IACBA Conference 2025 - Migration and the Rule of Law

Date: Friday 12th December

Venue: The Atrium, Distillery Building, 145-151 Church Street, D07 WDX8

Conference times: 2pm - 5.30pm 

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CPD Points: 3.5

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Conference Schedule

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2pm | Welcome address by Aoife McMahon BL, chair of IACBA

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2.05pm | Opening address by The Hon. Ms Justice Niamh Hyland

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2.10pm | Caselaw update from the CJEU: Mr. Justice Eugene Regan, Judge of the CJEU 

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2.30pm | Applications for permission to reside for the non-EEA parent of an EU citizen child: Karen Berkeley, solicitor of Berkeley Solicitors

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2.50pm | Appellate reform and the Migration Pact: Joanne Williams BL, Law Library

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3.10pm | Across mountains, land and sea: toward justice and humanity: Mir Rahimi, author of ‘across mountains, land and sea’

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3.30pm | Q&A

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3.40pm | Tea and Coffee Break

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4pm | Participation in EU asylum and immigration instruments – Protocol 21 to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union: Úna McEvoy - Advisory Counsel, Office of the Attorney General

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4.20pm | Partial certiorari after BD v International Protection Appeals Tribunal [2025] IESC 38: David Leonard BL, Law Library

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4.40pm |  Deportation enforcement and the asylum list - law and practicalities: Anthony Hanrahan SC, Law Library

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5pm | Patricia Brazil SC, Law Library

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5.20pm | Q&A

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5.30pm | Close