Michael MacGrath

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

This article is about the Irish judge. For people named Michael McGrath, see Michael McGrath.

The Hon. Mr. Justice
Michael MacGrath
Judge of the High Court
Assumed office
23 January 2018
Nominated byGovernment of Ireland
Appointed byMichael D. Higgins
Personal details
NationalityIrish
Alma mater

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 appointed 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]

References
  1. 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.
  2. "Appointments to the Supreme Court, Court of Appeal and to the High Court". www.gov.ie. Archived from the original on 5 July 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  3. "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.
  17. Carolan, Mary. "Supreme Court to rule later on 'important and difficult' climate case". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 14 August 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
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