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The Roundtable of the Cork Online Law Review
Welcome to The Roundtable, a dynamic forum for incisive legal commentary and analysis. Catch up on the latest developments in law, policy and the legal system.
The Roundtable Blog Posts
‘Back to the Lab Again’: Tackling Emerging Challenges to Human Rights Through Experimentalist Governance Methods
Jack Heron is a solicitor in the Employment, Pensions & Benefits Group at Matheson LLP and a former Bonavero Summer Fellow at REDRESS. ...
Jack Heron
Oct 14, 2024
A Timely Reconsideration of Liability For Imprudent Lending: Covering All The Bases and The Profile of the Borrower
Alex Casey is an incoming LLM Student at Harvard Law School and a graduate of LLM International Commercial Law and LLB Law Plus at the...
Alex Casey
Apr 30, 2024
Incrementalism at the European Court of Human Rights: A New Version of the Living Instrument Doctrine?
Saoirse Flattery is a BCL Candidate at the University of Oxford and LLB graduate of Trinity College Dublin. In her blog, Saoirse...
Saoirse Flattery
Mar 22, 2024
The Lingering Traces of Moral Hazard in 'Fresh Start' Personal Insolvency: Ireland's Radical Reform
Alex Casey is an LLM, International Commercial Law Student at the School of Law, University of Limerick. In this blog, Alex critically...
Alex Casey
Jul 16, 2023
No One Will Be Left Behind: The SDG Framework and LGBTQ+ Rights
Niamh Guiry is a 1st year PhD Researcher at the School of Law, University College Cork. In this blog, Niamh discusses LGBTQ+ rights in...
Niamh Guiry
Jun 28, 2023
The Codification of the Directors Duty to Consider the Interests of Creditors in Irish Company Law
Michael James Boland is a PhD Researcher at the School of Law, University College Cork. In this blog, Michael considers the codification...
Michael James Boland
Feb 6, 2023
ESG Disclosure: Capturing The Zeitgeist of EU Capital Markets
In our latest Roundtable blog, Denis Clancy considers recent developments in corporate environmental, social, and governance practices....
Denis Clancy
Dec 23, 2022
Friends of the Earth - Following in FIE's Footsteps
In this blog, Eoin Jackson[1] discusses the recent judgment of the UK High Court in Friends of the Earth v Secretary of State for...
Eoin Jackson
Sep 15, 2022
Nigeria - A Twelve-Year Preliminary Examination
Is the Time Ripe For the ICC Prosecutor to Tackle Boko Haram's Criminals?
Giovanni Chiarini and Izuchukwu Temilade Nwagbara
Jun 17, 2022
New Judicial Council’s Guidelines: End of the Personal Injury Gravy-Train?
In this blog, Patrick Barrett BL considers the personal injury guidelines created by the Judicial Council. This blog explores how the...
Patrick Barrett
Feb 22, 2022
Literally? Finding the plain meaning of legislation
In our latest blog, Cormac Hickey considers the bane of a budding law students’ early career, statutory interpretation. In this educative...
Cormac Hickey
Feb 6, 2022
The OECD Global Corporate Tax Deal: What it is, What it will do, and Why it’s good
In our latest blog, Michael James Boland considers the recent OECD proposed global tax deal, and what it means for the Irish economy...
Michael James Boland
Nov 28, 2021
The Right to a Jury Trial in Pandemic Times
In our latest blog, Dr Catherine O’Sullivan, Lecturer in Law at the School of Law, University College Cork, discusses the implications...
Dr. Catherine O'Sullivan
Apr 14, 2021
Outlawing 'Lawfare' or Limiting Rights? An Examination of the UK's Proposed Time Bar on War Crimes
Full Title: Outlawing 'Lawfare' or Limiting Rights? An Examination of the UK's Proposed Time Bar on War Crimes Proseuction In our latest...
Katie O'Leary
Apr 6, 2021
Covid-19 and the Rights of People with Mental Health Conditions
In our latest blog, Dr Darius Whelan, Senior Lecturer in Law at the School of Law, University College Cork, examines the impact COVID-19...
Dr Darius Whelan
Mar 23, 2021
Maintaining Access to Justice in the Pandemic
In our latest blog, Oonagh Buckley, Deputy Secretary General of the Department of Justice, assesses the implications of COVID-19 on...
Oonagh Buckley
Mar 23, 2021
Dealing with Domestic Violence During a Pandemic
In our latest blog, Dr Conor Hanly, Lecturer in Law at the School of Law, NUI Galway, discusses the effects COVID-19 has had on domestic...
Dr Conor Hanly
Mar 19, 2021
A New Dawn for the 'Gretchen-Question' of European Union Law?
In our latest blog, Niels Kirst, PhD researcher at Dublin City University focuses on the European Union’s response to the rule of law...
Niels Kirst
Feb 22, 2021
The Impact of COVID-19 on the Operation of the Courts
In our latest blog, Tom Ward, Head of the Superior Courts Operations Directorate writes on the impact of Covid-19 on the operation of the...
Tom Ward
Feb 12, 2021
Not Such a World Apart - From The United Nations, Geneva, Switzerland to Cork, Ireland
Drawing on her experience as a lawyer, lobbyist and lecturer, Mary Mayenfisch considers the intersection of business and human rights by...
Mary Mayenfisch-Tobin
Feb 4, 2021
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