The Law on Computer Fraud in Ireland - Development of the Law on Dishonesty, June 2010
30.06.2010
Computer fraud, which along with offences such as theft and forgery is a subdivision of those criminal offences involving dishonesty, has long been an area requiring legislative update, in order to provide Irish law enforcement authorities with the tools to tackle what is a complex and growing problem. This article examines the state of the current law, compares the position in Ireland with the UK, considers developments at international level and, finally, discusses possible legislative developments. This article concentrates primarily on computer fraud, a sub-division of computer based or aided crime generally. It does however, of necessity, discuss other related computer crime areas.
This article is a joint publication of Arthur Cox and Grant Thornton, and was co-authored by Pearse Ryan (Arthur Cox) and Andy Harbison (Grant Thornton). It was originally published in Computers and Law (www.scl.org).
