PILA Bulletin 10 August 2011

Articles

• Irish High Court Clarifies Rules on Termination of Hire Purchase Agreements
• Irish Equality Authority launches annual report
• FLAC launches report on rights in a recession; EAPN urges European leaders to put human rights at centre of efforts against poverty
• Huge increase in calls to Irish immigrant helpline since Zambrano
• Irish child protection services struggling to meet demand as new guidelines launched
• English Court refuses human rights healthcare claim; Law Society conference on socio-economic rights
• English High Court case challenges rule on English language test for spousal visas
• Death penalty debate re-surfaces in the UK
• Strasbourg declares challenges to minaret ban inadmissible
• ECJ rules on permanent residence rights; English Court denies residence right to pregnant former worker & permanent residence right to non-EU national widow
• Shell admits liability for massive Nigerian oil spills in international class action
• Clinical Legal Education Spotlight – The Innocence Project at Griffith College Dublin
• Court of Appeal in England changes costs rules where State settles judicial reviews

Legal Education

• Clinical Legal Education Spotlight – The Innocence Project at Griffith College Dublin

Barriers to Public Interest Legislation

• Court of Appeal in England changes costs rules where State settles judicial reviews

Events

• Irish Socio Legal Research Centre at DCU host seminar on Trafficking of Children and separated children, 29 August 2011
• Law Centre (NI) course, ‘Completing Disability Forms: DLA and ESA Best Practice’, 6 September 2011

Jobs

• Older and Bolder seeks Campaigns and Outreach Officer, deadline 12 August 2011
• Public Law Project seeks Finance Officer and Locum Project Lawyer, deadline 12 August 2011
• Respond! Housing Association seeks Mental Health Support Intern, deadline 19 August 2011
• Pavee Point seeks Community Development Worker, deadline 22 August 2011
• JUSTICE seeks Director of Human Rights Policy, deadline 7 September 2011