Committees of Council

Page last updated: Thursday, February 9, 2023

The newly formed Council at King’s Inns for a succeeding year shall meet in December in each year to elect one or more committees to deal with the following matters:

  1. finance, building and general purposes (Standing Committee),
  2. the education of students and further education of barristers (Education Committee),
  3. the Society’s Library (Library Committee),
  4. commons, recreation and social affairs (Commons Committee),
  5. professional practice (Professional Practice Committee),
  6. matters affecting non–practising barristers (Graduates Members’ Committee).

Council may also elect at any time such other committees, whether annual or ad hoc, to deal with any other matters as it may from time to time deem necessary.

Full details of how Committees operate and are elected can be found in the General Rules of the Society.  

Standing Committee 2024

Name

Position

Council

Mr Hugh Mohan SC

Chair, King's Inns ex officio

Bar Benchers’ Panel

Ms Sara Moorhead SC

Hon. Treasurer, King's Inns ex officio

Bar Benchers’ Panel

Ms Elizabeth Donovan BL

Hon. Secretary, King's Inns ex officio

Practising Bar Panel

Ms Sara Phelan SC

Chair, Bar Council ex officio

Professional Body Panel

Mr Roddy Maguire

Treasurer, Bar Council ex officio

Professional Body Panel

The Hon. Ms Justice Burns

Chair, Education Committee ex officio

Judicial Benchers’ Panel

The Hon. Mr Justice Barniville

Chair, Commons Committee ex officio

Judicial Benchers’ Panel

Mr James O’Reilly SC

Chair, Library Committee ex officio

Bar Benchers’ Panel

The Hon Mr Justice David Nolan

Elected Member

Judicial Benchers’ Panel

Mr Paul McCarthy SC

Elected Member

Practising Bar Panel

Mr Finbarr Fox SC

Co-Opted Member

Ms Jacqueline O’Brien SC

Co-Opted Member

Education Committee 2024

Committee Member

Position

Council

The Hon. Mr Justice Paul Burns

Chair

Judicial Benchers' Panel

Ms Jacqueline O’Brien SC

.

Bar Benchers Panel

Mr Micheál O'Connell SC

.

.

Mr Tadhg Dorgan

.

Practising Bar Panel

Mr Joseph O’Sullivan BL

.

.

The Hon. Mr Justice David Nolan

.

Judicial Benchers Panel

Mr Sean Guerin SC

.

Professional Body Panel

Ms Elizabeth Donovan BL

.

Practising Bar Panel

William Abrahamson SC

Co-Opted Member

.

Library Committee 2024

Committee Member

Position

Council

Mr James O’Reilly SC

Chair

Bar Benchers’ Panel

The Hon. Mr Justice Edwards

.

Judicial Benchers’ Panel

The Hon. Mr Justice David Nolan

.

Judicial Benchers’ Panel

Ms Elizabeth Donovan BL

.

Practising Bar Panel

Ms Sally O’Neill

.

Practising Bar Panel

Mr John Rogers SC

.

Bar Benchers’ Panel

The Hon. Ms Justice Nuala Butler

.

Judicial Benchers’ Panel

Ms Catherine White

.

Professional Body Panel

Dr Kenneth Ferguson BL

Co-Opted Member

.

John Wilde Crosbie BL

Co-Opted Member

.

Prof Colum Kenny BL

Co-Opted Member

.

Commons Committee 2024

Committee Members

Position

Council

The Hon. Mr Justice David Barniville

Chair

Judicial Benchers' Panel

Fergal Foley BL

.

Bar Benchers’ Panel

Imogen McGrath BL

.

.

Joseph O'Sullivan BL

.

.

Tom Mallon BL

.

.

The Hon. Ms Justice Pilkington

.

Judicial Benchers’ Panel

Paul McGarry SC

.

Bar Benchers’ Panel

Paul O'Higgins SC

.

.

Professional Practices Committee 2024

Committee Members

Position

Council

The Hon. Mr Justice Edwards

.

Judicial Benchers’ Panel

The Hon. Ms Justice Pilkington

.

Judicial Benchers’ Panel

Ms Sally O'Neill BL

.

Practising Bar Panel

Mr Sean Guerin SC

.

Professional Body Panel

Mr Shane Murphy SC

.

Bar Benchers Panel

Ms Sara Phelan SC

.

Professional Body Panel

Ms Kate Ahern

.

Practising Bar Panel

Graduate Members’ Committee 2024

Committee Members

Position

Council

The Hon Mr Justice Oisin Quinn

.

Judicial Benchers’ Panel

Mr James Mulcahy

.

Non-Practising Panel

Ms Kate Ahern

.

Practising Bar Panel

Mr Robert O’Reilly

.

Practising Bar Panel

Mr Ian Fitzharris

.

Practising Bar Panel

Mr Colum Walsh

.

Non-Practising Panel

Mr David Honan

.

.

Mr Chris Chan

.

.

Mr Paul McCarthy

.

Practising Bar Panel