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Brenda Daly

BA(Hons), MA, PhD. Dr Brenda Daly is an Associate Professor of Law in the School of Law and Government, Dublin City University, where she lectures on healthcare law, law and dispute resolution (arbitration and mediation), and employment law. Dr Brenda Daly is the European Association of Health Law National Contact for Ireland, and is a member of the EAHL Interest Group on Supranational Biolaw and the Northern/Ireland Health Law and Ethics Network. She has previously served as the Irish Chairperson of the National Mediation Chapter of the European Court of Arbitration, and DCU representative on the Council of the Irish Association of Law Teachers. Dr Daly has undertaken various responsibilities in the School, serving as Head of the Law Group and Director of the Socio-Legal Research Centre (2007-2011;) Chairperson, BCL (Law & Society) 2013-2016. Previously Dr Daly was the co-Principal Investigator of an Irish Research Council of the Humanities and Social Sciences/ Department of Foreign Affairs Conflict Resolution Unit funded project that examined the capacity of the EU as an international peace mediator (2009-2010).

Other Journal

	Year	Publication
	2010	Brenda Daly , Higgins (2010) 'The Use and effectiveness of mediation as a conflict resolution tool' .
	2010	Daly, Brenda and Higgins, N (2010) 'The use and effectiveness of mediation as a conflict resolution tool' .

Book

	Year	Publication
	2010	Daly, Brenda and Doherty, Michael (2010) Principles of Irish Employment Law. Dublin: Clarus Press.

Conference Contribution

	Year	Publication
	2009	Daly, Brenda (2009) Socio-legal Studies Association - Conflict and Security Law Stream Co-Convenor Conflict and Security Law Stream De Montfort University, Leicester, 07/04/2009-09/04/2009.
	2007	Daly, Brenda (2007) Bolam in Action: Medical and Legal Perspectives Bolam in Action Birmingham, 23/11/2007-.
	2015	Daly, Brenda (2015) 21st Annual World Association of Medical Law World Congress Irregular migrants' right to access healthcare in Ireland Coimbra, Portugal, 02/08/2015-06/08/2015.
	2013	Daly, Brenda (2013) Socio-Legal Studies Association Annual Conference Legal Education Version 2.0: the benefits and challenges of installing Web 2.0 technology in the law classroom York Law School, University of York, 26/03/2013-28/03/2013.
	2012	Daly, Brenda (2012) The International Congress on Medical Law, Pharmaceutical Law, Bioethics and Social Policy Implementation of the rules of international health law in Ireland Kiev, Ukraine, 18/04/2012-21/04/2012.
	2012	Daly, Brenda (2012) Irish Association of Law Teacher's Annual Conference Legal Education in a Digital Age: Can Web 2.0 technology enhance the student learning experience and increase student engagement? Dublin, 16/11/2012-18/11/2012.
	2011	Daly, Brenda (2011) Socio-Legal Studies Association Annual Conference Engaging NGOs in Aceh - Analysis of the EU's Effectiveness as a Mediator University of Sussex, Brighton, 12/04/2011-14/04/2011.
	2011	Daly, Brenda (2011) European Association of Health Law, Third European Conference on Health Law - An Ageing Europe, Health Law Revisited Capacity to consent to medical treatment: legal issues for guardian and proxy decision-making for incapacitated elderly patients in Ireland Leuven, Belgium, 05/10/2011-07/10/2011.
	2010	Daly, Brenda (2010) Socio-Legal Studies Association Annual Conference Tracing the role of the EU as an actor in international conflict mediation University of the West of England, Bristol, 30/03/2010-01/04/2010.
	2010	Daly, Brenda (2010) 7th Annual International Conference on Law Conceptualising International Peace Mediation - Bring Back the Law Athens, Greece, 19/07/2010-22/07/2010.
	2010	Daly, Brenda (2010) 18th World Congress on Medical Law Access to Abortion Services: The Impact of the European Convention on Human Rights in Ireland Zagreb, Croatia, 08/08/2010-12/08/2010.
	2010	Daly, Brenda (2010) Irish Assocation of Law Teachers Annual Conference 2010 Time for change? How will Ireland's membership of the Council of Europe impact Irish abortion law? Limerick, 26/11/2010-28/11/2010.
	2009	Daly, Brenda (2009) Socio-legal Studies Association Annual Conference Conflict resolution - the role of the international peace mediator De Montfort University, Leicester, 07/04/2009-09/04/2009.
	2009	Daly, Brenda (2009) International Workshop Medical liability and medical accidents compensation. From the blame game to individual rights protection in the provision of medical services Are no-fault systems a suitable alternative to litigation for addressing medical accident claimants' objectives? Pisa, 05/06/2009-06/06/2009.
	2009	Daly, Brenda (2009) War, Virtual War and Human Security Resolving war peacefully - mediation as a conflict resolution tool Budapest, 30/04/2009-03/05/2009.
	2008	Brenda Daly & Higgins, N (2008) 9th National Mediation Conference - Mediation: Transforming the Landscape Mediation in conflict resolution - what makes for successful peace negotiations? Perth, Australia, 06/09/2008-12/09/2008.
	2006	Daly, Brenda (2006) Socio-Legal Studies Association Annual Conference Keeping Sports Out of the Courts. Arbitration and the Gaelic Athletic Association Stirling, Scotland, 28/03/2006-30/03/2006.
	2003	Daly, Brenda (2003) Society of Legal Scholars Annual Conference Wrongful birth, wrongful conception, compensation and a Constitution Oxford, 04/09/2003-06/09/2003.
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	2015	Daly, Brenda (2015) 21st Annual World Association of Medical Law World Congress (European Association of Health Law/European Journal of Health Law joint workshop) Age Discrimination and Access to Healthcare Services Coimbra, Portugal, 02/08/2015-06/08/2015.
	2013	Daly, Brenda (2013) Conflict Resolution: Peace, Practice, Perspectives - Celebrating Women as ADR Leaders Examining mediation’s suitability for resolving medical negligence claimants’ objectives Law Society of Ireland, Dublin, 08/03/2013-08/03/2013.
	2013	Daly, Brenda (2013) Conflict Resolution: Peace, Practice and Perspectives - Celebrating Women as ADR Leaders Exploring the role of the international peace mediator Law Society of Ireland, Dublin, 08/03/2013-08/03/2013.
	2012	Daly, Brenda (2012) From X to A B C: 20 Years On 'Braxton Hicks' or birth of a new era? The impact of A B C on Irish abortion law University College Cork, 25/02/2012-25/02/2012.
	2012	Daly, Brenda (2012) EU's Peace Mediation Capacities: Leveraging for peace through fresh ideas Enhancing the EU's peace mediation capacities: extrapolating lessons from the legal mediation framework Helsinki, 13/06/2012-13/06/2012.
	2012	Daly, Brenda (2012) International Conference on Medical Law The use of mediation as an alternative to litigation for medical negligence cases Toulouse, 02/07/2012-03/07/2012.
	2011	Daly, Brenda (2011) Socio-Legal Studies Association Annual Conference Co-convenor of the Conflict and Security Law Stream University of Sussex, Brighton, 12/04/2011-14/04/2011.
	2009	Daly, Brenda & Higgins N (2009) Peacemaking and Peace-Building in Europe & South Asia - Research Workshop European interventions in Aceh Dublin City University, 26/02/2009-28/02/2009.
	2008	Brenda Daly (2008) 9th National Mediation Conference - Mediation: Transforming the Landscape Mediation and clinical negligence: can mediation successfully address the objectives of clinical negligence claimants? Perth, Western Australia, 06/09/2008-12/09/2008.
	2007	Daly, Brenda (2007) Irish Anaesthetic and Recovery Nurses Association, 6th National Conference Legal matters and the perioperative environment Waterford, 13/10/2007-.
	2006	Daly, Brenda (2006) 3rd International Conference on Industrial Organization, Economics and Law Alternatives to litigation for handling claims in hospital organisations Athens, Greece, 12/06/2006-14/06/2006.

Peer Reviewed Journal

	Year	Publication
	2011	Daly B. (2011) 'braxton Hick's or the birth of a New Era? Tracing the development of Ireland's Abortion Laws in Respect of European Court of Human Rights Jurisprudence'. European Journal of Health Law, 18 (4):375-395.
	2011	Daly B. (2011) 'Access to abortion services: The impact of the European Convention on Human Rights in Ireland'. Medicine and Law, 30 (2):267-278.
	2011	Brenda Daly (2011) 'International peace mediation through a legal lens'. AUSTRALASIAN DISPUTE RESOLUTION JOURNAL, 22 :238-246.
	2011	Daly Brenda and Higgins,N (2011) 'International Peace Mediation through a Legal Lens'. AUSTRALASIAN DISPUTE RESOLUTION JOURNAL, 22 :238-246.
	2010	Daly, Brenda and Higgins, N (2010) 'Resolving Armed Conflict: The Acehnese Experience of Mediation'. US-CHINA LAW REVIEW, 7 (3) :1-14.
	2010	Daly, Brenda, Bolger, S & HigginsN (2010) 'International Peace Mediators and Codes of Conduct: An Analysis. The Journal of Humanitarian Assistance. Available at http://jha.ac/2010/08/04/international-peace-mediators-and-codes-of-conduct-an-analysis/ '. 4th August .
	2009	Daly, Brenda (2009) 'Patient consent, the anaesthetic nurse and the peri-operative environment: Irish law and informed consent'. :3-10.
	2009	Brenda Daly (2009) 'Patient consent, the anaesthetic nurse and the peri-operative environment: Irish law and informed consent'. 10 :3-10.
	2005	Daly, Brenda (2005) 'Wrongful birth, wrongful conception, and the Irish Constitution'. Volume 12 :57-76.
	2005	Brenda Daly (2005) 'Wrongful birth, wrongful conception, and the Irish Constitution'. 12 :57-76.

Reports

	Year	Publication
	2005	O'Mathuna, D., Scott, A., Walsh-Daneshmandi, A., McAuley, A. and Daly, B. (2005) A Review of the European Charter of Patients’ Rights: Health Care Rights and Responsibilities in Ireland. REPORT

Online Article

	Year	Publication
	2008	Brenda Daly (2008) http://www.medneg.com/News/NewsDetail.aspx?Month=7&Year=2006. ELEA
	2008	Brenda Daly (2008) ELEA

Working Paper

	Year	Publication
	2010	Daly, Brenda (2010) The use and effectiveness of mediation as a conflict resolution tool. CIS Working Paper No 2010-8. WP

Book Chapter

	Year	Publication
	2013	Daly, Brenda (2013) 'Abortion Law in Ireland' In: Berlin Heidelberg : Springer-Verlag GmbH Berlin Heidelberg.
	2013	Brenda Daly (2013) 'The use of mediation as an alternative to litigation for medical negligence cases' In: France : Les Etudes Hospitalières.
	2011	Daly, Brenda and Higgins, N (2011) 'Conceptualising International Peace Mediation - Bring Back the Law' In: Athens : ATINER.

Professional Associations

Association	Function	From / To
European Association of Health Law	National Contact Point for Ireland	01/01/2011 -
Irish Association of Law Teachers	DCU Representative on IALT Council	01/09/2012 -
Society of Legal Scholars		01/09/2003 -

Research Interests

Brenda's main research interests are in the areas of dispute resolution and healthcare law. Brenda has a particular interest in patients' rights and the legal accountability of the medical profession. Brenda is undertaking research on mediation and conflict resolution. Brenda welcomes applications from prospective LL.M (Research) or PhD students in any area of healthcare law or dispute resolution. Brenda also has an interest in employment law issues. She has co-authored a book on Irish Employment Law, published by Clarus Press in 2010.

Modules Coordinated

Term	Title	Subject
2020	Employment Law	LG307
2020	Law and Dispute Resolution	LG308
2022	European Employment Law	LG5013
2022	Healthcare Law and Society	LG347