Declan Morgan
Sir Declan Morgan | |
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| Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland | |
| In office 3 July 2009 – 1 September 2021 | |
| Nominated by | Gordon Brown |
| Appointed by | Elizabeth II |
| Preceded by | Sir Brian Kerr |
| Succeeded by | Dame Siobhan Keegan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Charles Declan Morgan January 14, 1951 |
| Spouse | Adrienne Morgan |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | Peterhouse, Cambridge Queen's University, Belfast |
| Profession | Barrister |
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Sir Charles Declan Morgan PC (born 14 January 1951) is a retired judge from Northern Ireland.[1]
Early life
[edit | edit source]Morgan was born in 1951 and was educated at St Columb's College in Derry. He then was educated at Peterhouse, Cambridge, and Queen's University, Belfast.[2] He was called to the Bar of Northern Ireland in 1976 and became a Queen's Counsel in 1994. Between 2002 and 2004, he was Senior Crown Counsel for Northern Ireland.[3] He also served for a time as Judge-In-Residence at the School of Law of Queen's University Belfast.[4]
Judicial career
[edit | edit source]In 2004, Morgan was appointed a judge of the High Court and knighted. He became Chairman of the Law Reform Advisory Committee for Northern Ireland that same year, and in 2007 was appointed Chairman of the Northern Ireland Law Commission.[5] In 2007, he was appointed to the Family Division of the Court, and in 2008 moved to hearing cases for judicial review.[3]
On 18 June 2009, it was announced that Mr Justice Morgan would succeed Sir Brian Kerr as Lord Chief Justice following the latter's appointment as a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary.[5] He was sworn into office on 3 July 2009.[6]
On 10 February 2010, Morgan was sworn of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council.
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Sir Declan is married with three children.
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- 1951 births
- Northern Ireland King's Counsel
- Alumni of Peterhouse, Cambridge
- Alumni of Queen's University Belfast
- Knights Bachelor
- Lord chief justices of Northern Ireland
- Living people
- Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom
- High Court judges of Northern Ireland
- People educated at St Columb's College