Barristers Andrew Robinson and Peter Leonard present The Brief, legal
current affairs show.

Your presenters look at the week’s legal headlines, including;

– Sean Quinn’s spot of bother
– The prejudicial Anglo Irish Bank puppet
– Google losing a landmark defamation case
– Organised Lay Litigants in the news again
– Costa Concordia captain sues for unfair dismissal
– John Larkin the Northern Ireland AG and abortion
– Gay sperm donour found liable for child maintenance
– Secret Courts in the UK

Fintan Lawlor from Lawlor Partners Solicitors on should publicans be liable
for injuries suffered and caused by their patrons.

Seth Barrett Tillman, Lecturer in Law Department in NUI Maynooth on justice
should be done in the open.

Former Supreme Court Judge Hugh O’Flaherty on the Childrens Rights
Referendum and catastrophic injuries cases.

Josh Blackman, Head of law Department, South Texas Law College on the DOMA
case in the Supreme Court of the United States.

Produced by Killian Donoghue and Andrew Robinson Research by Killian
Donoghue Engineered by Richard Maloney and Alan Braddish Edited by Aoife Nic
Canna Podcast and web Gavin Byrne

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