Frank Clarke (judge)
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The Hon. Mr. Justice Frank Clarke |
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| 12th Chief Justice of Ireland | |
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Assumed office 28 July 2017 |
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| Nominated by | Government of Ireland |
| Appointed by | Michael D. Higgins |
| Preceded by | Susan Denham |
| Judge of the Supreme Court | |
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Assumed office 9 Feb 2012 |
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| Nominated by | Government of Ireland |
| Appointed by | Michael D. Higgins |
| Judge of the High Court | |
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In office 23 November 2004 – 7 February 2012 |
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| Nominated by | Government of Ireland |
| Appointed by | Mary McAleese |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Frank Clarke 10 October 1951 Walkinstown, Dublin, Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Spouse(s) | Jac Hayden (m. 1977) |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | Drimnagh Castle Secondary School |
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| Profession | |
Frank Clarke (born 10 October 1951) is the 12th and current Chief Justice of Ireland. He was appointed by President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins on 28 July 2017.
Clarke was born on 10 October 1951 in Walkinstown, Dublin, Ireland. He was educated at Drimnagh Castle Secondary School, a Christian Brothers secondary school in Dublin. He later studied at University College Dublin and the King's Inns.
He was called to the Bar in 1973 and to the Inner Bar in 1985. He was Chairman of the Bar Council from 1993 to 1995. He had a practice in commercial, constitutional and family law. He was external counsel to the Laffoy inquiry on child abuse, the Ryan Inquiry, and represented the Flood Tribunal in its case against Liam Lawlor.
He was appointed a Judge of the High Court in 2004. He was chairman of the Referendum Commission for the second Lisbon Treaty referendum in 2009. As a High Court judge he gave a ruling, on the Leas Cross nursing home case against RTÉ, that the public interest justified the broadcasting of material that otherwise would have been protected by the right to privacy.
He was appointed to the Supreme Court on the 9 February 2012. On 26 July 2017 it was announced that the Government of Ireland had agreed to nominate Mr Justice Clarke for appointment by the President of Ireland as the next Chief Justice of Ireland, to succeed Ms Justice Susan Denham on the expiry of her term of office. He is due to retire in 2021.
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