THE GOVERNMENT has nominated Judge Michael White and senior counsel Kevin Cross for appointment by the President as judges of the High Court.
Judge White, a former solicitor and Dáil candidate for the Workers Party, has served as a Circuit Court judge since 1996. He presided over the “Annabel’s” case, in which four young men were charged with the killing of Brian Murphy outside a disco. He has also chaired the Courts Service committee on family law.
Mr Cross qualified as a barrister in 1975 and became a senior counsel in 1997. He has been the legal assessor of the Medical Council.
He is married to Circuit Court judge Alison Lindsay.