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Northern Ireland witnessed a truly historic moment on the appointment of Mrs Justice Siobhan Keegan as the First Lady Chief Justice of Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n

Background<\/span><\/h3>\n

Mrs Justice Keegan was called to the Bar of Northern Ireland in 1994 and took silk in 2006. She was appointed as a High Court Judge in October 2015. During her career at the Bar, she served as Vice-Chair of the Bar Council, Chair of the Family Bar Association, Chair of the Young Bar, Chair of the Bar Charity Committee and she was a long-standing member of the Bar\u2019s Professional Conduct Committee.<\/p>\n

As per the BBC report,<\/em><\/p>\n

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Mrs Justice Siobhan Keegan has been acting as presiding coroner for Northern Ireland. She recently heard the inquest into\u00a0<\/span>the killing of 10 people in an Army operation in Ballymurphy in west Belfast in 1971 <\/span>and also made judiciary history in 2015 as <\/span>one of two women appointed as High Court judges.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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She will succeed Sir Declan Morgan who is retiring after 10 years as lord chief justice.<\/p>\n

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Image credits: The Bar of Northern Ireland<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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