Leonie Reynolds Explained
Honorific-Prefix: | The Hon. Ms. Justice |
Leonie Reynolds |
Office: | Judge of the High Court |
Term Start: | 21 October 2016 |
Nominator: | Government of Ireland |
Appointer: | Michael D. Higgins |
Office1: | Judge of the Circuit Court |
Term Start1: | 9 January 2010 |
Term End1: | 21 October 2016 |
Nominator1: | Government of Ireland |
Appointer1: | Mary McAleese |
Birth Date: | 10 April 1968 |
Birth Place: | Roscommon, Ireland |
Nationality: | Irish |
Children: | 2 |
Leonie Reynolds (born 10 April 1968) is an Irish judge who has served as a Judge of the High Court since October 2016. She previously served as a Judge of the Circuit Court from 2010 to 2016.[1]
Early life
Reynolds is the daughter of Albert Reynolds, former Taoiseach of Ireland.[2] She was educated at University College Dublin from where she received a BA degree in 1989 and the King's Inns.[3]
She was called to the Irish Bar in 1993.
Judicial career
She was appointed as a judge of the Circuit Court in January 2010. On 27 July 2016, the Government of Ireland agreed in principle to nominate Reynolds, for appointment by the President of Ireland, as a judge of the High Court, once an expected vacancy arose.[4]
She was a member of the Special Criminal Court between 2015 and 2016[5] [6] and was formerly the judge in charge of the Chancery List of the High Court,[7] [8] which encompasses cases involving equity and company law.[9] As of 2021, she is the judge in charge of the Jury and Garda Compensation lists.[10]
Notes and References
- News: President appoints Ms. Leone Reynolds as High Court Judge . www.president.ie . 20 October 2016 . 7 December 2016 . 22 October 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161022145337/http://www.president.ie/en/diary/details/president-appoints-ms.-leone-reynolds-as-high-court-judge . live .
- News: Albert Reynolds's daughter nominated as High Court judge . . 2020-05-24 . 2017-03-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170301111816/http://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/albert-reynolds-s-daughter-nominated-as-high-court-judge-1.2736602 . live .
- Web site: Congrats Her Honour Judge Leonie Reynolds (BA 1989) on her promotion to the High Court . Twitter . UCD School of Law . 4 October 2021.
- News: Appointments to the High, Circuit and District_Court . Merrion Street Irish Government News Service . 20 July 2016 . 28 July 2016 . 4 June 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170604061537/http://www.merrionstreet.ie/en/News-Room/Releases/Appointments_to_the_High_Circuit_and_District_Court.html . live .
- News: Leonie Reynolds nominated for High Court position . . 6 August 2016 . 31 August 2016 . 13 September 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160913143835/http://www.longfordleader.ie/news/home/212542/leonie-reynolds-nominated-for-high-court-position.html . live .
- Web site: Reassignment, by appointment, of Specialist Judges of the Circuit Court as Ordinary Judges of the Circuit Court . Merrion Street . 4 October 2021.
- Web site: General Notices: 12 February 2020 - HC Judges Hilary '20 . Courts.ie . 20 February 2020 . 18 February 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200218094001/http://legaldiary.courts.ie/legaldiary.nsf/general-notices/3ac2b7ee81befa0c8025850c00438620?OpenDocument . live .
- Web site: Notice - High Court Michaelmas Term - Assignment of Judges . Courts Service . 14 October 2020 . 13 October 2020.
- Web site: Listing procedures . Courts.ie . 20 February 2020 . 30 May 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190530212731/http://www.courts.ie/Courts.ie/Library3.nsf/pagecurrent/D8D3CAA1262FBAFC8025804B005B1CA1?opendocument . live .
- Web site: High Court - Assignment of Judges – Michaelmas Term 2021 The Courts Service of Ireland . www.courts.ie.