NI: Roseanne McCormick QC sworn in as County Court judge
Roseanne McCormick QC has been sworn into office as a County Court judge in Northern Ireland.
Judge McCormick was sworn in before Sir Declan Morgan, the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, this morning.
She called to The Bar of Northern Ireland in September 1989 and was appointed Queen’s Counsel in December 2014.
Since then, she has been instructed by the Public Prosecution Service (PPS) to assist in a variety of roles arising from a wide variety of circumstances including fraud, fatal road traffic accidents, attempted murder, violent and sexual offending.
Judge McCormick has been instructed in cases in the High Court Family Division and has furnished the Professional Conduct Committee of the Bar of Northern Ireland with written advices.
She graduated from Queen’s University Belfast in 1988 and the Institute of Professional Legal Studies in 1989.
The Bar Council of Northern Ireland said it “wishes Roseanne the very best of luck in her new endeavour”.