Masters of the Bench

Full Title: The Hon Mrs Justice Mary Finlay Geoghegan

Category: Ordinary Bencher

Bench Call Date: 18-10-2012

Call Date: 19-05-1987

Bio:

A High Court Judge in Ireland since 2002, Ms Justice Finlay Geoghegan is assigned to the Commercial List and is also the HagueNetwork liaison judge.  She initially qualified as a Solicitor (1973) and later was Called to the Irish Bar (1980) and admitted as a Senior Counsel in 1988.  She was also Called to the Bars of England and Wales, Northern Ireland and New South Wales.  She was a member of the Constitution Review Group; the Law Reform Commission; head of the Irish Delegation to the CCBE.  In 2009 she was nominated as an ad-hoc judge to the European Court of Human Rights.  She is also a Bencher of the Honorable Society of King’s Inns.