Category Archives: Sutherland Symposium

by Hernan Perez McKay. Hernan Perez McKay is a second year BCL (Law with Chinese) student at UCD. He was selected as the winner of the Law Review’s annual case competition for this piece on Middelkamp v The Minister for Justice. In Middelkamp v Minister for Justice,[1] the Supreme Court held that a woman living in IrelandContinue reading “Case Note: Jaimee Middelkamp v The Minister for Justice and Equality “

by Gareth Hughes. Gareth Hughes is a final year Business and Law student in UCD. In this article he critically assesses the approach adopted by the major Western powers to the use of force in international law. He discusses the potential justifications which Russia can draw from this approach regarding their invasion of Ukraine. Russia’s recentContinue reading “The Role of the West in Shaping Russia’s Justification for the Invasion of Ukraine: The Need for Greater Accountability Regarding the Use of Force in International Law”

by Lauren Rooney. Lauren Rooney is a recent Business and Law graduate of UCD. In this article, she examines the societal rationale behind the medicalisation and secularisation of suicide in the UK and Ireland in the 18th and 19th century. She discusses how the finding of insanity and subsequent legislative change sought to protect thoseContinue reading “Grave Consequences: The societal rationale behind the medicalisation and secularisation of suicide as reflected in the burial of those who died by suicide in Ireland and England in the 19th century.”

By Iseult O’Callaghan. Iseult is a BCL (with Politics) graduate from UCD. In this article she critically discusses humanitarian intervention as a legal justification for the use of force.

by Jennifer O’Toole. Jennifer is a recent BCL graduate of UCD. In this article, she assesses the impact of the English High Court’s seminal decision Taylor Fashions and subsequent jurisprudence on ‘unconscionability’ in estoppel.

by Charlotte Waldron. Charlotte is a final-year Business and Law student at UCD. In this article, she critically assesses the Court of Justice’s decision in the Graham Dwyer appeal which concerned the use of data in fighting serious crime. She discusses the meaning of the Court’s decision for EU Member States’ data protection obligation’s in the context of law enforcement.

by Ben O’Donnell. Ben is a fourth-year LLB student at Trinity College Dublin. In this article, he provides critical commentary on the manner in which John Finnis categorises ‘Religion’ as a ‘Basic Good’ and provides alternative ways to think about religion and faith in Finnis’ system of jurisprudence.

by Robert Adamson. Robert is a final-year Masters in Common Law student at UCD. In this article he remarks on constraints and tensions in the use of civil remedies for damages in Irish and EU data protection law.