Robert Haughton Explained

Honorific Prefix:The Hon. Mr. Justice
Robert Haughton
Office:Judge of the Court of Appeal
Term Start:4 November 2019
Nominator:Government of Ireland
Appointer:Michael D. Higgins
Office1:Judge of the High Court
Term Start1:30 October 2014
Term End1:4 November 2019
Nominator1:Government of Ireland
Appointer1:Michael D. Higgins
Nationality:Irish

Robert Haughton is an Irish judge and lawyer who has served as a Judge of the Court of Appeal since November 2019. He previously served as a Judge of the High Court from 2014 to 2019. He has also additionally served as the Chair of the Constituency Commission.

Early life

Haughton was educated at Trinity College Dublin and the King's Inns. He was called to the Bar in 1979 and became a senior counsel in 2004.[1]

He was the chair of Bloomfield Hospital between 2005 and 2012.[2]

Judicial career

High Court

Haughton became a High Court judge in October 2014.[3]

In July 2019, he noted that no woman had been appointed an examiner since the process was established in Ireland.[4] The following day Sarah-Jane O’Keeffe became the first female examiner in the State.[5]

Constituency Commission

He was appointed by the Chief Justice of Ireland to chair the Constituency Commission in July 2016 to review the boundaries of Dáil constituencies and Irish European Parliament constituencies.[6] The committee increased the number of Teachta Dála from 158 and 160 and left the boundaries for European elections unchanged.[7]

He was appointed to review the European Parliament constituencies again in 2018 following the increase in seats allocated to Ireland following Brexit.[8] The committee increased by one the numbers of seats in Ireland South and Dublin.[9]

Court of Appeal

He was one of seven appointments to the Court of Appeal in November 2019.[10] This followed a change in the law in order to increase the number of judges to sit on the Court of Appeal.[11]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Appointments to the Court of Appeal . The Department of Justice and Equality . 18 May 2020 . en . 17 December 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191217193051/http://www.justice.ie/en/JELR/Pages/PR19000252 . live .
  2. News: Finn . Christina . New appointments chosen to fill vacancies in High Court . 18 May 2020 . TheJournal.ie . en . 28 June 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200628181350/https://www.thejournal.ie/high-court-vacancies-1738508-Oct2014/ . live .
  3. Web site: Annual Report 2014 . JAAB . 18 May 2020 . 31 October 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201031231656/http://www.jaab.ie/en/JAAB/Annual%20Report%202014%20Final%20Version.pdf/Files/Annual%20Report%202014%20Final%20Version.pdf . live .
  4. News: Do more to promote female examiners, judge urges Irish legal sector . 18 May 2020 . Irish Independent . en . 7 November 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201107235251/https://www.independent.ie/business/irish/do-more-to-promote-female-examiners-judge-urges-irish-legal-sector-38356230.html . live .
  5. News: Sarah-Jane O'Keeffe Becomes Ireland's First Female Examiner . 18 May 2020 . Examinership . 31 July 2019 . 23 September 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200923061629/https://www.examinership.ie/sarah-jane-okeeffe-becomes-irelands-first-female-examiner/ . live .
  6. Web site: Commission to review Dáil and European Constituencies Established . merrionstreet.ie . 18 May 2020 . en . 21 October 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191021010710/http://merrionstreet.ie/en/News-Room/News/Commission_to_review_Dail_and_European_Constituencies_Established.html . live .
  7. News: Bardon . Sarah . Number of TDs to increase from 158 to 160 at next election . The Irish Times . 27 July 2017 . en . 18 May 2020 . 6 December 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171206071536/http://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/number-of-tds-to-increase-from-158-to-160-at-next-election-1.3135996 . live .
  8. Web site: Minister Murphy establishes Constituency Committee to review European Parliament constituencies . Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government . 18 May 2020 . en . 25 July 2018 . 27 September 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200927204630/https://www.housing.gov.ie/local-government/voting/european-parliament-elections/minister-murphy-establishes-constituency . live .
  9. News: Cunningham . Paul . More EU Parliament seats for Dublin and Ireland South . 18 May 2020 . RTÉ News . 24 September 2018 . en . 17 September 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200917072709/https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2018/0924/995830-european-parliament-seats/ . live .
  10. Web site: Diary President Appoints Judges To The Court Of Appeal . president.ie . 18 May 2020 . en . 3 December 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191203192607/https://president.ie/en/diary/details/president-appoints-judges-to-the-court-of-appeal . live .
  11. News: Quann . Jack . Government agrees to appoint six new judges to Court of Appeal . 18 May 2020 . Newstalk . 6 December 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191206165904/https://www.newstalk.com/news/government-agrees-appoint-six-new-judges-court-appeal-913733 . live .

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