The Law Reform Commission is preparing a Fourth Programme of Law Reform under the Law Reform Commission Act 1975. The new Programme will, over the coming years, form the principal basis on which we carry out our statutory mandate to keep the law under review with a view to its reform and modernisation.
We are inviting all interested parties to make submissions on possible areas of the law to be considered for inclusion in the new Programme of Law Reform. Submissions need not be in any particular format, and they can be sent by email to fourthprogramme@lawreform.ie or by letter to: Law Reform Commission, Fourth Programme of Law Reform, 35-39 Shelbourne Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4.
The development of the new Programme of Law Reform will also be the subject of the Commission’s Annual Conference for 2012. For further details click here, or see programme below.
The Annual Conference will take place on the 11th of December in the Radisson Blu, Golden Lane, Dublin 8. Registration from 8.15am, with a start time of 9am.
Places are limited so reservation is essential. Registration may be made by email to events@lawreform.ie or by calling 01-6377600.
*Certification of attendance for CPD purposes will be provided*
Conference Programme
8.15-9.00 Registration
9.00-9.15 The Honourable Mr Justice John Quirke - President of the Law Reform Commission
Chairman’s Address
9.15-9.45 The Honourable Mr Justice Donal O’Donnell
Judge of the Supreme Court Former member of the Law Reform Commission
Keynote address Law Reform: Trying to Change the System from Within
9.45-10.20 The Honourable Mr Justice Gerard Hogan
Judge of the High Court
100 years of the Swiss Civil Code - Some Lessons for Contemporary Ireland?
Questions and Answers
10.20-11.00 Law reform: The Current Economic and Fiscal Crisis
Professor Frances Ruane
Director, The Economic and Social Research Institute
Professor Blanaid Clarke
McCann FitzGerald Chair of Corporate Law, Trinity College
11.00-11.15 Coffee
11.15-11.50 Paul Appleby
Former Director of Corporate Enforcement
Questions and Answers
11.50-12.50 Professor David Ormerod
Law Commissioner, Law Commission of England and Wales
Contempt of Court in criminal proceedings: Proposals from the Law Commission of England and Wales
Desmond M. Clarke
Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, University College Cork
Ethical Disagreement and Democratic Legislation
Questions and Answers
12.50-13.00 Concluding Remarks by the Chairman
Please click here to access the speeches and presentations made at the Annual Conference