Category talk:Irish Senior Counsel

Added category and expanded explanation
The Ireland and Commonwealth category is not relevant to this category. And the expanded explanation is both unneeded and poorly worded. Arnkellow (talk) 18:42, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

Ireland was still in the British Commonwealth when the title of Senior Counsel was created in Ireland - in fact, Ireland was a Dominion called the Irish Free State from 1922 to 29 December 1937.

Ireland was still a Dominion in the British Commonwealth from 29 December 1937 to 18 April 1949, when the Republic of Ireland was created under the Oireachtas's Republic of Ireland Act 1948 and recognised under the British Parliament's Ireland Act 1949.

An Irish Senior Counsel who also practices in the legal systems of Commonwealth countries will have their status as Senior Counsel recognised as a matter of courtesy, just like a Queen's Counsel appointed in one Commonwealth realm who also practices in another Commonwealth realm's legal system will also have their status as Queen's Counsel recognised as a matter of courtesy.

For example, A. M. Sullivan (barrister), who was the last Irish Serjeant-at-Law was addressed as 'Serjeant Sullivan' in the English legal system as a courtesy, even though Serjeant-at-Law no longer existed in the U.K.. He was appointed a Queen's Counsel before being appointed at Serjeant-at-Law. - (124.197.55.28 (talk) 20:16, 7 September 2020 (UTC))


 * WP:OR as a side, this is a category listings not an article and long rambling explanations are not needed here. Also the addition of the Ireland and commonwealth isn't needed, not all people who fit into this category fit that one. Arnkellow (talk) 08:23, 8 September 2020 (UTC)