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| Personal Information | ||
| Name | Ahern, Deirdre | |
| Main Department | Law School | |
| College Title | Lecturer | |
| dahern@tcd.ie | ||
| College Tel | +353 1 896 3018 | |
| Web | http://people.tcd.ie/law/deirdreahern | |
| Fax | + 353 1 6770449 | |
| Representations |
| Details | Date |
| President of the Irish Association of Law Teachers | From November 2011 |
| Director of the Irish Corporate Law Forum http://www.iclf.ie/ | 2010 to date |
| Secretary of the Irish Association of Law Teachers | 2009 to November 2011 |
| Director of the Corporate and Commercial Law Research Group, Law School, TCD | 2005 to date |
| Member of the Steering Committee of the Trinity Consortium on Ageing | 2007 to date |
| Membership of Professional Institutions, Associations, Societies |
| Details | Date From | Date To |
| Member of the Law Society of Ireland | ||
| Member of the Society of Legal Scholars | 2006 to date |
| Languages |
| Language | Skill Reading | Skill Writing | Skill Speaking |
| English | Fluent | Fluent | Fluent |
| French | Medium | Medium | Medium |
| Description of Research Interests |
| My research interests are commercial law, company law (with a special focus on directors' duties), corporate criminal liability, law and ageing, law and vulnerable adults, internet law and regulation. |
| Research Interests | |||
| Business/Corporate Law | Communications Law | Directors' Duties | Law and Ageing |
| Law and Society | Legal Capacity |
| Research Projects | |
| Project title | An Examination of the Shareholders' Right Directive |
| Summary | This project involved examining the legal and practical implications for Ireland of implementing the Shareholders' Rights Directive including issues such as proxy voting and the right of shareholders to ask questions. |
| Funding Agency | |
| Programme | |
| Type of Project | |
| Date from | September 2009 |
| Date to | February 2010 |
| Person Months | 15 |
| Project title | The Legal Duties of Nominee Directors |
| Summary | This project focused on examining how the conflict of duties of nominee directors, based on the expectation that a nominee director would further their appointer's interests rather than those of the company, can be legally resolved. |
| Funding Agency | |
| Programme | |
| Type of Project | |
| Date from | October 2009 |
| Date to | December 2009 |
| Person Months | 3 |
| Publications |
| Peer Reviewed |
| Deirdre Ahern, Directors' Duties, Dry Ink and the Accessibility Agenda , Law Quarterly Review, 128, 2012, p114 - 139 | |
| Deirdre Ahern, Nominee Directors' Duty to Promote the Success of the Company: Commercial Pragmatism and Legal Orthodoxy , Law Quarterly Review, 127, 2011, p118 - 146 | |
| Deirdre Ahern, Directors' Duties: Broadening the Focus Beyond Content to Examine the Accountability Spectrum, Dublin University Law Journal, 33, 2011, p116 - 152 | |
| Deirdre Ahern and Karen Maher, The Continuing Evolution of Proxy Representation, Journal of Business Law, 2, 2011, p125 - 143 | |
| Deirdre Ahern, Guiding Principles for Directorial Conflicts of Interest: Re Allied Business and Financial Consultants Ltd; O'Donnell v Shanahan, Modern Law Review, 74, 2011, p596 - 607 | |
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