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John L. Murray

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John L. Murray (1943-2023) was an Irish judge who served as Chief Justice of Ireland from 2004 to 2011. Born in Limerick and educated at University College Dublin and King's Inns, he qualified as a barrister in 1967 and built a commercial, civil and constitutional law practice before serving twice as Attorney General of Ireland, in 1982 and from 1987 to 1991, then as a judge of the European Court of Justice from 1992 to 1999 and a Supreme Court judge from 1999 to 2015. He later served as Chancellor of the University of Limerick from 2013, and died in 2023. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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    John Loyola Murray was an Irish judge who served as Chief Justice of Ireland from 2004 to 2011, a judge of the Supreme Court from 1999 to 2015, a judge of the European Court of Justice from 1992 to 1999 and as Attorney General of Ireland from August 1982 to December 1982 and 1987 to 1991.
  • Introduction, role
    John Loyola Murray was an Irish judge who served as Chief Justice of Ireland from 2004 to 2011, a judge of the Supreme Court from 1999 to 2015, a judge of the European Court of Justice from 1992 to 1999 and as Attorney General of Ireland from August 1982 to December 1982 and 1987 to 1991.
  • Introduction, nationality
    John Loyola Murray was an Irish judge who served as Chief Justice of Ireland from 2004 to 2011, a judge of the Supreme Court from 1999 to 2015, a judge of the European Court of Justice from 1992 to 1999 and as Attorney General of Ireland from August 1982 to December 1982 and 1987 to 1991.
  • In Legal System: Irish Law, Wikipedia lead sentence
    was an Irish judge who served as Chief Justice of Ir
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Wikidata: John L. Murray
  • Wikidata Q1572237 self-citation (QID resolved for a previously unsourced jurist)
    P31 (instance of): human; QID resolved and verified for this jurist (John L. Murray)
  • Member Of: Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), Wikipedia category: European Court of Justice judges
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