Tomás Keys BL considers how the new Order 99 Rule 9 of the Rules of the Superior Courts – including how a recent judgement casts light on how wasted costs orders can now possibly be brought against barristers as well as solicitors.

Adapted from an article published in The Bar Review Volume 27 Issue 4. Read more at: lawlibrary.ie/bar-reviews

The views expressed in this podcast are the contributors' own and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Bar of Ireland.

Intro Music: Positive Fuse - French Fuse

Wasted Costs Orders with Tomás Keys BL

In this episode, James Rooney BL and Cillian Bracken BL join Gemma McLoughlin-Burke BL and Dearbhla Shirt to speak to about their voluntary work and more specifically their role in running the LGBTQI+ legal clinic with FLAC. James and Cillian cover legal issues regularly faced by the LGBTQI+ community - including parenthood of children and gender-affirming healthcare and legal documentation - and the other pro bono legal work they participate in.

Voluntary Work in the LGBTQI+ space | VAS Podcast Series

In this week's episode Helen Mountfield KC discusses recent legal developments in the US and the UK with Professor Jonathan Marks and David Wolfe KC. Discussion ranges from US cases on the right to a clean and healthy environment, to the legal implications of a new Executive Order on Unleashing American Energy. Across the Atlantic, we hear about recent judicial reviews scrutinising delivery of carbon budget obligations under the 2008 Climate Change Act and the consequences of scope 3 emission reporting for oil and gas licences. In all of this, the role of litigation is itself coming under the spotlight.

Global comparisons: the US and the UK

A Common Concern: The Climate Justice Podcast - Global comparisons: the US and the UK

Hugh Mohan SC and Brendan Lenihan, Managing Director of Navigo Consulting join Cathy Smith SC for a wide-ranging discussion on the practical aspects of mediating disputes that arise both within and between businesses. 

Brendan and Hugh offer fascinating insights from their respective business and legal backgrounds, touching on some of the common and unexpected aspects of the mediation process, the benefits and challenges, as well as why there is a growing adoption of mediation in the business community.

Mediation for Business Disputes | Hugh Mohan SC, Cathy Smith SC & Brendan Lenihan

In this episode, Florence Iveson discusses the Omnibus Proposal issued by the European Commission on 26 February 2025 with business and human rights experts Olivia Windham Stewart and Daniel Schonfelder. The episode provides first takes on 5 of the major changes to the CSDDD that have been proposed by the Commission and on the next stages to any amendment process.

ESG: Global - The CSDDD: an Omnibust?

In this episode of A Common Concern: The Climate Justice Podcast, Kate Cook discusses workers’ rights and climate change with Kalina Arabadjieva of the European Trade Union Institute.

From the principles and standards of the International Labour Organisation to the provisions of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, from the rules of the EU Green Deal to the three pillars of the Aarhus Convention, there are many points of intersection between international labour law and climate law. Kate and Kalina discuss the potential for mutual reinforcement in relation to the protection of workers both from the direct impacts of climate change, including heat stress, and in relation to securing a just transition for the workforce in the context of decarbonization. Is closer integration between workers’ rights and climate law a key way to secure climate justice in the face of colossal challenges across the world?

A Common Concern: The Climate Justice Podcast - Workers’ Rights and Climate Change

In episode 4of A Common Concern: The Climate Justice Podcast, Emma Foubister discusses the role of criminal law in the context of climate impacts on human health and life with Florence Iveson and Professor Cindy Cho. 

A Common Concern: The Climate Justice Podcast - Climate Crimes

Join barrister Aoife McNickle BL as she sits down with Ireland’s only court artist, Mike O'Donnell. From high-profile trials to sketching history in the making, Mike shares the unique challenges and the process of his one-of-a-kind career in the courtroom. His exhibition PrimaFacie, opens the 1st of May in Distillery Building, Dublin 7 and runs until May 15th.

Court Art | One of a kind | Aoife McNickle BL interviews Mike O'Donnell

Climate related displacement is already occurring and likely to increase significantly in the next few decades. In this episode of A Common Concern: the Climate Justice Podcast, Kate Cook is joined by Alex Randall, founder of the Climate and Migration Coalition and by Raza Husain KC and Sam Knights KC from Matrix to discuss current legal protections under international refugee, climate and human rights law and the risk that increasingly large numbers of displaced or vulnerable people will fall through gaps in protection.  What can be done to close these gaps?

A Common Concern: The Climate Justice Podcast - Climate Displacement and the Law: Legal Limits, Barriers and Solutions

Sa chlár speisialta seo, labhraíonn John Freeman le Siobhán Ní Chúlacháin, Niall Ó hUiginn agus Méabh Smyth faoi imeachtaí atá á n-eagrú ag Cumann Barra na Gaeilge, agus go hairithe faoin gComhdháil speisialta atá ar siúl i bPáras ar an 12 agus 13 Meitheamh.

In this special episode, John Freeman BL speaks to Siobhán Ní Chúlacháin, Niall Ó hUiginn BL and Méabh Smyth BL on upcoming events from Cumann Barra na Gaeilge, in particular the Conference taking place in Paris on 12th and 13th June.

Eipeasóid Speisialta le Cumann Barra na Gaeilge

Gráinne Duggan SC and James Burke BL discuss a landmark ruling with important implications for tax professionals and corporate advisors. The Court of Appeal has delivered a pivotal decision in The Revenue Commissioners v. Covidien Limited. The judgment offers essential clarification on the criteria for VAT deductibility under EU law, overturning previous rulings by both the Tax Appeals Commission and the High Court. Central to the decision is a reaffirmation of the stringent interpretation of the “used for” test outlined in Article 168 of the Principal VAT Directive.

Read the judgement in full here: https://tinyurl.com/2ar3k2et

Book your place for the upcoming Tax Bar and Sports Law Bar Association event on Tuesday 29 April 2025: https://ti.to/BarofIreland/slbatba29april?source=web

The Covidien Case in Review | Gráinne Duggan SC & James Burke BL

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