Patrick McCarthy (judge)
{{Short description|Judge of the Irish Court of Appeal}}
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{{Use Hiberno-English|date=June 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix = The Hon. Mr. Justice
| name = Patrick McCarthy
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| office = Judge of the Court of Appeal
| term_start = 27 July 2018
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| nominator = Government of Ireland
| appointer = Michael D. Higgins
| office1 = Judge of the High Court
| term_start1 = 21 May 2007
| term_end1 = 26 July 2018
| nominator1 = Government of Ireland
| appointer1 = Mary McAleese
| birth_name = Patrick James McCarthy
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| birth_place = Cork, Ireland
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| nationality = Irish
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| alma_mater = {{Ubl|University College Cork|King's Inns}}
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Patrick James McCarthy is an Irish judge who has served as a Judge of the Court of Appeal since July 2018. He previously served as a Judge of the High Court from 2007 to 2018.
McCarthy obtained a BCL degree from University College Cork and attended the King's Inns.{{cite web |title=2009 Alumni Achievement Awards |url=https://www.ucc.ie/en/alumni/events/awards/awards09/ |website=University College Cork |accessdate=23 June 2019 |archive-date=23 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190623182229/https://www.ucc.ie/en/alumni/events/awards/awards09/ |url-status=live }} He became a barrister in 1982 and became a senior counsel in 2000.{{cite web |title=Patrick McCarthy |website=Bar Council of Ireland |accessdate=23 June 2019 |url=http://www.lawlibrary.ie/searchbarrister/barrister.asp?barID=307 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20030926020303/http://www.lawlibrary.ie/searchbarrister/barrister.asp?barID=307 |archive-date=2003-09-26}} His practice was focused on the Cork circuit.{{cite news |last1=Wall |first1=Martin |title= Government appoints largest number of new judges |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/government-appoints-largest-number-of-new-judges-1.1203964 |accessdate=23 June 2019 |newspaper=The Irish Times |date=3 May 2007}} He frequently acted as prosecuting counsel for the Director of Public Prosecutions in criminal trials.{{cite news |last1=Cullen |first1=Paul |title=Redmond gets costs of his appeal but not trial |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/redmond-gets-costs-of-his-appeal-but-not-trial-1.1151440 |accessdate=23 June 2019 |newspaper=The Irish Times |date=31 July 2004}} He was also a member of the bars of England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. He was appointed to the Criminal Law Codification Advisory Committee in 2006, to advise on codification of Irish criminal law.
He was appointed to the High Court in May 2007, where he was assigned to the Central Criminal Court.{{cite news |last1=Phelan |first1=Shane |title=Sunday 23 June 2019 Government has a lack of respect for the judiciary, says top judge |url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/government-has-a-lack-of-respect-for-the-judiciary-says-top-judge-35732365.html |accessdate=23 June 2019 |work=Irish Independent |date=19 May 2017 |archive-date=23 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190623182222/https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/government-has-a-lack-of-respect-for-the-judiciary-says-top-judge-35732365.html |url-status=live }} During his term he was critical of proposed government changes to the selection of judicial appointments.{{cite news |title=Govt's proposals on judicial appointments are 'wrong in principle' |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2017/0518/876270-judge-patrick-mccarthy/ |accessdate=23 June 2019 |work=RTÉ News |date=18 May 2017 |archive-date=23 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190623182223/https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2017/0518/876270-judge-patrick-mccarthy/ |url-status=live }}
McCarthy became a Judge of the Court of Appeal in July 2018.{{cite web |title=President appoints Judges to The Court of Appeal and The High Court |url=https://president.ie/en/diary/details/president-appoints-judges-to-the-court-of-appeal-and-the-high-court |publisher=President of Ireland |accessdate=23 June 2019 |archive-date=20 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200520222311/https://www.president.ie/en/diary/details/president-appoints-judges-to-the-court-of-appeal-and-the-high-court |url-status=live }} His appointment was to fill the vacancy on the court left by Judge Alan Mahon.{{cite news |title=Courts shuffle as key Court of Appeal vacancies filled |url=https://www.lawsociety.ie/gazette/legal-analysis/marie-baker/ |accessdate=23 June 2019 |work=Law Society Gazette |date=8 June 2018 |archive-date=23 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190623182225/https://www.lawsociety.ie/gazette/legal-analysis/marie-baker/ |url-status=live }}