Suzanne Kingston
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12 December 1977
Suzanne Kingston | |
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| Judge of the General Court of the European Union | |
| Assumed office 13 January 2022 | |
| Nominated by | Government of Ireland |
| Appointed by | European Council |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Suzanne Elizabeth Joy Kingston 12 December 1977 Dublin, Ireland |
| Alma mater | |
Suzanne Elizabeth Joy Kingston (born 12 December 1977) is an Irish judge who has served as a Judge of the General Court of the European Union since January 2022. She was previously a professor of law at University College Dublin. She has also practised as a barrister.
Kingston was born in Dublin in 1977.[1] She obtained a degree in law from the University of Oxford, graduating from University College, Oxford in 1997 from where she obtained a college prize in law.[2][3] She studied for an LLM degree and PhD at Leiden University.[2] She completed her PhD thesis in 2009 on the topic The Role of Environmental Protection in EC Competition Law and Policy.[1]
Legal career
She was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 1999 at Gray's Inn and the Irish Bar in 2007.[1][4][5] She became a senior counsel in Ireland in 2020.[6]
Between 2001 and 2002, she worked at the Directorate-General for Competition of the European Commission, before joining the Brussels office of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton in 2002.[2][7] She then worked in Luxembourg as référendaire to Advocate General Ad Geelhoed between 2004 and 2006.[2]
She appeared on behalf of Ireland in Ireland v Commission.[8] In 2021, she acted for the state in Green Party TD Patrick Costello's constitutional challenge regarding the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement.[9] She has represented the Irish state in cases involving environmental law, tax law, planning law and constitutional law.[10][11][12][13] She has also appeared in the EFTA Court.[14]