March, that month of wind and taxes

Indoors or out, no one relaxes In March, that month of wind and taxes, The wind will presently disappear, The taxes last us all the year. "Thar She Blows", from Versus (1949) by Ogden Continue Reading

Open justice and civil jurisdiction, in the Courts Bill 2013

The Department of Justice yesterday published the Courts Bill, 2013, which has two main aims. The first is to increase the monetary limit of the jurisdiction of the District and Circuit Courts in Continue Reading

Data Protection and European Developments: a German View

The Irish Society of Comparative Law, in conjunction with the School of Law, Trinity College, and the Institute for International Integration Studies in Trinity College Dublin, is hosting a public Continue Reading

Mobile and internet privacy

In honour of European Consumer Day today, and World Day Against Cyber-censorship earlier this week, two privacy reports have caught my eye. Privacy is concerned as much with what we wish to keep Continue Reading

Irish Law Journal, volume 2

Late to this, with apologies, I am told that the Irish Law Journal is still (just about) accepting submissions (email here) for its second edition. Submissions should be no more then 25,000 words in Continue Reading

If an offer looks too good to be true, it probably is

The image on the left is based on screen grabs taken by @jimboireland and @WayneDoyle___ (click through for a bigger size). It shows a 'samsung 51" series 4 3D plasma tv' for sale on a retail website Continue Reading

The slayer’s bounty, the homicidal heir, and accelerated inheritance from Crippen to Nevin

Hawley Harvey Crippen (pictured far left) was the first criminal to be captured in Britain with the aid of wireless communication. He was an American homeopath who fetched up in London at the turn of Continue Reading

Disrupting Higher Education – III – invisible threads are the strongest ties

In the photo montage on the left (by Catherine Cronin on flickr), pictured speaking at last week's symposium in Trinity College Dublin on Disrupting Higher Education were, (from the left) Audrey Continue Reading