Editor's Note

• Author: Conor Quane
• Position: Editor-in-Chief of the 15th Edition
• Pages: 5-5

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EDITOR’S NOTE

A lot can change in 15 years. This is no less true even in the putatively slow-moving Irish

legal world: newly-weds of the same-sex, justices of the Court of Appeal, and those who

would seek to transmit personal data across the Atlantic an all attest to this reality. What has

not changed since 2001 however, is the need for vigorous examination- and when called for,

criticism- of these changes, both by experts in the field and the fresh voices of students

apprehending the area for the first time. Legal journals are the vehicles for this analysis,

playing a crucial role in steering the direction of legal development and nurturing new legal

commentary.

The Cork Online Law Review celebrates its 15th birthday this year, and since its founding in

2001 it has strived in particular to achieve this latter goal. Run by students, for students, it

both offers an opportunity for the publication of student authors, and acts as a service to

students who use its diverse content to develop their own work.

It is my great pleasure to oversee the publication of the 15th Edition of COLR, and I sincerely

hope all who read it will find it worthy of the high standards set over the past 15 years. What

cannot be doubted however, is the standard of all those who have played a part in production

of this year’s Edition. I would like to extend our thanks to all of this year’s authors for their

helpful co-operation in the editing of articles; to the Executive Committee of UCC Law

Society for their unwavering support; to Professor William Binchy for kindly taking to time

to write the foreword for this Edition; to Professor Ursula Kilkelly, Head of the College of

Business and Law and Dean of the School of Law, for her guest article and assistance

throughout the year; and to the staff of UCC School of Law for their consistently excellent

input on the articles, in particular to Dr Catherine O’Sullivan, Dr Aisling Parkes, Dr Patrick

O’Callaghan, Professor Deirdre Madden, Dr Darius Whelan, Dr Sean Ó Conaill, Professor

Maeve McDonagh.

Our sincere gratitude goes also to Arthur Cox; their continued and generous backing of

COLR is a testament to their engagement with students and their respect for the cultivation of

legal knowledge

Above all, I must express my deepest gratitude to our ever-diligent, insightful and vivacious

Editorial Board, in particular to our Deputy Editor Sinead Harrington; as intense as things

often get approaching the publication date, their spirit and work ethic never faltered. Finally,

I wish to thank Dr Maria Cahill, our Liaison Officer with UCC School of Law; it cannot be

denied that her expertise has made this a far finer Edition than it would have been in her

absence.

Is mise le meas,

Conor Quane.

Editor-in-Chief of the 15th Edition

March 2016.