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ACCC/C/2014/113 Ireland

Case status: Pending.
Follow-up:
Topics: Clear, transparent and consistent framework; Protection of environmental defenders; Access to justice.
Articles alleged: 3 (1), 3 (2), 3 (8); 9 (4).
Articles considered by the Committee:
Articles, if any, found in non-compliance:
Summary: The communication was submitted to the Compliance Committee on 5 June 2014 by a member of the public, Mr. Kieran Fitzpatrick. The communication alleged non-compliance with articles 3 (1), (2) and (8), and 9 (4) of the Convention in connection with court costs. 

Document Status Date received or posted by the secretariat
Communication
Annex 1
Annex 2
From the communicant 05.08.2014
Letter to communicant From the secretariat 21.11.2014

Communicant's reply to Committee's questions

Annexes 1 to 43 (Zip)

From the communicant 17.12.2014
Letter to the communicant enclosing determination of preliminary admissibility From the secretariat 27.02.2015
Letter forwarding communication for Party concerned's response From the secretariat 15.04.2015
Letter requesting extension to deadline for response to communication  From the Party concerned 26.08.2015
Comments on request by Party concerned's request for extension for submitting response to communication From the communicant 27.08.2015
Email to Party concerned regarding request for extension From the secretariat 08.09.2015

Response to communication

Annex 1: Relevant legislation
Annex 2: Bar Council Response
Annex 3: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011 DE
Annex 4: Discussion Paper-Access to Justice Public Consultation
Annex 5: Response Template - Access to Justice Public Consultation
Annex 6: Response of Kieran Fitzpatrick
Annex 7: Lord
Annex 8: Farley
Annex 9: ECHR Judgment
Annex 10: Koester

From the Party concerned 29.09.2015
Corrections to response to communication From the Party concerned 12.10.2015

Covering email enclosing

Communicant's comments on Party concerned's response to communication

List of annexes

Annex F4 Airey v. Ireland
Annex F6 Bar Council sub to Comp Auth 2005
Annex F7 Bar Council sub to LCWG DRAFT2 2005
Annex F15 Clarke v Stevens  costs
Annex F23 DMPT Taxation appeal hearing 2015
Annex F34 Hannigan v DPP
Annex F35 HURTER c. Suisse
Annex F40 Legal Costs Working group 2005
Annex F42 ABA's letter of 12 November 2013

From the communicant 02.11.2015
Invitation to the Party concerned and communicant to attend the hearing at Committee's 51st meeting From the secretariat 06.11.2015
Slides for opening statement during hearing at Committee's 51st meeting
Opening and closing statement for hearing at Committee's 51st meeting
From the communicant 18.12.2015
Opening statement for hearing at Committee's 51st meeting From the Party concerned 18.12.2015
Letter enclosing the Committee's questions following the hearing at the 51st meeting From the secretariat 19.05.2016

Reply to the Committee's questions

Annex 1: Judgment of the European Court of Human Rights,  Stankiewicz v Poland
Annex 2: Judgment of the High Court of Ireland,  C. D. -v Minister for Health and Children & Anor
Annex 3: Judgment of the Court of Appeal of Ireland, McCoy & anor -v- Shillelagh Quarries Ltd & ors
Annex 4:Judgment of the Supreme Court  of Ireland, Applications for Orders in Relation to Costs in Intended Proceedings: Coffey & ors
Annex 5: Judgment of the High Court of Ireland, Coffey -v- Tara Mines Ltd
Annex 6:Judgment of the High Court of Ireland, Persona Digital Telephony Ltd & anor -v- The Minister for Public Enterprise & ors
Annex 7: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber), Case C-506/04
Annex 8:  Judgment of the Supreme Court  of Ireland, Nowak -v- The Data Protection Commissioner

From the communicant 09.06.2016

Letter enclosing reply to the Committee's questions

Annex 1: Village Residents Association Ltd v. An Bord Pleanala (No 2) [2000] 4 IR 321
Annex 2: Hunter v. Nurendale Ltd t/a Panda Waste [2013] IEHC 430
Annex 3: Conway v. Ireland and the NRA [2009] IEHC 472
Annex 4: McCoy v Shillelagh Quarries [2015] IECA 28
Annex 5: Friends of the Curragh Environment Limited v An Bord Pleanala & Ors [2009] 4 IR 451
Annex 6: Browne v Fingal County Council [2013] IEHC 630
Annex 7: Adams v. Minister for Justice [2001] 3 IR 53
Annex 8: Farley v. Ireland [2000] IESC 59
Annex 9: Jodifern v. Fitzgerald [1999] IESC 88
Annex 10: Bullen v O Donovan [2015] IEHC 72
Annex 11: O’Driscoll & Dunne v McDonald & Ors [2015] IEHC 100
Annex 12: Riordan v. Ireland (No. 5) [2001] 4 IR 463
Annex 13: Nowak v Data Protection Commissioner [2016] IESC 18
Annex 14: Dunne v Minister for Environment [2008] 2 IR 775
Annex 15: Lancefort Ltd v An Bord Pleanála [1998] 2 IR 511
Annex 16: Pringle v Government of Ireland [2014] IEHC 174
Annex 17: Millstream Recycling Ltd v Tierney [2010] IEHC 55
Annex 18: McEvoy and Smith v Meath County Council [2003] 1 IR 208
Annex 19: Curtin v Clerk of Dáil Éireann & Ors [2006] 2 IR 556
Annex 20: McCallig v An Bord Pleanála [2014] IEHC 353
Annex 21: RD v. McGuinness [1999] 2 IR 411
Annex 22: Coffey and others v Environment Protection Agency [2013] IESC 31
Annex 23: Shillelagh Quarries Ltd v. An Bord Pleanála [2012] IEHC 257
Annex 24: Callaghan v An Bord Pleanála [2015] IEHC 235
Annex 25: Indaver NV Ltd t/a Indaver Ireland v An Bord Pleanála & Ors [2013] IEHC 11
Annex 26: JC Savage Supermarket Limited & Becton v An Bord Pleanála [2011] IEHC 488
Annex 27: Tesco Ireland v. Cork County Council [2013] IEHC 580
Annex 28: Kimpton Vale Ltd v An Bord Pleanála [2013] IEHC 442
Annex 29: Delaney and McGrath- Civil Procedure in the Superior Courts 3rd Edition- Part I
Annex 30: Delaney and McGrath- Civil Procedure in the Superior Courts 3rd Edition
Annex 31: Hilary Delany- Irish Law Times 2000
Annex 32: Trevor Murphy- Commercial Law Practitioner 2014

From the Party concerned 10.06.2016
Email enclosing Legal Services Regulation Act 2015 From the communicant 12.06.2016
Cover letter enclosing comments on the communicant’s reply to the Committee’s questions From the Party concerned 16.06.2016
Comments on Party concerned's reply to the Committee's questions From the communicant 17.06.2016

Cover letter

Annex 1: S.50B of the Irish Planning and Development Act 2000

Annex 2: Environment and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2011 Ireland

Briefing note on access to justice issues in Ireland

From observer (Environmental Pillar) 13.09.2016
Letter to the parties seeking views on possible deferment From the secretariat 18.11.2016

Comments on possible deferment

Annex 1: Sweetman v Shell [2016] IESC 58, 17.10.2016
Annex 2: Sweetman v An Bord Pleanala & Clare [2007] IEHC 153, 26.04.2007
Annex 3: Case C-156/15, Private Equity v Swedbank, CJEU, 10.11.2016
Annex 4: North East Pylon v An Bord Pleanala [2016] IEHC 300, 12.05.2016
Annex 5: North East Pylon v An Bord Pleanala [2016] IEHC 490, 29.07.2016
Annex 6: Friends of the Curragh Environment v An Bord Pleanala [2006] IEHC 390, 8.12.2006

From the communicant 28.11.2016
Comments on possible deferment From the Party concerned 02.12.2016
Letter inviting the communicant’s comments on possible relevant developments From the secretariat 09.12.2020
Reply to Committee's question (dated 22.12.2020)
Annex 1: CJEU C-470/16 - Opinion of Advocate General Bobek in North East Pylon Pressure Campaign Ltd and Maura Sheehy v An Bord Pleanála and Others (dated 19.10.2017)
Annex 2: CJEU C-470/16 North East Pylon Pressure v An Bord Pleanála and Others (dated 15.03.2018) 
Annex 3: North East Pylon Pressure Campaign LTD & Sheehy v An Bord Pleanala & Eirgrid [2018] IEHC 622, No. 5 (dated 30.10.2018)
Annex 4: Heather Hill Management Co. and Burkeway Homes Ltd. [2019] IEHC 186 (dated 29.03.2019) 
Annex 5: The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (Appellant) v Venn [2014] EWCA Civ 1539 (dated 17.11.2014)
Annex 6: North Meath Wind Farm Ltd and Element Power Ireland Ltd v An Bord Pleanála and North Meath Wind Information Group and John Callaghan [2018] IECA 49 (dated 23.02.2018)
From the communicant 23.12.2020
Letter to Party concerned and communicant regarding relevant court proceedings From the secretariat 20.03.2023
Reply to secretariat’s letter of 20.03.2023 From the communicant 03.04.2023
Reply to secretariat’s letter of 20.03.2023 From the Party concerned 03.04.2023
Comments From observer (Irish Environmental Network) 03.04.2023
Email enclosing update From the Party concerned  24.08.2023
Comments on Party concerned’s update of 24.08.2023 From the communicant 11.09.2023