Bernard McCloskey
Northern Irish judge and privy counsellor
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Sir John Bernard McCloskey, KC, is a Northern Ireland judge, who has been a Lord Justice of Appeal since September 2019.
Lord Justice McCloskey | |
|---|---|
| Lord Justice of Appeal | |
| Assumed office 5 September 2019 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II Charles III |
Legal career
McCloskey was called to the bar in 1979, and made a Queen's Counsel (QC) in 1999.[1] He was appointed a High Court Judge in September 2008.[2] As is customary for High Court judges, he was appointed a Knight Bachelor and therefore granted the title sir: he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II during a ceremony at Buckingham Palace on 3 March 2009.[3] He served as chair of the Northern Ireland Law Commission from 2009 to 2012.[4][5][6] He was appointed a Lord Justice of Appeal of Northern Ireland on 5 September 2019,[7] and subsequently appointed to the Privy Council.[1]