Lord Justice McCloskey | |
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Lord Justice of Appeal | |
Assumed office 5 September 2019 | |
Monarch | Elizabeth II Charles III |
Sir John Bernard McCloskey, KC ,is a Northern Ireland judge,who has been a Lord Justice of Appeal since September 2019.
McCloskey was called to the bar in 1979,and made a Queen's Counsel (QC) in 1999. [1] He was appointed a High Court Judge in September 2008. [2] As is customary for High Court judges,he was appointed a Knight Bachelor and therefore granted the title sir :he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II during a ceremony at Buckingham Palace on 3 March 2009. [3] He served as chair of the Northern Ireland Law Commission from 2009 to 2012. [4] [5] [6] He was appointed a Lords Justice of Appeal of Northern Ireland on 5 September 2019, [7] and subsequently appointed to the Privy Council. [1]
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