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The Supreme Court was formally established on 29 September 1961 under the terms of the 1937 Constitution of Ireland. [1] [2] Prior to 1961, a transitory provision of the 1937 Constitution permitted the Supreme Court of the Irish Free State to continue, though the justices were required to take the new oath of office prescribed by the 1937 Constitution. [3]
List of judges of the Supreme Court of Ireland Liosta Breithiúna Chúirt Uachtarach na hÉireann Established 29 December 1937 Jurisdiction Ireland Authorised by Constitution of Ireland, Article 34 Judge term length Until aged 70, 7 years for Chief Justice Number of positions 10 and 2 ex officio members Website www.supremecourt.ie The Supreme Court of Ireland is the highest judicial authority ...
The Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal, and the High Court are provided for in the Constitution. The Supreme Court of Ireland is defined as the Court of Final Appeal, but usually hears appeals only on points of law. Its decisions as to the interpretation of the Constitution and the law are final.
Supreme Court, unreported, Walsh, Haugh and O’Keeffe JJ., 24 January 1967 Frivolous or vexations proceedings. Bula Ltd v Tara Mines Ltd (No 6) [2000] 4 IR 412: The court considered the test for objective bias in Ireland. Adam v The Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform [2001] IESC 38]; [2001] 2 ILRM 452
Costello v. Government of Ireland [2022] IESC 44 is a decision of the Supreme Court of Ireland in which it held that Irish law precludes the ratification of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, an agreement signed between Canada and the European Union on 30 October 2016. The case had been taken by Patrick Costello, a Green Party TD.
Nowak v Data Protection Commissioner [2016] IESC 18 [1] is an Irish Supreme Court case in which the Court referred the question of what constitutes as personal data to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). [2] In this case, the Court saw for the first time an applicant contending that an exam script is his personal data.
The chief justice of the Supreme Court was created under the Courts of Justice Act 1924. Before 1922 the lord chancellor of Ireland was the highest judicial office in Ireland. [4] Between 1922 and 1924, the lord chief Justice of Ireland was the most senior judge in the Irish Free State. The Supreme Court sits in the Four Courts. When the ...
Donal Gerard O'Donnell (born 25 October 1957 [1]) is an Irish jurist who has served as the Chief Justice of Ireland since October 2021. He has served as a Judge of the Supreme Court of Ireland since January 2010. He practised as a barrister between 1982 and 2010, specialising in commercial law and public law.