Nigel Sweeney

Sir Nigel Sweeney is a High Court judge.

Previously he was a barrister in the United Kingdom. He has appeared in a number of high profile cases including the trial of the 1984 IRA Brighton bombing and the trial of the attempted bombings of 21st July 2005.^[1]

He was called to the bar in 1976 and was appointed Queen's Counsel in 2000. Sweeney was appointed to the High Court in September 2008.^[2]

Sweeney is an avid golfer and carries a 5 handicap.

The Chillenden Murders Case

Mr Nigel Sweeney QC prosecuted Michael Stone in The Chillenden Murders Case in 1998.

References

1. ^ 21 July trial legal figures BBC 1 Feb 2007
2. ^ "Two women among five new High Court judges". Daily Telegraph. 2008-09-14. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/lawreports/joshuarozenberg/2799652/Two-women-among-five-new-High-Court-judges.html. 

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