Seminar: Amicus Curiae Interventions

30 April 2007

Continuing on from the 2006 series of seminars, this event facilitated discussion around Public Interest Law and Litigation (PILL) in Ireland, focusing on the area of amicus curiae interventions. Such interventions can be a potentially powerful tool for the promotion of public interest law.

Amicus curiae briefs are filed in court proceedings by individuals or groups who are not party to a lawsuit, but who have a strong interest or expertise in the issues in the case, and who are invited by the court, or permitted by law, or who petition the court to make an intervention in the action. The amicus is considered to be a "friend of the court".

The seminar attracted lawyers, government departments, academics and those working in the NGO sector.

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For more information, you can download the seminar programme.

Papers from the seminar are available to download:

1. The Importance of Third Party Interventions in Public Law and Human Rights Cases
Phil Shiner, Solicitor, PIL - Public Interest Lawyers, UK

2. Third Party Interventions - the Northern Ireland Experience
Karen Quinlivan, Barrister, Northern Ireland

3. Amicus Curiae - The Experience of a Statutory Body
Eilis Barry - Senior Legal Adviser, Equality Authority

 

You can view a slideshow of images from the event.