ICEL EPA Environmental Law Conference 2016

“Different tools in environmental protection”

The ICEL and the EPA were delighted to announce the return of the annual environmental event law conference in 2016.  The theme for this conference was “Different tools in environmental protection” and it brought together leading Irish and global lawyers in the area of environmental enforcement.

Friday 30th September 10:00 to 16:30 (Registration from 9:30)

Royal Irish Academy, Dawson Street

5 CPD Points

Chairs, speakers and topics

• The Hon. John D Cooke SC – Chair
• Laura Burke, Director General, Environmental Protection Agency – Chair
• Gerard O’Leary, Director of Environmental Enforcement, Environmental Protection Agency – Chair
• Lorna Dempsey BL, Head of Legal Services, Office of Environmental Enforcement – Chair
• Professor Richard Macrory CBE, Brick Court Chambers and University College London –Administrative and criminal sanctions, an integrated approach
• Dr Catherine Donnelly BL – Environmental protection as a fundamental right – the role of the ECHR and Charter
• Dr Carole Billiet, Director of Environmental Law in the Centre of Environmental and Energy law, University of Ghent and Vice-president of the Environmental Enforcement Court of Flanders – The rights of third parties in administrative and criminal sanctions
• Dr Joanne Blennerhasset, University College Dublin – Collective redress for environmental harm, including multi-party actions
• Gary Fitzgerald BL, Director of the Irish Centre of European Law – The role of the Aarhus Convention in environmental litigation
• Angus Innes, Senior Lawyer, Environment Agency, United Kingdom – Wildlife Crime: the EU and the UN take notice – File too large to upload, see dropbox link
• Marcus O’Sullivan, Litigation Solicitor, Dublin City Council – From Cradle to Grave – the Regulation and Enforcement of Waste Shipments
• Seosaimhín Ní Chathasaigh BL – On the Protection of the Environment through Criminal Law