Environmental and Planning Law conference
The Law Society Environmental and Planning Law Committee’s annual conference will take place on Thursday, 5 November this year.
The keynote address will be by Mr Justice Richard Humphreys (Judge in Charge of the Planning and Environment Court) on ‘Accelerating Litigation’.
Rory Ferguson (Fieldfisher) will moderate a panel discussion on ‘Perspectives on Accelerating Infrastructure: Regulatory Reform’.
Peter Mullan (chief executive of An Coimisiún Pleanála) will give an introductory presentation.
Speakers are:
- Colin Ryan (senior planning advisor),
- Mairéad Ross (principal officer),
- Liz McCann (head of legal, Codling Wind Park) and
- Orla Kelleher (assistant professor of law at Maynooth University).
Case law update
Luke McCann (FP Logue LLP) will present a case law update.
Marika Williams (A&L Goodbody) will speak on key issues in the implementation of the Planning and Development Act 2024 and planning regulations.
Eoin Brady (FP Logue LLP ) will moderate a panel discussion with:
- Micheál Ó Briain (Former EU official),
- Caroline Chapman (director of DTA Ecology), and
- Brian Foley SC on ‘Practical issues in Habitats and Biodiversity law; Land Use Change, IROPI and Site-Specific Conservation Objectives’.
The conference will be chaired by the Environmental and Planning Law Committee’s acting chair, Brendan Curran (A&L Goodbody)