Latest news about the Judicial Council
Sentencing Committee - Research Contracts
Applications are invited for inclusion on a Register of qualified persons available for short-term, small-scale research projects for the Sentencing Guidelines and Information Committee. Closing date for initial work is 2nd Dec 2021. Applications will be accepted after that date on an ongoing basis for future work.
18 November 2021
Sentencing Guidelines - Sentencing Judgments
The Sentencing Guidelines and Information Committee has prepared a document which is intended to summarise the existing case law in the Irish appellate courts in respect of particular offences. Click here for further information.
29 October 2021
Anglophone-Germanophone Judicial Conference
The 12th Anglophone-Germanophone Judicial Conference for International Family Law was hosted, online, by the Judicial Council in Ireland. Over 45 family law judges and family law experts from Ireland, Austria, Germany, Switzerland and the United Kingdom (England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland), attended over the 2-day conference. Click for further information.
18 October 2021
The Judicial Council Annual Report 2020
The Minister for Justice launched the Annual Report of the Judicial Council for 2020.
20 July 2021
Personal Injuries Guidelines adopted by the Judicial Council
The Judicial Council met today, 6th March 2021, and adopted Personal Injuries Guidelines.
06 March 2021
Personal Injuries Guidelines Committee
Draft Personal Injuries Guidelines: The Personal Injuries Guidelines Committee has submitted to the Board of the Judicial Council the first draft of personal injuries guidelines prepared by the Committee pursuant to Section 18 (4), as amended, of the Judicial Council Act 2019.
09 December 2020Statement, Report and Appendices - Review By Ms Justice Denham
The key functions of the Judicial Council include promoting and maintaining public confidence in the judiciary and the administration of justice. In light of the exceptional circumstances of the particular situation considered in the Review, and given public concern, the Board of the Judicial Council decided to give an indemnity to Ms Justice Denham in respect of her work in carrying out the Review in relation to her legal expenses and any litigation which may ensue.
01 October 2020Business of all Statutory Committees commenced
The functions of the Judicial Council will be realised through a number of statutory Committees. The first meetings of the final Committees to be established were held on the 27th and 28th of July 2020 and marked the completion of this first phase in the development of the Council. All of the Committees have met their respective statutory deadlines for establishment and first meetings.
29 July 2020Establishment of the Committees of the Judicial Council
At the first meeting of the Judicial Council on the 7th of February 2020, the Council established several Committees of the Council.
11 February 2020
Statement on the first meeting of the Judicial Council
Ireland has been a State where the rule of law has broadly been respected and where the independence of the judiciary, which is a vital ingredient of respect for the rule of law, has been supported.
07 February 2020