Canadian family law judges offer expertise

CANADIAN judges specialising in family law are set to bring their expertise to Ireland in an attempt to help reform outdated practices in the family law courts.

In the first conference of its kind to be held in this country, it is expected the judges will encourage the Irish judiciary to look at new ways of handling family law cases.

The Canadian-Irish Judicial Conference, which will be held in October, is being organised by award winning family law graduate Roisín O’Shea, who was granted special permission by the Minister for Justice to attend in camera cases to carry out research for her PhD.