Donnell Deeny

Sir Donnell Justin Patrick Deeny , KC, SC (born 25 April 1950), styled as the Rt Hon Sir Donnell Deeny, is a mediator and arbitrator (ACIArb) and a former member of the Court of Appeal of Northern Ireland. Sir Donnell is also member of the Court of Arbitration for Art at The Hague.

Education

Born in Lurgan, Northern Ireland, Deeny was educated at Clongowes Wood College, Trinity College Dublin,

Career Deeny was called to the Bar of Northern Ireland in 1974 and took silk in March 1989. He was also called to the Bar of Ireland (Senior Counsel 1996), and to the Bar of England and Wales (as a bencher in the Middle Temple).

He was appointed in 2000 to the British Government's Spoliation Advisory Panel, which advises on claims relating to cultural objects lost during the Nazi era. He served two further terms before becoming chairman of the Panel in 2012.

Deeny had served as an Alliance Party Councillor on Belfast City Council in 1981–85, and was High Sheriff of Belfast in 1983, the first Catholic to hold office in the City since the Partition of Ireland.

He also was awarded an Honorary Degree as Doctor of Laws for his exceptional public service by Queen's University Belfast in 2022.