Law and the Environment 2011
9th Annual Conference for Environmental Professionals
Thursday, 7 April 2011
Boole Lecture Theatres 1 & 4
University College Cork
Conference Schedule
8.30 am Registration and Tea / Coffee
Boole Basement, University College Cork
8.50 am Dean's Welcome:
Prof. Steve Hedley, Dean, Faculty of Law, University College Cork
Plenary Session 1 – Nature Conservation / Biodiversity Law (Boole 4)
Chair: Prof. John O'Halloran, Department of Zoology, Ecology and Plant Science, University College Cork
9.00 am Dr. Owen McIntyre, Faculty of Law, University College Cork:
"Appropriate Assessment under Article 6(3) of the Habitats Directive"
9.30 am Mr. Tom Flynn B.L., Law Library, Dublin:
"Appropriate Assessment – Obligations under Irish Law"
10.00 am Mr. Charles George Q.C., Francis Taylor Building, Inner Temple:
"How strict is the protection of protected species under Article 12 of the Habitats Directive?"
Plenary Session 2 - Current Issues in Environmental Law and Policy (Boole 4)
Chair: Prof. Irene Lynch-Fannon, Head of College of Business and Law, University College Cork
11.00 am Mr. Conor Linehan, William Fry Solicitors, Dublin:
"Environmental Claims and Clean-up in Insolvency Scenarios: Two Divergent Regimes"
11.30 am Ms. Alison Fanagan, A & L Goodbody Solicitors, Dublin:
"Developments in Waste Management Law"
12.00 noon Mr. Ronán Kennedy, School of Law, National University of Ireland, Galway:
"Climate Change Law and Policy after Cancún"
Parallel Session 3 – Developments in Irish Planning Law (Boole 4)
Chair: Prof. Steve Hedley, Dean, Faculty of Law, University College Cork
2.00 pm Ms. Margaret Austin, Eugene F. Collins, Solicitors, Dublin:
"Developments in Irish Planning Law: Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2010"
2.30 pm Dr. Duncan Laurence, Environmental Consultant:
"Environmental Impact Assessment: Screening for 'Projects', Retention and Substitute Consent"
3.00 pm Ms. Deborah Spence, Arthur Cox Solicitors, Dublin:
"Enforcement in Planning and Environmental law - Some Salutary Cases"
Parallel Session 4 - Contemporary Issues in EU Environmental Law (Boole 1)
Chair: Dr. Suzanne Kingston B. L., School of Law, University College Dublin
2.00 pm Ms. Margaret Gray B.L., Law Library, Dublin and Brick Court Chambers, London:
"Recent Developments in Environmental Law Enforcement by the ECJ: Lessons from Luxembourg"
2.30 pm Dr. Ronan Long, School of Law, National University of Ireland, Galway:
"European Law Reform and Marine Scientific Research"
3.00 pm Ms. Finola McCarthy, Ronan Daly Jermyn Solicitors, Cork:
"Regulation of flood management: implementation of the Floods Directive"
Plenary Session 5 - Access to Environmental Justice (Boole 4)
Chair: Mr. Joe Noonan, Noonan Linehan Carroll Coffey Solicitors, Cork
3.45 pm Mr. Tony Lowes, Friends of the Irish Environment:
"Do the Chickens Come Home to Roost?: Can eNGOs seize opportunities to effect change through ECJ Environmental judgments against Ireland?"
4.15 pm Mr. Garrett Simons S.C., Law Library, Dublin:
"Judicial review and Article 10a EIA Directive"
4.45 pm Dr. Áine Ryall, Faculty of Law, University College Cork:
"Access to environmental justice: pulling the threads together"
5.15 pm – 5.45 pm Discussion and Concluding Remarks
6.00pm Wine Reception – Staff Restaurant, UCC (Sponsored by Ronan Daly Jermyn, Solicitors, Cork)
Conference Convenor Dr. Owen McIntyre, Faculty of Law, UCC
Tel. 021-4902090
Conference Secretary Ms. Noreen Delea
E-mail: lawevents@ucc.ie
Tel. 021-4903220
