Senan Allen
Senan Allen | |
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| Judge of the Court of Appeal | |
| Assumed office 24 June 2022 | |
| Nominated by | Government of Ireland |
| Appointed by | Michael D. Higgins |
| Judge of the High Court | |
| In office 4 October 2018 – 24 June 2022 | |
| Nominated by | Government of Ireland |
| Appointed by | Michael D. Higgins |
| Personal details | |
| Alma mater | |
Senan Allen is an Irish lawyer who has been a judge of the Court of Appeal since June 2022. He was formerly a barrister and was a judge of the High Court between 2018 and 2022.
Education
[edit | edit source]Allen attended University College Dublin, graduating in 1981 with a BCL degree.[1]
Legal career
[edit | edit source]He was called to the Bar in 1983 and became a senior counsel in 2000. His practice was focused on chancery law and commercial litigation.[1]
In 2015, Allen was appointed to undertake a review of allegations made by a whistleblower relating to the Oireachtas Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis.[2] His report concluded that no misconduct took place at the inquiry.[3]
Judicial career
[edit | edit source]High Court
[edit | edit source]Allen was nominated as a judge of the High Court in July 2018 and was appointed in October 2018.[4][5]
He has heard cases involving property law, defamation, insolvency, European Arrest Warrants, contract law, election law, injunctions, judicial review, probate law, child law, and company law.[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16] In proceedings related to Comcast Int. Holdings v Minister for Public Enterprise & ors and Persona Digital Telephony Ltd v Minister for Public Enterprise & ors he permitted discovery of documents related to the Esat Digifone licence controversy.[17]
Since 2019 he is a member of a committee of the Judicial Council relating to personal injuries guidelines.[18][19] He was the judge in charge of the Chancery list of the High Court as of 2021.[20]
Court of Appeal
[edit | edit source]He was nominated to the Court of Appeal in April 2022 and was appointed in June 2022.[21][22][23]
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