Michael MacGrath

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Michael MacGrath
Judge of the High Court
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23 January 2018

Michael MacGrath is an Irish judge and lawyer who has served as a Judge of the High Court since January 2018.

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Early life

MacGrath attended University College Dublin from where he received BCL and LLM degrees. [1] He subsequently attended the King's Inns. [2]

He was called to the Bar in 1984 and became a senior counsel in 2000. [2] His practice was predominantly focused on civil law and commercial law. [3]

He was counsel for the Barr Tribunal and he represented the Attorney General of Ireland and the public interest at the Moriarty Tribunal. [4] [5]

In addition to his legal practice, he was the chairperson of the Broadcasting Complaints Commission between 2005 and 2009, [2] and was the chair of the Mining Board from 2013. [6]

MacGrath was a tutor in law at University College Dublin. [1] He was the editor of a text on engineering law in 1989. [7] He has acted as the external examiner for Tort law the King's Inns since 2009. [3]

Judicial career

MacGrath was appointed to the High Court in January 2018. [8] He was appointment came following a vacancy created at the retirement of Henry Abbott. [9]

He has presided over cases involving commercial law, [10] regulatory law, [11] judicial review, [12] employment law, [13] and medical negligence. [14]

In the midst of a judicial review hearing in 2019, a lay litigant unsuccessfully attempted to effect a citizen's arrest against him. [15] In 2019, he decided against the Friends of the Irish Environment which sought to challenge governmental policy on climate change and reducing carbon emissions. [16] The decision was appealed to the Supreme Court of Ireland with a hearing in June 2020. [17]

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References

  1. 1 2 MacGrath, Michael (1 December 1985). "THE RECOVERY OF PURE ECONOMIC LOSS IN NEGLIGENCE—AN EMERGING DICHOTOMY". Oxford Journal of Legal Studies. 5 (3): 350–377. doi:10.1093/ojls/5.3.350.
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  3. 1 2 "Mrs Justice Finlay Geoghegan follows father's footsteps to Supreme Court". www.lawsociety.ie. Archived from the original on 5 July 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  4. ↑ "Transcript 350" (PDF). moriarty-tribunal.ie. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 November 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  5. ↑ Newman, Christine. "Gardai 'went extra mile' to save Carthy". The Irish Times. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  6. ↑ "Dáil Éireann Written Answers" (PDF). Oireachtas.ie. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 July 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  7. ↑ MacGrath, Michael, ed. (1989). Irish building and engineering case law. Dublin Society of Chartered Suveyors.
  8. ↑ "Diary President Appoints Mr. Michael Macgrath S.c. As High Court Judge". president.ie. Archived from the original on 5 July 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  9. ↑ "Appointments to the Supreme Court, Court of Appeal and to the High Court". merrionstreet.ie. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  10. ↑ "Judge grants owner of Christmas tree land in Wicklow hearing over part of bank loan". www.irishexaminer.com. 12 May 2020. Archived from the original on 6 July 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  11. ↑ "High Court: Prosecution of woman accused of providing Botox treatments without prescription can continue". Irish Legal News. Archived from the original on 6 July 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  12. ↑ "High Court: Application for order compelling further and better particulars in JR refused". Irish Legal News. Archived from the original on 6 July 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  13. ↑ "High Court: Labour Court erred by conflating the issue of wages 'properly payable' with the issue of whether there had been a deduction". Irish Legal News. Archived from the original on 5 July 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  14. ↑ "Woman claims she suffered waves of tiredness after having swine flu vaccine". independent. Archived from the original on 5 July 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  15. ↑ O'Faolain, Aodhan. "Man fails to effect citizen's arrest of High Court judge". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 10 October 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  16. ↑ "Environmental Group bids to take challenge to Government's climate-change plan to Supreme Court - Independent.ie". Archived from the original on 5 July 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
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