Honourable Mr Justice McCloskey has been appointed by the Lord Chancellor to be Tribunal President with effect from 1 October 2013
The Honourable Mr Justice McCloskey has been appointed to be President of the Upper Tribunal Immigration and Asylum Chamber with effect from 1 October 2013, the Ministry of Justice said in a statement yesterday.
Mr Justice McCloskey will replace Mr Justice Blake.
The Ministry of Justice gives the following details of Justice McCloskey's background:
The Honourable Mr Justice (Bernard) McCloskey was appointed to the High Court of Justice of Northern Ireland in 2008.
Prior to this he practised at the Bar and was appointed by the Attorney General to the posts of Junior Crown Counsel and Senior Crown Counsel for Northern Ireland. He took silk (NI) in 1999.
He was appointed Chairman of the Northern Ireland Law Commission in 2009 and to the Upper Tribunal Immigration and Asylum Chamber in December 2010 as the Northern Ireland High Court Judge. He is Deputy Chairman of the Boundary Commission of Northern Ireland.
He is judge in residence at Queens University Belfast, a member of the European Association of Administrative Law Judges and as member of the Commonwealth Magistrates' and Judges' Association. He has written extensively on aspects of public law, European Union law and human rights law.
He is the first President of a Chamber of the Upper Tribunal to hold judicial office outside England and Wales.