John Jordan is an Irish judge who has served as a Judge of the High Court since February 2019. He was previously practiced as a

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Early life

Jordan is from Castlebar, County Mayo, where he attended secondary school at St Gerald's College. He studied law at

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and at the

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Legal career

He was

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in 1985 and became a senior counsel in 2011. Prior to his appointment as a senior counsel, Jordan served as the State Prosecutor in the Circuit Court in County Mayo. His practice encompassed criminal law and private law, including in the areas of contract law, tort law, and property law. In criminal trials, he acted for both the defence and on behalf of the Director of Public Prosecutions in matters involving sexual offences, road traffic offences, fraud, and homicide. He acted for the DPP in the prosecution of Pádraig Nally and subsequent appeal arising out of the

death of John Ward On 14 October 2004, Pádraig Nally, an Irish farmer living in County Mayo, Ireland shot dead Irish Traveller John "Frog" Ward, who had been trespassing on his property. In November 2005 Nally was sentenced to six years' imprisonment for manslaught ...

Judicial career

Jordan became a judge of the High Court in February 2019. He has been the presiding judge in cases involving injunctions, company law, and family and child law. He is the judge in charge of the Family List of the High Court, and the International Hague Network Judge for Ireland.

References

Living people People from Castlebar People educated at St Gerald's College, Castlebar High Court judges (Ireland) Irish Senior Counsel Alumni of University College Dublin Alumni of King's Inns Year of birth missing (living people) Lawyers from County Mayo 20th-century Irish lawyers 21st-century Irish judges {{Ireland-law-bio-stub