Chief Justice John L. Murray is the current Chief Justice of Ireland. John L. Murray was appointed as the Chief Justice of the Irish Supreme Court in July 2004, replacing Ronan Keane. ...
Under Bunreacht na hEireann, the Chief Justice of Ireland (not merely of the Supreme Court as in the US), also occupies several positions ex officio, these include; A possible judge of the High Court (to date the Chief Justice has never sat as such) A member of the Council of State (a position retained on retirement) A member of the Presidential Commission
His predecessors include; The Hon. Chief Justice Ronan Keane The Hon. Chief Justice Liam Hamilton The Hon. Chief Justice Thomas Finlay The Hon. Chief Justice Thomas O'Higgins The Hon. Chief Justice .... Fitzgerald The Hon. Chief Justice Ceabhrail O'Dailaigh The Hon. Chief Justice Maguire The Hon. Chief Justice Timothy Sullivan The Hon. Chief Justice Hugh Kennedy
In England and Wales and Northern Ireland, the equivalent position is the Lord ChiefJustice and in Scotland the equivalent is the Lord President of the Court of Session.
The ChiefJustice is often responsible for serving as chair during private supreme court deliberations, and often is first to voice his opinion.
An extraordinary historical ChiefJustice's mandate was in the case of the Tripartite German-UK-US Protectorate of (West) Samoa, administered by the joint Consuls of the three protecting powers, where he had the power to decide "any question...
The Lord ChiefJustice of Ireland was the senior Irish judge under English rule and later while Ireland was part of the United Kingdom.
The office under its full title was created during the Lordship of Ireland (1171-1536) and continued in existence under the Kingdom of Ireland (1536-1800) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Thomas Lefroy, later Lord ChiefJustice of Ireland (LCJ 1852-1866), was used by Jane Austen as the model for her Pride and Prejudice character Mr.
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