Barrister and Chair at ALTO. Comments here are not legal advice or policy positions.
Feb 3, 2022 • 8 tweets • 4 min read
So, earlier on I saw this being produced by @ViljanenMickael which, as usual, was impressive. Said “I’d be in” - which I happened to be.
In we walked, saw the well defined lady on the wall:
Sep 12, 2021 • 13 tweets • 4 min read
The CJEU hears a case entitled G.D. tomorrow involving the retention of call data, under the Communications (Retention of Data) Act, 2011.
This 2011 Act mandates the retention of raw telephone call data for a period of 2 years; and
Internet metadata for a period of 1 year.
It replaced section 63 of the Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) Act 2005 which mandated retention for 3 years in time.
Sep 12, 2021 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Took dinner last night @ChapterOneByMV and had the tasting menu ‘blind’. Believe the hype - it is next level dining.
If it isn’t a three star venue in the next round or shortly thereafter I’ll be quite surprised.
Sometimes a tasting menu can be risky as you mightn’t like everything on it, particularly if you don’t read the menu beforehand. That didn’t occur.
The canapés were excellent including a much enjoyed Mossfield Gouda from County Offaly, and an unusual spoon presented radish bite.
Below is a long thread from me on the various cases covered off today by Professor Eoin Carolan S.C. at the UCD Law School Constitutional Law Update.
Case 1. Friends of the Environment v Government 2020 [IESC] 49 - Link: courts.ie/view/judgments…
Nov 3, 2020 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
@maireadenright has an interesting and thought provoking piece in the Times today.
Stasi archive shows way for institutional abuse record-keeping irishtimes.com/opinion/stasi-…
When one tracks the very basis for Privacy and shortly later on Data Protection rights and law in the European Union, one need only look to the aftermath of World War II the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) in 1948; and in 1950 the ECHR.
Nov 2, 2020 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
This is an important amendment and one which to my mind closes off a fairly significant legislative unintended consequence.
Any amendment should cater for scenarios where the child is possibly a stranger to the accused. Side step guarded anonymity and possible jigsaw identification from pre charge reporting. This is tricky, but this draft seems to work.
Oct 24, 2020 • 12 tweets • 2 min read
On every side of a case there is a right, a believed truth, and a position. In many instances the only way to resolve who is actually right in fact or at law, is to litigate the particular issue.
Litigation comes with great burdens. Two such burdens (and there are many more) being cost and the exposure of matters and people in open court that ordinarily may not wish for such outings. Take for example a defamation, injury, or a tragic loss.
Jul 12, 2020 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
This Thursday sees judgment in Facebook Ireland and Schrems in
Case C-311/18 at 09:30 CET.
The case was controversial for a number of reasons. First, SCCs - Standard Contractual Clauses, the now outdated clauses that undertakings can use for cross border data flows Decision 2010/87; and
