2022 PELGBA Annual Conference
Date: Friday 24th June 2022
Location: Room 1&2, DDRC, Distillery Building, 145-151 Church St
Time: event starts at 10am & finishes at 3.30pm approx.
Registration, Networking and Tea/Coffee from 9.30am
Refreshments and lunch will be provided.
Chair: The Hon. Mr. Justice Gerard Hogan
Keynote address by Mr Frank Clarke SC, former Chief Justice of Ireland on Mediation in environmental and planning disputes.
Speakers are;
- Tom Flynn SC
- Dermot Flanagan SC
- Suzanne Murray SC
- Aoife Carroll BL
- Aine Ryall, Centre for Law & the Environment, UCC
Among the topics that will be covered:
- General update on Planning and Environmental Law
- Height and Apartment Guidelines
- Section 5 determinations
- Mediation and Environmental Law
- Climate Change
- Costs in Judicial Review
- Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation
- The Future of Environmental Rule of Law
4 CPD Points available
Open to all event
In person only
Followed by a drinks reception in the Sheds between 3.30pm and 5pm
For more information and details of other upcoming events from the Planning, Environment and Local Government Bar Association (PELGBA), please visit www.pelgba.ie.
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June 24th, 2022
Additional Information
The Planning, Environmental, and Local Government Bar Association of Ireland (PELGBA) is a specialist association for practising Barristers who practice in or have an interest in Planning, Environmental and Local Government Law in Ireland.
PELGBA was launched in July 2018 in an event attended by The Hon. Mr. Justice Frank Clarke, Chief Justice of Ireland and the Attorney General, Mr. Seamus Wolfe SC, and also Mr. Eoghan Murphy T.D., Minister for Housing, Planning & Local Government.
PELGBA seeks to advance the state of knowledge of the law in the areas of Planning, Environmental and Local Government Law and act as a forum for practising in this area. PELGBA aims to provide specialist education to its members through legal updates, morning and after court seminars, and an annual conference on topics related to Planning, Environmental and Local Government Law.
To date, PELGBA has held seminars on topics such as planning enforcement, mediation, housing law, as well as regular updates on developments in at domestic and EU case law and a conference on strategic housing.
PELGBA also promotes the Bar as a specialist provider of advocacy and legal advice in the area of Planning, Environmental and Local Government Law. In this role, it liaises with The Council of The Bar of Ireland and other relevant parties on issues of interest to its members.