Sir John Gillen | |
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Lord Justice of Appeal | |
In office September 2014 –November 2017 | |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Personal details | |
Born | John Gillen 18 November 1947 |
Nationality | British |
Alma mater | Queen's College,Oxford |
Occupation | Solicitor,High Court judge |
Sir John Gillen,PC (born 18 November 1947 [1] ),previously known as The Rt Hon Lord Justice Gillen,and before that as Mr Justice Gillen,is a Privy Councillor and was one of the Lords Justices of Appeal of Northern Ireland,from September 2014-November 2017. [1] [2] [3]
Gillen attended Cregagh Primary School,then the Methodist College,Belfast,and Queen's College,Oxford. [4]
He was called to the bar in 1970 and became Queen's Counsel in 1983. [1] [4]
He was appointed as a High Court judge in Belfast,replacing Lord Justice MacDermott,on the latter's retirement. [4] Gillen was sworn in before the then Lord Chief Justice,Sir Robert Carswell,on 6 January 1999. [4] He was awarded the customary knighthood upon his appointment to the High Court.
He was appointed to Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council in November 2014. [5]
In 2016,an off-duty police officer who was representing himself in a house repossession case against Santander that Gillen was hearing tried to arrest him. [6] The officer was himself arrested,on suspicion of common assault,but was released without charge. [6] The police officer was nevertheless sentenced,by Lord Chief Justice Sir Declan Morgan,to three months jail for contempt of court,with the possibility of release after 28 days if he apologised. [7] [8]
From 2015 to 2017,he conducted a review of Civil and Family Justice in Northern Ireland. [9] [10] [11]
Gillan is married and has two daughters. [4]
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