Iseult O'Malley

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The Hon. Ms Justice
Iseult O'Malley
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O'Malley in 2015
Judge of the Supreme Court of Ireland
Incumbent
Assumed office
6 October 2015
Alma mater

Iseult Pauline Mary O'Malley (born 30 June 1964) is an Irish judge who has served as a Judge of the Supreme Court of Ireland since October 2015. She previously served as a Judge of the High Court from 2012 to 2015.

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Early life

O'Malley was born in 1964 to Una O'Higgins O'Malley, a writer, and Eoin O'Malley, a heart surgeon. [1] [2] [3] She is a granddaughter of Kevin O'Higgins, the Minister for Justice who was assassinated in 1927. [4] She has five brothers, including Chris O'Malley. [3] [5]

She was educated at Trinity College Dublin and King's Inns. [6] She was the individual runner-up of the Irish Times Debate in 1982 and debated in the final of the Observer Mace in 1985 with David Keane. [7] [8]

She was called to the Bar in 1987, and became a Senior Counsel in 2007. [6] She practised mainly in criminal law. [9]

She was Director and Chair of the Free Legal Advice Centres (FLAC) from 1985 to 2012. [9] During her time as chairperson, the organisation campaigned for the introduction of civil legal aid. [10] She won a Person of the Year Award in 2004 for her work with FLAC. [6] She also chaired the Refugee Agency between 1993 and 1996. [11]

She was a member of the Employment Appeals Tribunal between 1995 and 1998 and concurrently served on the Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal. [12]

She was appointed a Bencher of the King's Inns in 2012. [9]

Judicial career

She was appointed as a Judge of the High Court in 2012. [4]

She was nominated to the Supreme Court in July 2015 [13] and was appointed by the President of Ireland on 1 October 2015. [14] She made the Declaration required by the Constitution of a Justice of the Supreme Court on 6 October 2015. [15] She has delivered opinions for the court in final appeals involving criminal law, [16] contract law, [17] EU law, [18] ward of court, [19] and judicial review. [20]

References

  1. ↑ "Births, Marriages and Deaths". Irish Press. 9 July 1964. p. 2.
  2. ↑ "Remembering Kevin O'Higgins and his three IRA killers". www.irishexaminer.com. 10 July 2017. Archived from the original on 7 June 2020. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  3. 1 2 "Pioneering heart surgeon dies at 88". Irish Independent. Archived from the original on 7 June 2020. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  4. 1 2 "Top barrister at tribunal appointed High Court judge". Irish Examiner . 9 May 2012. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
  5. ↑ Brennock, Mark (31 August 1983). "Shattering Garret". Magill. Archived from the original on 7 June 2020. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  6. 1 2 3 "Appointments to the Supreme Court, High Court and District Court". MerrionStreet.ie. 23 July 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
  7. ↑ "TCD team takes debating award". The Irish Times. 25 February 1982. p. 6.
  8. ↑ "Two TCD teams for debating final". The Irish Times. 4 March 1985.
  9. 1 2 3 "2018 Supreme Court Annual Report" (PDF). Supreme Court. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 December 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  10. ↑ Donaghy, Kathy (23 March 1995). "FLAC says need for free legal aid service growing". The Irish Times. p. 2.
  11. ↑ "Appointments to State Boards. – Wednesday, 27 Oct 2004 – Parliamentary Questions (29th Dáil) – Houses of the Oireachtas". www.oireachtas.ie. 27 October 2004. Archived from the original on 6 June 2020. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  12. ↑ Coulter, Carol. "New High Court judges nominated". The Irish Times. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  13. ↑ "Iseult O'Malley to be appointed as Supreme Court judge". The Irish Times . 22 July 2015. Archived from the original on 22 August 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
  14. ↑ "Appointment of Judge of the Supreme Court and Judges of the High Court". Áras an Uachtaráin website www.president.ie. 1 October 2015. Archived from the original on 30 October 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  15. ↑ "Supreme Court: 6th October 2015". Supreme Court Legal Diary. 6 October 2015.[ permanent dead link ]
  16. ↑ DPP v. Gruchacz, [2019 IESC 45](Supreme Court of Ireland10 May 2019).
  17. ↑ JLT Financial Services Ltd v. Gannon, [2017 IESC 70](Supreme Court of Ireland21 November 2017).
  18. ↑ Ogieriakhi v. Minister for Justice & Equality and ors, [2017 IESC 52](Supreme Court of Ireland13 July 2017).
  19. ↑ A.C. & Ors v. Cork University Hospital, [2019 IESC 73](Supreme Court of Ireland17 October 2019).
  20. ↑ Grace and anor v. An Bórd Pleanála & ors, [2017 IESC 10](Supreme Court of Ireland24 February 2017).
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