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Welcome to Irish Law Update No. 29
Supported by University College Cork Law Faculty
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=== Recent Postings to Irish Law Updates Blog ===
http://www.ucc.ie/law/irishlaw/blogger/blogger.html
* LRC Consultation Paper on Multi-Unit Developments - http://tinyurl.com/y5yuvw
Launch of Consultation Paper on Multi-Unit Developments From LRC website: "The Law Reform Commission's Consultation Paper on Multi-Unit Developments has been launched by the Tanaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality in multi-unit developments, the unit owners collectively comprise the membership of a management company which owns the structure of the development as a whole. An estimated ... Read On: http://tinyurl.com/y5yuvw
* LRC Report on Vulnerable Adults and the Law - http://tinyurl.com/vhoo4
LAW REFORM COMMISSION PUBLISHES REPORT ON VULNERABLE ADULTS AND THE LAW Monday, 18 December 2006: The Law Reform Commission's Report on Vulnerable Adults and the Law will be formally launched by the Minister for Health and Children, Mary Harney TD, this evening. Background to Report This Report forms part of the Commission's Second Programme of Law Reform 2000-2007, which deals with 'Vulnerable ... Read On: http://tinyurl.com/vhoo4
* Statute Law Database - UK - http://tinyurl.com/t3gqq
The UK's Statute Law Database is now available to the public at
http://www.statutelaw.gov.uk
This includes Northern Ireland Statutes E.g. Disability Discrimination (Northern
Ireland) Order 2006 An important feature of the database is that it includes
many amendments to older legislation within the text. For example, if you look
at article 5 of the Treatment of Offenders (Northern Ireland) Order ... Read On:
http://tinyurl.com/t3gqq
* Same-Sex Marriage High Court Case - http://tinyurl.com/t8wbk
The full text of yesterday's decision on same-sex marriage is available at two sites: Zappone and Gilligan v Revenue Commissioners High Court, Dunne J., 14 December 2006 PDF version on Irish Times site: http://tinyurl.com/yyo244 Word Version on KALCase site: http://www.kalcase.org In summary, on the constitutional ground, Dunne J. said that marriage meant ... Read On: http://tinyurl.com/t8wbk
* Competition Authority Report on Legal Professions 2006 - http://tinyurl.com/y2mh7j
Kieron Wood has written a useful summary of this week's Competition Authority
report on the legal professions at
http://irishbarrister.com/competition.html
The full report is available at
http://www.tca.ie/controls/getimage.ashx?image_id=1627
Sample News Story:
http://www.rte.ie/news/2006/1211/legal.html
Law Society's Preliminary Response (transcript of Morning Ireland interview with
Ken ...
Read On: http://tinyurl.com/y2mh7j
* Moriarty Tribunal Report - http://tinyurl.com/y6lr67
The Moriarty Tribunal report on payments to Charles Haughey is available at
http://www.moriarty-tribunal.ie/images/sitecontent_26.pdf
Sample News Story:
http://www.rte.ie/news/2006/1219/moriarty.html :
Haughey severely criticised by Moriarty 19 December 2006 22:45 The first report
of the Moriarty Tribunal has said payments received by the former Taoiseach,
Charles Haughey, during his political career ...
Read On: http://tinyurl.com/y6lr67
* Adoption Case in Supreme Court - http://tinyurl.com/y7sv4t
The Supreme Court ruling in the "Baby Ann" Adoption Case is now available at
http://tinyurl.com/y2jubh
(This links to the judgment of Murray C.J. There are links at the top of the
page to the other judgments.)
[Update 20 November 2006: The case is now also available on BAILII at
http://www.bailii.org/ie/cases/IESC/2006/S60.html ] Sample News Story
from RTE website: Birth parents get ... Read On:
http://tinyurl.com/y7sv4t
* Balance in the Criminal Law Review Group - http://tinyurl.com/y2q5jf
From http://www.justice.ie :
Request for Submissions Following a speech made in Limerick on 20 October 2006
on rebalancing criminal justice, the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality
and Law Reform, Michael McDowell, T.D. has set up a review group entitled the
Balance in the Criminal Law Review Group to consider the following issues- the
right to silence- allowing character evidence of ... Read On:
http://tinyurl.com/y2q5jf
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