Seamus Treacy
Sir Seamus Treacy, QC is an Lord Justice of Appeal in the Northern Ireland Court of Appeal
After studying a Queen's University, Belfast, Treacy was called to the bar in 1979 and practiced initially as a barrister. Two decades later, in 1999, he was appointed Queen's Counsel, and the following year was called to the Bar Council of Ireland. In 2007, he was made a High Court Judge. In 2017 he was sworn in as a Lord Justice of Appeal in the Northern Ireland Court of Appeal.[1][2]
Along with Barry MacDonald, Treacy challenged the ruling that barristers must swear allegiance to the Queen, arguing successfully that lawyers who held nationalist views should be exempt from this requirement.[3]
In 2009, following the discovery of a pipe bomb nearby, Treacy moved from his Belfast home due to security concerns.[3]
In 2018, he resigned from the Privy Council, only a few months after his appointment.[4]
References
- ↑ "Mr Justice Treacy sworn in as Lord Justice of Appeal". Irish Legal. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
- ↑ Little, Ivan. "Top job for judge Deeny who once rubbed shoulders with U2". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
- 1 2 "Judge forced to leave Belfast home amid dissident terror threat". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
- ↑ "Orders Approved And Business Transacted At The Privy Council Held By The Queen At Windsor Castle On 24th April 2018" (PDF). Privy Council Office. Retrieved 25 June 2018.