E135 The Fifth Court - Síofra O’Leary, former President of the European Court of Human Rights & Úna Ní Raifeartaigh, judge at the European Court of Human Rights

The Fifth Court – Part 1: Ireland and the European Court of Human Rights

Part 1 of a two-part Fifth Court interview with two of Ireland’s most distinguished jurists on the international stage.

Síofra O’Leary, former President of the European Court of Human Rights, and Úna Ní Raifeartaigh, Ireland’s current judge at the Court, discuss judicial life in Strasbourg, multilingual decision-making, and the reality of adjudicating across Europe’s legal systems.

Plus hosts Mark Tottenham BL and Peter Leonard BL discuss three more cases from the Decisis Casebook

Three recent Irish decisions are discussed, including

1. Enforcement of a Danish arbitral award, with late-stage objections refused
2. Judicial review refused of a decision not to transfer a prisoner to an open prison
3. Security for costs refused where the plaintiff’s lack of means was linked to the defendant’s alleged wrongdoing regarding a property resale

The Decisis Casebook sponsor is Charltons Solicitors and Collaborative Practitioners of Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin. We thank them for their support.

Part 2 follows next week.

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