Malachy Higgins

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Sir Malachy Joseph Higgins KC (born 30 October 1944) is a retired Northern Ireland Lord Justice of Appeal.

He was educated at St MacNissi's College, Garron Tower; Queen's University Belfast (LLB) and Middle Temple (BL).

• Called to the Northern Ireland Bar, 1969 (Bencher, 1993)
• Called to the Irish Bar, 1978
• Named QC (Northern Ireland), 1985
• Served as County Court Judge, 1988–1993
• Served as Recorder of Londonderry, 1990 to 1993
• Served as County Court Judge for County Armagh, 1993.
• Judge in Residence, QUB, 1999–present

On 25 January 2007, Higgins was "sworn of Her Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council on his appointment as a Lord Justice of Appeal in Northern Ireland."

Sir Malachy Higgins was Chairman of the Queen's University Belfast's Board of Visitors from 2008 to 2013.

• Privy Council website
• Northern Ireland Court System site
• JSBNI website
• Queen's University Belfast website
• The Times mention of Sir Malachy Higgins^{[dead link]}