Sir John Bernard McCloskey, , is a

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judge, who has been a

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since September 2019.

Legal career

McCloskey was

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in 1979, and made a

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(QC) in 1999. He was appointed a High Court Judge in September 2008. As is customary for High Court judges, he was appointed a

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and therefore granted the title '' sir'': he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II during a ceremony at Buckingham Palace on 3 March 2009. He served as chair of the

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from 2009 to 2012. He was appointed a Lord Justice of Appeal of Northern Ireland on 5 September 2019, and subsequently appointed to the Privy Council.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:McCloskey, Bernard Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Knights Bachelor High Court judges of Northern Ireland Lords Justice of Appeal of Northern Ireland Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom