Liam McKechie is a judge of the Supreme Court of Ireland. He was educated at Presentation Brothers College, Cork

Presentation Brothers College, Cork

Presentation Brothers College is a Catholic, boys-only, fee-paying college based in Cork, Ireland.- History :The college was founded by the Presentation Brothers in 1878, in the South Mall. Soon afterwards it moved to the Grand Parade and, in 1887, to the Western Road...

, University College Cork and the King's Inns

King's Inns

The Honorable Society of King's Inns , is the institution which controls the entry of barristers-at-law into the justice system of Ireland...

. He was called to the bar in 1972 and became a Senior Counsel

Senior Counsel

The title of Senior Counsel or State Counsel is given to a senior barrister or advocate in some countries, typically equivalent to the title "Queen's Counsel" used in Commonwealth Realms...

 in 1987. He was elected chairman of the Bar Council in 1999, and was appointed as a judge of the High Court in 2000. He holds a Master's degree in European law and presided over competition matters in the High Court.

In 2010 he was elected president of the Association of European Competition Law Judges, which represents judges from each of the 27 European Umion member states. In June 2010 he was appointed to the Supreme Court, following the retirement of Hugh Geoghegan

Hugh Geoghegan

Hugh Geoghegan was a justice of the Supreme Court of Ireland of Ireland from 8 March 2000 , having been nominated by the Government of Ireland on 22 February 2000 until May 2010 when he retired. He replaced Mr Justice Donal Barrington...

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