Brian Cregan

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The Hon. Mr. Justice
Brian Cregan
Judge of the High Court
Incumbent
Assumed office
3 April 2014

Brian Cregan (born 1961) [1] is an Irish judge who has served as a Judge of the High Court since April 2014 and is the current Chairperson of the IBRC commission of investigation.

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Early career

Cregan attended Gonzaga College. [2] He attended St John's College, Oxford and the King's Inns. He became a barrister in 1990 and a senior counsel in 2004. [1] His practice focused on competition law and commercial law. [3] He has represented Seán Quinn in the High Court in disputes against Anglo Irish Bank. [4]

Judicial career

High Court

He was appointed to the High Court in April 2014. [5] Cregan presided over cases in the Commercial Court. [6] He has heard cases involving intellectual property law, [7] procurement law, [8] defamation, [9] insolvency law, [10] and consumer law. [11]

He adjudicated a dispute between Rory McIlroy and his management company Horizon Sports Management in 2015. [12] He was responsible for introducing a three strikes policy for Irish internet service provider UPC Ireland for piracy of copyrighted works by its customers. [13]

IBRC Commission

Cregan was appointed as chairperson of the IBRC commission of investigation in July 2015, replacing Daniel O'Keeffe. [14] The commission's purpose is to investigate the sale of the company Siteserv by the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation to Denis O'Brien. [15] He delivered the sixth interim report of the Commission in June 2019. Taoiseach Leo Varadkar announced that Cregan's reporting timeframe would continue to 31 March 2020. [16] As of December 2018, the commission had considered 102 statements and dealt with over 500,000 pages of documents. [17]

The final extension for the commission to complete its investigation was for June 2020. [18]

The commission published its final report in May 2023. His role on the commission was full time, meaning that he was not available to hear cases in the High Court during this period. [19]

Other work

In 2013, Cregan published, Parnell: A Novel, a novelised account of the life of Charles Stewart Parnell, which took ten years to research. [20]

References

  1. 1 2 "Appointments to the High Court". merrionstreet.ie. Archived from the original on 30 June 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  2. ↑ "Judge Brian Cregan (Class of 1979)". Gonzaga College. 29 January 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  3. ↑ "President meets new judges for High Court". Independent.ie. 4 April 2004. Archived from the original on 1 July 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  4. ↑ Carolan, Mary. "Judgment reserved on Quinn application to defend €2.3bn action". The Irish Times. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  5. ↑ "President appoints Mr. Bernard Joseph Barton S.C." president.ie. Archived from the original on 30 June 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  6. ↑ "McIlroy case deferred until today as legal teams strive to narrow issues". www.irishexaminer.com. 4 February 2015. Archived from the original on 1 July 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  7. ↑ "Court Finds Dunnes Stores Infringed Aldi's Trademark". Checkout. 6 April 2017. Archived from the original on 1 July 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  8. ↑ O'Faolain, Aodhan. "Losing bidder for M50 toll challenges award of contract". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 12 November 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  9. ↑ PM (16 September 2014). "Director defamed on Facebook, court rules". Herald.ie. Archived from the original on 1 July 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  10. ↑ Carolan, Mary. "Receivers dispute claim investor firm owed €9 million". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 13 August 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  11. ↑ "Dunnes' Aldi ads 'likely to deceive customers'". RTÉ News. 9 June 2015. Archived from the original on 1 July 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  12. ↑ "Rory McIlroy settles agent fees case". BBC News. 4 February 2015. Archived from the original on 2 July 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  13. ↑ "UPC ordered to install 'three strikes' anti-piracy system". Independent.ie. 27 March 2015. Archived from the original on 1 July 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  14. ↑ "Government Appoints High Court Judge Brian Cregan to replace Judge Daniel O'Keeffe as Chair of the Commission of Investigation into certain transactions conducted by IBRC". merrionstreet.ie. Archived from the original on 1 July 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  15. ↑ Horgan-Jones, Jack. "Siteserv inquiry 'may be delayed' by legal challenge from firm linked to Denis O'Brien". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 11 June 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  16. ↑ "Commissions of Investigation: 26 Jun 2019: Dáil debates". www.kildarestreet.com.
  17. ↑ McGee, Harry. "TD who raised issue of Siteserv sale to Dáil criticises inquiry's progress". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 17 December 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  18. ↑ Horgan-Jones, Jack. "Siteserv case: Request for extension to end of year denied". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 15 May 2020. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  19. ↑ Horgan-Jones, Jack (7 October 2020). "Date of new rules to set out personal injuries awards brought forward". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 28 November 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  20. ↑ "New book on Parnell charts incredible life". Independent.ie. Archived from the original on 1 July 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
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