Caroline Costello

Caroline Costello is an Irish judge who has served as a Judge of the Court of Appeal since November 2018. She previously served as a Judge of the High Court from 2014 to 2018.

The Hon. Ms. Justice

Caroline Costello
Judge of the Court of Appeal
Assumed office
13 November 2018
Nominated byGovernment of Ireland
Appointed byMichael D. Higgins
Judge of the High Court
In office
22 September 2014 – 13 November 2018
Nominated byGovernment of Ireland
Appointed byMichael D. Higgins
Personal details
NationalityIrish
Relations
Alma mater

Costello graduated with a BA in Classics and History from University College Dublin in 1982.[1] She subsequently attended the University of Oxford and the King's Inns. She became a barrister in 1988 and a senior counsel in 2010. She had a commercial orientated practice, focusing on commercial law, banking law and insolvency law.[2]

She was appointed to the High Court in September 2014.[3] She presided over High Court bankruptcy proceedings involving Seán Dunne.[4] She served a term as chair of the judicial wing of INSOL Europe, a federation of insolvency lawyers.[5] In 2018, she made a reference to the Court of Justice of the European Union arising out of an action taken by Max Schrems regarding the EU–US Privacy Shield.[6]

She was made a Judge of the Court of Appeal in November 2018.[7] Her appointment to the Court of Appeal along with Isobel Kennedy resulted in the first Irish court with a gender balanced number of judges.[8]

She is the daughter of the former Attorney General of Ireland and President of the High Court Declan Costello and the granddaughter of former Taoiseach John A. Costello.[9]

References
  1. "New judges". UCD School of Law. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
  2. "Appointments to the High Court". Irish Government News Service. 23 July 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
  3. "President appoints Ms Caroline Costello, S.C., Ms Aileen Donnelly, S.C., & Mr Seamus Noonan, S.C." President.ie. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
  4. "Judge brands Dunne 'deeply dishonest' as his bankruptcy extended by 12 years". Irish Independent. 3 October 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
  5. "INSOL Europe Annual Conference 2018, Athens". University College Cork. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
  6. Humphries, Conor; Fioretti, Julia (12 April 2018). "EU's top court asked to probe Facebook U.S. data transfers". Reuters.
  7. "President appoints judges to the Court of Appeal and the High Court". President.ie. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
  8. "Minister Flanagan welcomes 50/50 gender balance in Court of Appeal". Irish Government News Service. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
  9. "Two High Court judges named for Court of Appeal". Law Society Gazette. 10 October 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
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