Malachy Higgins
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Sir Malachy Joseph Higgins {{small|KC}} (born 30 October 1944) is a retired Northern Ireland Lord Justice of Appeal.
Education
He was educated at St MacNissi's College, Garron Tower; Queen's University Belfast (LLB) and Middle Temple (BL).
Legal background
- Called to the Northern Ireland Bar, 1969 (Bencher, 1993)
- Called to the Irish Bar, 1978
- Named QC (Northern Ireland), 1985
- Served as County Court Judge, 1988–1993
- Served as Recorder of Londonderry, 1990 to 1993
- Served as County Court Judge for County Armagh, 1993.
- Judge in Residence, QUB, 1999–present
Privy Council
On 25 January 2007, Higgins was "sworn of Her Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council on his appointment as a Lord Justice of Appeal in Northern Ireland."
Queen's University Belfast
Sir Malachy Higgins was Chairman of the Queen's University Belfast's Board of Visitors from 2008 to 2013.
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20101202214549/http://www.privy-council.org.uk/files/word/14%20April%202004.doc Privy Council website]
- [http://www.courtsni.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/B4E7C7BF-4D0E-48B9-96A2-DC9F34863B93/0/p_pm_pr200701.pdf Northern Ireland Court System site]
- [http://www.jsbni.com/Pen%20Pics/JSB_PenPics.htm JSBNI website]
- [http://www.qub.ac.uk/directorates/media/Media,134191,en.doc Queen's University Belfast website]
- [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/court_and_social/article1350531.ece The Times mention of Sir Malachy Higgins]{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
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Category:Alumni of Queen's University Belfast
Category:Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom
Category:20th-century King's Counsel
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Category:Lords Justice of Appeal of Northern Ireland