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Kevin Cross
Irish barrister, High Court judge since 2011 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kevin Cross (born 1951[1]) is a retired Irish judge who served as a Judge of the High Court from 2011 to 2021.[2][3]
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Early life
Cross attended Gonzaga College, University College Dublin and the King's Inns. He served as Auditor of the UCD L&H.[4] He became a barrister in 1975, and a senior counsel in 1997.[1] He has represented the Attorney General of Ireland, the Residential Institutions Redress Board and Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin.[5][6][7]
Judicial career
Cross was appointed a High Court judge in October 2011.[8] He was in charge of the personal injuries list for the High Court.[9][10][11]
He presided over Morrissey v Health Service Executive, which arose out of the CervicalCheck cancer scandal. He held that screeners must have "absolute confidence" before definitively ruling out a health condition in a screening test.[12] This was subject to an appeal to the Supreme Court of Ireland due to the standard of confidence he applied.[13] The Supreme Court unanimously upheld his decision.[14] Cross criticised the response of some doctors to his decision, calling some commentary "hysterical".[15]
He served as Chairperson of the Referendum Commission for two concurrent referendums in 2015, the successful 34th Amendment and unsuccessful 35th Amendment Bill 2015 to the Constitution.[16]
He retired as a judge in November 2021 and stated he plans to undertake a PhD on John Philpot Curran.[17][18]
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Personal life
He is married to Alison Lindsay.[19] Lindsay is a retired judge of the Circuit Court.[20]
References
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