Dublin 13 sptember 2013 : Programme

Remedies Against Public Authorities for Breach of EU Law and the ECHR

With a focus on remedies for breach of

EU environmental law and failure to act

Friday 13 September 2013

Royal Irish Academy, 19 Dawson Street, Dublin 2

9.45am – 4.45pm (Registration from 9am)

This conference, jointly organised by the AEAJ and ICEL, will consider the question of remedies against public authorities for breaches of EU law and the European Convention of Human Rights. Issues covered will include remedies for breach of the Charter of Fundamental Rights, the ECHR and the Aarhus Convention. There will be a particular focus on EU environmental law and the remedies available where a public authority fails to act. Attendees will be provided with a general update on remedies cases before the EU courts and the national courts, as well as having the opportunity to discuss practical issues in the context of real-life examples, with an afternoon case study.

Programme

9.00am Registration & Coffee

9.45am Welcome

Nathy Dunleavy

Director, Irish Centre for European Law |

Morning Chairman

The Hon. Mr Justice Gerard Hogan

High Court of Ireland

Chairman’s Introduction

9.50am Remedies for Breach of EU Law : Recent EU and National Cases

Dr Barry Doherty
Law Library, Dublin

10.25am State Failures To Act : Remedies Against Public Authorities Under The ECHR

The Hon. Mr Justice Bernard McCloskey
Court of Judicature of Northern Ireland

11.00am Q&A

11.10am Morning Coffee (Refreshments provided in the Members’ Room)

11.30am Access to Justice in Environmental Matters at the National Level and the Aarhus Convention

Dr Áine Ryall

University College Cork

12.00pm Access to Justice in Environmental Matters - the EU Perspective

Adam Daniel Nagy

Directorate General for the Environment, European Commission

12.30pm Q & A

12.45-1.55pm Lunch (Light lunch provided in the Members’ Room)

1.55pm Afternoon Chairman

The Hon. Mr Justice Frank Clarke

Supreme Court of Ireland

Chairman’s Introduction

2.00pm Legal remedies against failure to act of a public authority in the light of general EU law

Judge Matthias Keller

Administrative Court of Aachen

2.30pm Legal remedies provided by EU environmental law and the Aarhus Convention against failure to act of a public authority

Judge Lauma Paeglkalna

Administrative Court, Riga

Judge Werner Heermann

Administrative Court of Würzburg

3.00pm |Q & A

3.10pm Afternoon Tea (Refreshments provided in the Members’ Room)

3.30pm Case study

Illegal garage in a dwelling area - omission of a public authority to intervene in the face of complaints from a neighbour - legal remedies for the neighbour

Presentation led by Judge Werner Heermann

4.45pm Closing Remarks

The Hon. Mrs Justice Fidelma Macken
Chairman, Irish Centre for European Law