“Practical Aspects of Independence of Justice”
Dublin, Friday 19 March 2010
DUBLIN CASTLE
Great Ship Street
Dublin 2, Ireland
AGENDA
8:15 - 8:30 Registration
8:30 - 10:30 General Assembly
10:45 - 2:15 Colloquium of the Network of the Presidents of the Supreme Judicial Courts of the European Union:
“Practical Aspects of Independence of Justice”
Welcome by The Hon. Mr. Justice John L. Murray, Chief Justice of Ireland
Session I: “Protection of Independence”
Chair: Chief Justice Vincent A. De Gaetano, President of the Constitutional Court and of the Court of Appeal, Malta
Introductory Report: Prof. Dr. Klaus Tolksdorf
President of the Bundesgerichtshof (Germany)
14:00 - 15:30 Session II:“Working Conditions”
Chair: Mr Geert Corstens, President of the Supreme Court of the Netherlands
Introductory Report: Mr. Ghislain Londers
First President of the Cour de cassation (Belgium)
15:45 - 17:30 Session III: “Relationship with Outside Partners”
Chair: Mr Branko Hrvatin, President of the Supreme Court of Croatia
Introductory Report: Mr. António Silva Henriques Gaspar
Vice-President of the Supreme Court of Justice of Portugal