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Archive for October, 2010

What will become of the Minister's Climate Change Bill?

Tuesday, October 19th, 2010

It seems that a Climate Change Bill is not a priority for government, despite the promise from Minister Gormley that the heads of a bill would be available for public consultation in the first quarter of 2010. The recent proposal from the Joint Committee on Climate Change and Energy Security puts the cabinet under some […]

EMI v UPC case

Tuesday, October 12th, 2010

Yesterday, the High Court gave judgment in the EMI v UPC case. This decision has been widely reported, as Charleton J decided, not unexpectedly, that there is no means for obtaining subscriber information from Internet service providers with a view to disconnecting them. The full judgment is available at http://www.scribd.com/doc/39104491/EMI-v-UPC, courtesy of TJ McIntyre in […]