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:
- finance, building and general purposes (Standing Committee),
- the education of students and further education of barristers (Education Committee),
- the Society’s Library (Library Committee),
- commons, recreation and social affairs (Commons Committee),
- professional practice (Professional Practice Committee),
- 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
Mr Sean Guerin SC, Chairman, Bar Council ex officio
Chair, Bar Council ex officio
Professional Body Panel
Mr Seamus Clarke SC, Treasurer, Bar Council ex officio
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
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