Conor Dignam

He was called to the Bar in 1996 and became a senior counsel in 2011.^[1] He practiced in the area of public law, with specialisations in child and health law.^[2]

The Health Service Executive appointed Dignam and Siobhán Phelan to represent interests of an unborn child in PP v. HSE in 2014.^[3] He acted for the Garda Síochána, Nóirín O'Sullivan and Martin Callinan at the Disclosures Tribunal.^[4]

He chaired an inquiry into the Leas Cross scandal in 2010 and was commissioned to write an investigative report arising out of the 'Grace' case.^[5][6]

Outside of practice, he was appointed a board member of Community Law & Mediation in 2020 and was the vice chair of the Bar Council of Ireland.^[2] He served as chair of the Bar Council's human rights committee and was a Bar Council representative on the Superior Courts Rules Committee.^[7][8]

Dignam was one of three people nominated by the government in November 2021 to be appointed judges of the High Court.^[9] He was appointed on 6 December 2021.^[10]