Brian Cregan

Brian Cregan (born 1961[1]) is an Irish judge who currently serves as Judge of the High Court and is the chairperson of the IBRC commission of investigation.


Brian Cregan
Judge of the High Court
Assumed office
3 April 2014
Nominated byGovernment of Ireland
Appointed byMichael D. Higgins
Personal details
Born1961 (age 5859)
NationalityIrish
EducationGonzaga College
Alma mater

Early career

Cregan attended Gonzaga College.[2] He attended St John's College, Oxford and the King's Inns. He became a barrister in 1990 and a senior counsel in 2004.[1] His practice focused on competition law and commercial law.[3] He has represented Seán Quinn in the High Court in disputes against Anglo Irish Bank.[4]

Judicial career

He was appointed to the High Court in April 2014.[5] Cregan presided over cases in the Commercial Court.[6] He has heard cases involving intellectual property law,[7] procurement law,[8] defamation,[9] insolvency law,[10] and consumer law.[11]

He adjudicated a dispute between Rory McIlroy and his management company Horizon Sports Management in 2015.[12] He was responsible for introducing a three strikes policy for Irish internet service provider UPC Ireland for piracy of copyrighted works by its customers.[13]

IBRC Commission

Cregan was appointed as chairperson of the IBRC commission of investigation in July 2015, replacing Daniel O'Keeffe.[14] The commission's purpose is to investigate the sale of the company Siteserv by the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation to Denis O'Brien.[15] He delivered the sixth interim report of the Commission in June 2019. Taoiseach Leo Varadkar announced that Cregan's reporting timeframe would continue to 31 March 2020.[16] As of December 2018, the commission had considered 102 statements and dealt with over 500,000 pages of documents.[17]

The final extension for the commission to complete its investigation was for June 2020.[18]

Other work

In 2013 Cregan published, Parnell: A Novel, a novelised account of the life of Charles Stewart Parnell, which took ten years to research.[19]

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References

  1. "Appointments to the High Court". merrionstreet.ie. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  2. "Judge Brian Cregan (Class of 1979)". Gonzaga College. 29 January 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  3. "President meets new judges for High Court". Independent.ie. 4 April 2004. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  4. Carolan, Mary. "Judgment reserved on Quinn application to defend €2.3bn action". The Irish Times. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  5. "President appoints Mr. Bernard Joseph Barton S.C." president.ie. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  6. "McIlroy case deferred until today as legal teams strive to narrow issues". www.irishexaminer.com. 4 February 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  7. "Court Finds Dunnes Stores Infringed Aldi's Trademark". Checkout. 6 April 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  8. O'Faolain, Aodhan. "Losing bidder for M50 toll challenges award of contract". The Irish Times. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  9. PM (16 September 2014). "Director defamed on Facebook, court rules". Herald.ie. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  10. Carolan, Mary. "Receivers dispute claim investor firm owed €9 million". The Irish Times. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  11. "Dunnes' Aldi ads 'likely to deceive customers'". RTÉ News. 9 June 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  12. "Rory McIlroy settles agent fees case". BBC News. 4 February 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  13. "UPC ordered to install 'three strikes' anti-piracy system". Independent.ie. 27 March 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  14. "Government Appoints High Court Judge Brian Cregan to replace Judge Daniel O'Keeffe as Chair of the Commission of Investigation into certain transactions conducted by IBRC". merrionstreet.ie. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  15. Horgan-Jones, Jack. "Siteserv inquiry 'may be delayed' by legal challenge from firm linked to Denis O'Brien". The Irish Times. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  16. "Commissions of Investigation: 26 Jun 2019: Dáil debates". www.kildarestreet.com.
  17. McGee, Harry. "TD who raised issue of Siteserv sale to Dáil criticises inquiry's progress". The Irish Times. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  18. Horgan-Jones, Jack. "Siteserv case: Request for extension to end of year denied". The Irish Times. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  19. "New book on Parnell charts incredible life". Independent.ie. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
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