Claire Bruton

Contact Information

email: clairebruton@gmail.com

Thesis

Claire is currently undertaking a PhD in the area of disability discrimination in employment. It will consider the determination of emerging trends in employment disability discrimination following from an international and comparative exploration of legislation, case law, and conventions pertaining to the advancement of participation of persons with disabilities in the work place.

Biography

Claire is a practicing barrister with a particular interest in employment law. She graduated with an honours degree in Law from Trinity College Dublin in 2003, a first class honours Masters in Law (Commercial Law) from London School of Economics in 2004, and the degree of Barrister at Law from The Honorable Society of King's Inns in 2005. Claire was called to the Irish Bar in July 2005 and commenced practicing as a barrister in October 2006.  She was the Principal Legal Researcher for the Law Reform Commission's Consultation Paper on Codification and Reform of the Courts Acts, published in July 2007.  She continues to work part time with the Law Reform Commission as Principal Legal Researcher on the Courts Acts Report which is expected to be published in 2009.  Claire has published a number of articles in legal periodicals and was co-editor of the Irish Student Law Review in 2006. She is also a part time lecturer in law with the Business Faculty in Griffith College Dublin and is a tutor in the law of torts at the Honorable Society of King’s Inns.  Previously she was a tutor in commercial law at the School of Law, Trinity College Dublin.

Publications

• Byrne, McCutcheon, Bruton and Coffey, The Irish Legal System, (5th ed, Tottel Publishing) forthcoming
• Co-Author with O’Mahony “Report on the employment of disabled people in Europe: Republic of Ireland” (Academic Network of European Disability experts, 2008).
• Co-Author with Bolger “Recent developments in employment litigation” (2008) 5(1) IELJ 19
• “Law Reform Commission Consultation Paper on Consolidation and Reform of the Courts Acts” (2007) 12(5) Bar Review 176
• “Court in the Act” (2007) 101 (9) Law Society Gazette 34
• Co-author with O’ Mahony “Employment Law Reform in Ireland: What is coming down the tracks?” (2007) 4(4) IELJ 121
• Editorial (2006) 14 ISLR
• Co-author with Sheehy-Skeffington “Case note on Curtin v. Clerk of Dáil Eireann” (2006) 14 ISLR 255
• “Reasonable Accommodation in Disability Discrimination” (2005) 2(1) IELJ 9

Other Publications

Principal Legal Researcher, Law Reform Commission, Consolidation and Reform of the Courts Acts (July 2007)

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