Extra-Mural Course in Employment Litigation
We regret to inform you that this course will not proceed in January 2015 due to unforeseen circumstances.
Please email lawevent@tcd.ie if you wish to receive details of similar courses in the future.
Venue: Arts Building, Trinity College Dublin
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About the Conference
The Extra-Mural course in Employment Litigation 2015 aims to provide participants with an up-to-date understanding of employment litigation in Ireland and to provide a thorough overview of the many different legal fora in which redress is sought in the employment context in Ireland, and of the nature of the litigation that is instituted in each forum.
In order to do this, the course integrates an analysis of substantive employment law issues with a consideration of key procedural rules, enabling practitioners to further appreciate how the governing doctrinal principles of employment law are applied in a practical setting.
Throughout the course, attention is focused upon topical and emerging judicial and legislative developments in the area and on the effects of these developments on employment litigation in practice.
Key highlights this year include the Workplace Relations Bill 2014 and the coming into force of the Whistleblowers’ protective legislation, the Protected Disclosures Act 2014.
Topics:
- Employment Litigation in Context
- Employment Litigation as Distinct from Industrial Relations Law
- Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Implications for Litigation Practice
- The Key Common Law and Statutory Framework
- Reform of Employment Dispute Resolution Bodies
- Managing and Defending Claims relating to Bullying, Harassment and Stress at Work
- Employment Equality Litigation
- Social Media in the Workplace: Implications for Litigation
- Investigations in the Workplace
- Termination of Employment: Redundancy, Unfair Dismissal, Wrongful Dismissal
- Whistleblowing and the Protected Disclosures Act 2014
- Remedies in Employment Litigation
Speakers
Course Director
Des Ryan BL is a practising barrister specialising in Employment Law and a Lecturer in Employment Law at Trinity College Dublin. Co-author of Employment Law in Ireland (2009), he has published widely on Employment Law in a number of journals, including the Irish Employment Law Journal, and is the Employment Law correspondent for the Thomson Round Hall Annual Review of Irish Law. He advises on all aspects of employment litigation.Marguerite Bolger SC is a Senior Counsel specialising in employment law. She has appeared in many key bullying and harassment cases. Ms Bolger is a co-author of Employment Equality Law (Thomson Reuters, 2012) and a member of the Editorial Board of the Irish Employment Law Journal (Thomson Round Hall). She is an external examiner in employment law at the Honorable Society of King’s Inns.
Professor Neville Cox BL, LL.B., Ph.D., (Dub.), Barrister, is Associate Professor and a Fellow of Trinity College Dublin. He is author (with Eoin McCullough Sc) of, amongst other books, Defamation Law and Practice (2014), and co-author of Employment Law in Ireland (2009). He is Director of the Master of Laws degree programmes at Trinity.
Cliona Kimber BL is a practising barrister specialising in employment and equality law and regularly appears before the EAT, Equality Tribunal, Labour Court as well as the Civil Courts. She is co-author of Employment Equality Law (Thomson Reuters, 2012) and Employment Law in the Digital Age (with Pauline Walley SC, forthcoming). She was previously the Editor of the Employment Law Reports and the Irish Employment Law Journal. Ms Kimber writes and lectures extensively on the subject of employment and equality law.
Terence McCrann is Head of the Employment Law Group at McCann Fitzgerald Solicitors and is recognised as one of Ireland’s leading employment law experts. He advises and guides clients in this complex area, and assists employers in developing risk management strategies in respect of employment and litigation issues.
Tom Mallon BL is a practising barrister who specialises in employment law. He is co-author, with Dr. Mary Redmond, of the recently published Strikes: An Essential Guide to Industrial Action and the Law (2010).
The right to rearrange and substitute lectures and lecturers is reserved.
Programme
All lectures take place between 5 - 7 pm on Thursdays (commencing 15 January 2015)
15 January 2015 The Framework of Employment Litigation in Ireland: Key Concepts, Institutions and Practicalities in 2015
Lecturer: Dr. Des Ryan BL
22 January 2015 Bullying, Harassment and Stress at Work: Key Principles and Recent Developments in Litigation
Lecturer: Professor Neville Cox BL
29 January 2015 Employment Equality: New Developments in Litigation
Lecturer: Marguerite Bolger SC
5 February 2015 Cyber Law and Social Media: New Questions in Employment Litigation
Lecturer: Cliona Kimber BL
12 February 2015 Investigations in the Workplace: Key Principles for Employment Litigation
Lecturer: Terence McCrann
19 February 2015 Whistleblowers: The Implications of the Protected Disclosures Act 2014 for Employment Litigation
Employment Injunctions: New DevelopmentsLecturer: Tom Mallon BL
This Extra-mural course is derived from the Employment Litigation module taught on the Master in Laws degree programmes at the School of Law. The extra-mural course is suitable for individuals with professional experience in the subject matters whether legal or otherwise.
Reservation and Fees
If you would like further information on this course please contact:
CPD Conference Programmes, School of Law, House 39, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2
Telephone (01) 896 2772; Fax (01) 677 0449; Email: lawevent at tcd.ie.
To reserve your place, please complete and return this form to the address/email above.
Fees:* €850 per person CPD Members Fees: €600 for individuals members to attend full course.
€500 for associate members to attend the full course.
Reduced Rates: €650 for legal executives, trainee solicitors, barristers of 5 years standing or less Per Lecture Rate:
€150 per lecture *Cheques should be made payable to TCD NO 1 Account
CPD Hours/Points :12: Certificates of attendance will be forwarded after the conference.