Kerida Naidoo

He was called to the Irish Bar in 1995 and became a senior counsel in 2015.^[2][5] He was heavily involved in criminal trials, appearing for the prosecution and for defendants.^[6][7]

He was counsel for the Director of Public Prosecutions in cases involving murder, health and safety offences, sexual offences, weapons offences, kidnap, robbery, and drugs offences.^{[8][9][10][11][12][13]} Naidoo was the prosecuting barrister in the trial of a man convicted of vandalising Argenteuil Basin with a Single Sailboat (a painting by Monet).^[14] He appeared for the DPP in the first prosecution of the offence of coercive control in Ireland.^[15] He acted for the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement in High Court proceedings connected with its investigation into the Football Association of Ireland.^[16]

He defended county councillor Kieran Mahon in his trial for the false imprisonment of Joan Burton, where the jury returned a not guilty verdict.^[17][18]

He was a member of a working group on judicial review from 2001 for the Law Reform Commission.^[19]

Naidoo was nominated to become a judge of the High Court in January 2022.^[1][5][20] He was appointed in February 2022.^[21]