About Malachy Higgins
Born 1944. Malachy Higgins is a British judge.
Sir Malachy Joseph Higgins (born 30 October 1944) is a retired Northern Ireland Lord Justice of Appeal.
Education He was educated at St MacNissi's College, Garron Tower; Queen's University Belfast (LLB) and Middle Temple (BL).
Legal background Called to the Northern Ireland Bar, 1969 (Bencher, 1993) Called to the Irish Bar, 1978 Named QC (Northern Ireland), 1985 Served as County Court Judge, 1988–1993 Served as Recorder of Londonderry, 1990 to 1993 Served as County Court Judge for County Armagh, 1993. Judge in Residence, QUB, 1999–present
Privy Council On 25 January 2007, Higgins was "sworn of Her Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council on his appointment as a Lord Justice of Appeal in Northern Ireland."
Queen's University Belfast Sir Malachy Higgins was Chairman of the Queen's University Belfast's Board of Visitors from 2008 to 2013.
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