Third Programme of Law Reform 2008-2014

third programme of law reform 2008-2014Solicitors practicing in Galway and Cork and the surrounding counties were invitedto attend the consultative seminars in Galway and Cork. All barristers practicingon the Western, South Western, Cork and South Eastern Circuits were invited to theconsultations in Galway and Cork.The Commission published an article in the March 2007 edition of the Law SocietyGazette. This article further publicised the Commission’s public consultative seminarsand invited legal practitioners to make submissions on the Third Programme. TheCommission organised a meeting with the Law Reform Committee of the Law Societywhich took place in February 2007. The Commission also held a meeting in March 2007with the Irish Family Lawyers Association.Many solicitors, barristers and members of the judiciary attended the publicconsultations on the Third Programme of Law Reform and suggested law reformprojects.Consultation with Government DepartmentsAll Government Departments and all relevant state agencies were written to in April2007 inviting them to submit suggestions for the Third Programme of Law Reform andto attend the public consultations. The Commission published a short article in Link,The Newsletter of Better Governance, in the February 2007 edition. This publicised thepublic consultations in Galway and Cork and encouraged attendance and submissions.The Commission wrote to all Government Departments located in Galway and Corkand the surrounding counties and invited them to make submissions and attend theconsultations on the Third Programme.Consultation with other Law Reform BodiesThe Commission held a meeting with the Law Commission for Scotland, the LawCommission for England and Wales and the Law Commission for Northern Irelandin July 2007. This meeting discussed the work of the different Commissions and thedevelopment of Programmes of Law Reform.Legal ResearchThe Commission appointed a full-time researcher who co-ordinated the consultationprocess and carried out legal research on law reform in Ireland and law reform activityin other jurisdictions. Research was carried out on the legal topics that were underexamination by other Law Reform Agencies, which informed the deliberations of theCommission.27