PILN Bulletin 17 September 2008

PILN Bulletin 17 September 2008

In this bulletin:

1. Opposition to proposed government merger of certain State-funded agencies;
2. UK: Dispute over rate of pay for Legal Aid work risks delay in major trials;
3. EU: European Commission asks lawyers to help create a true European area of justice;
4. EU: Further steps taken toward codifying European asylum regime;
5. Australia: Indigenous group lodges access to justice complaint against Australia to the UN;
6. Death of Eileen Flynn, 9 September 2008;
7. Law Society launches booklet on Civil Legal Aid;
8. Civil Rights Commemoration Concert and Public Meeting, 18 September 2008;
9. EAPN Ireland Roundtable: 2010 Year against poverty and social exclusion, 8 October 2008;
10. Law Reform Commission Annual Conference, 14 October 2008;
11. Speech given by Law Society President James MacGuill at Parchments ceremony, 28 August 2008;
12. Proposed new EU anti-discrimination directive.