (EU) of the concept of judicial duty, and thereby duty to the law, from ligentia naturalis to ligentia acquisita, Jean Monnet European Centre of Excellence Speech as international expert in European Integration, University of Jena, 5 December , 2013
Institute of European Studies, Tbilisi State University, The Design of a Bologna Compliant Structured PhD in European Studies, 1 May 2013, 2013, Tbilisi State University, Georgia
Diarmuid Rossa Phelan, Conference on State Aids, William Fry Solicitors, 30 October, 2013
Supreme Court , McAuley -v- Governor of Mountjoy Prison, (Supreme Court, 29 November 2012) [2012] IESC 57, 2012
Diarmuid Rossa Phelan, Legal Scholarship and Judicial Reasoning: A mutual Interaction, Irish Association of Law Teachers Conference, Dublin, 16-18 November 2012, 2012
High Court, Phone Paid Services, Modeva, Zamano plc -v- Commission for Communication Regulation, Ireland and the Attorney General (High Court, Cross J., 2nd June 2012), 2012
Diarmuid Rossa Phelan, Europe, Legal Education in Ireland, ERASMUS Teaching Mobility, Hamburg University, 15 May 2013, 2012
High Court , O.A.Y.A (A Minor) -v- RAT [2011] IEHC 373 (High Court), 2011
High Court , Brightwater Selection (Ireland) Ltd -v- Minister for Social and Family Affairs [2011] IEHC 510 (High Court), 2011
Mr. Justice Moriarty , Tribunal of Inquiry into Certain Payments to Politicians (established by Ministerial order pursuant to statute), 2011
High Court , P.K. -v- Minister for Justice (Cooke J. 13th July 2010, High Court, written judgment), 2010
High Court, K -v- Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform e.a. [2010] IEHC 277 (High Court), 2010
High Court, V.A -v- MJELR (High Court, 21st April 2010, Edwards J.), 2010
High Court, F.U.R. -v- Minister for Justice Equality and Law Reform e.a. [2009] IEHC 355 (High Court), 2009
High Court, V.F.A.A. -v- Minister for Justice Equality and Law Reform [2009] IEHC 481 (High Court), 2009
Diarmuid Rossa PHELAN, The Legal Status of the Lisbon Treaty Guarantees, 2009
Diarmuid Rossa Phelan, The Legal Status of the Lisbon Treaty Guarantees, European Parliament Independence and Democracy Group, 2009, p1 - 106
High Court, R -v- MJELR & Ors., [2009] IEHC 355 (Irvine J.) , 2009
Supreme Court , McFarlane -v- DPP [2007] 1 IR 134, [2007] 6 I.C.L.M.D. 122 (Supreme Court), 2007
High Court , Heaney -v- Commissioner of An Garda Siochana [2007] 2 IR 69 (High Court), 2007
High Court, Danninger -v- Bus Atha Cliath and Deepdrill Developments Limited [2007] IEHC 29 (High Court), 2007
Supreme Court, King -v- Minister for Environment (No. 2) [2007] 1 IR 296 (Supreme Court), 2007
High Court, Robinson -v- Judge O'Donnell [2005] 11 I.C.L.M.D. 58; [2005] IEHC 257 (Hanna J.), 2005
Supreme Court, TS -v- DPP (26.2.2004 High Court) [2005] 2 IR 595 (Supreme Court), 2004
High Court, DPP -v- Redmond Cabot Westlaw [2004] 7 I.C.L.M.D. 17; [2004] 22 ILT 305 (High Court), 2004
High Court, King -v- Minister for Environment [2004] 3 IR 345 (High Court), 2004
Supreme Court, P.L. -v- Buttimer [2004] 4 IR 345 (Supreme Court), 2004
High Court, Sherwin v- Minister for Environment [2004] 4 IR 279 (Costello P., High Court), 2004
High Court, Chambers -v- DPP [2004] 11 I.C.L.MD. 6 (High Court), 2004
Supreme Court, Tannam -v- An Post [2003] 14 ELR 53 [2003] 3 I.C.L.M.D. 34 [2003] 21 ILT 261 (High Court); [2004] 6 I.C.L.M.D. 32 (Supreme Court), 2004
High Court, England -v- Judge Dunne & DPP [High Court] [2003] 2 JIC 1401 , 2003
High Court, Carroll -v- Law Society of Ireland No.1 [2000] 1 ILRM 161 [2003] 1 IR 278 (High Court), 2003
Supreme Court, Gordon -v- DPP [2002] 2 IR 369; [2003] 1 ILRM 81 (Supreme Court), 2003
High Court, Carroll -v- Law Society of Ireland No.2 [2003] 1 IR 284 (High Court), 2003
Supreme Court, Braddish -v- DPP [2001] 3 IR 127; [2002] 1 ILRM 151 (Supreme Court), 2002
High Court, Stephens -v- Connellan [2002] 4 IR 321 (High Court), 2002
High Court, DPP (Vance) -v- Daly [2002] 2 ILRM 290 (High Court), 2002
High Court, McAnenley -v- An Bord Pleanala [2002] 2 IR 763 (High Court), 2002
Supreme Court, Grealis -v- DPP [2001] 3 IR 144; [2002] 1 ILRM 241 (Supreme Court), 2002
Supreme Court , McDonnell -v- Brady [2001] 3 IR 588 (Supreme Court), 2001
Supreme Court, O'Beolain -v- Fahy [2001] 2 IR 279 (An Chuirt Uachtarach), 2001
High Court , DPP (Gannon) -v- Conlon [2001] 4 IR 376 (High Court), 2001
High Court, Broadnet Ltd -v- Director of Telecommunications Regulation [2000] 3 IR 281; [2000] 2 ILRM 241 (High Court), 2000
High Court, Supreme Court, Coughlan -v- Broadcasting Complaints Commission [2000] 3 IR 1 (High Court, Supreme Court), 2000
Joint Parliamentary Committee , Public Enterprise and Transport Mini-CTC Inquiry 2000-2002, 2000
High Court, Carey -v- DJ Hussey & DPP [2000] 2 ILRM 401 (High Court), 2000
High Court, Corbett -v- DPP [1999] 2 IR 179 (High Court), 1999
High Court, Maxwell -v- Minister for Agriculture [1999] 2 IR 474; [1999] 1 ILRM 161 (High Court), 1999
High Court, Supreme Court, McBride -v- Galway Corporation [1998] 1 IR 485 (High Court, Supreme Court), 1998
Circuit Court, L. -v- N.C.Circuit Court Digest [1998] 16 ILT 314 (Circuit Court), 1998
High Court, MQ -v- Gleeson, VEC, and Eastern Health Board [1998] 4 IR 85 (High Court, Barr J), 1998
Phelan, Diarmuid Rossa, The Relationship between the EU and its nation-states, Does Europe Need a Constitution?, Philip Morris Institute, London, 1996, Philip Morris Institute
High Court, Supreme Court, McKenna -v- An Taoiseach (No 2) [1995] 2 IR 10, 1995
Research Expertise
Description
European Union Law, Jurisprudence, Philosophy and Epistemology of Law, Competition and Regulatory Law, , Public International Law, Constitutional and Administrative TheoryProjects
- Title
- See entry under research tags
- Title
- Fundamental Rights and The Rule of Law in a Digital Future
- Summary
- Lead PI for Postrgraduate Scholarship award to PhD supervisee
- Funding Agency
- Irish Research Council
- Date From
- 01-OCT-2018
- Date To
- 30-SEP-2020
- Title
- The China-EU Investment Agreement: Challenges, Themes, and Impacts
- Summary
- Part of the EU China Law School flagship Rule of Law project sponsored by the European Commission in conjunction with the PR China
- Funding Agency
- China European Commission School of Law
- Date From
- 26-MAY-2015
- Date To
- 29-FEB-2016
- Title
- Visiting Professorship
- Funding Agency
- University of Notre Dame
- Date From
- 02-MAR-2015
- Date To
- 20-APR-2018
- Title
- Visiting Professorship
- Funding Agency
- University of Zurich
- Date From
- 20-AUG-2014
- Date To
- 03-OCT-2014
- Title
- The Constitutional Boundaries of Fiscal Federalism in the European Union
- Summary
- Lead PI for Postrgraduate Scholarship award to PhD supervisee
- Funding Agency
- Irish Research Council
- Date From
- 01-OCT-2014
- Date To
- 30-SEP-2016
- Title
- Towards a China-EU Investment Treaty
- Summary
- International interdisciplinary collaboration with academics, diplomats, economists and business on EU china collaboration
- Funding Agency
- China EU School of Law (CESL)
- Date From
- 01-JAN-2014
- Date To
- 31-JAN-2014
- Title
- Visiting Professorships & Fellowships Benefaction Fund 2013/3014
- Funding Agency
- Faculty Of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
- Date From
- 01-JAN-2013
- Date To
- 31-DEC-2013
Recognition
Representations
Senior Counsel at the Bar of Ireland
Member of the Joint Managerial Committee of the Euro China Law School
Editor of the Irish Journal of European Law
EU Commission Lead Expert in the creation and supervision of interdisciplinary structured PHD in European Studies in Tblisi State University
External Examiner to the Honourable Society of the King's Inns
External Examiner to PhDs in University College Dublin and Bangor University
Representation of TCD at China-Europe Law School (cesl.edu.cn) General Assemblies since 2008 in Hamburg, Beijing, Paris, Brussels, Lund, Manchester, Krakow, Budapest, and Vienna.
Occasional Peer Reviewer for Law Journals e.g. European Journal of International Law, Dublin University Law Journal
Member of the Program Council of the Forum Prawnice
Awards and Honours
Foundation Robert Schuman Scholar (Oxford)
Baring Senior Scholar (Hertford College Oxford)
University Colours Award (University College Dublin)
Canadian Faculty Research Award (McGill University)
Senior Counsel by letter patent of Government of Ireland
Scholarship ricercatore (European University Institute)
Kennedy Scholar (UC Berkeley)
Entrance Scholarship (Bar of Ireland)
Visiting Fellowship Brasenose College Oxford
Senior Emile Noel Fellowship New York University
Memberships
The Law Library
The Honorable Society of the King's Inns
Lincolns Inn
The Bar of the State of New York
The European Law Institute