{{Short description|Northern Irish judge}} {{Use British English|date=August 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = The Right Honourable | name = Sir John Sheil | honorific_suffix = | image = | image_size = | caption = | office = Lord Justice of Appeal | term_start = September 2004 | term_end = December 2006 | predecessor = | successor = | monarch = Elizabeth II | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1938|06|19}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | resting_place = | birth_name = | spouse = | relations = | alma_mater = Trinity College Dublin | occupation = Judge | profession = Law | signature = | website = | footnotes = }}
'''Sir John Joseph Sheil''' (born 19 June 1938) is a retired Northern Irish judge. He was a High Court Judge of Northern Ireland from 1989 to 2004, and a Lord Justice of Appeal of Northern Ireland from 2004 to 2007.
==Early life and education== Sheil was born on 19 June 1938.<ref name=Birth>{{cite web|title=Birthday's today|url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/archive/2013-6-19.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130619231750/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/archive/2013-6-19.html |url-status= dead |archive-date= 19 June 2013 |publisher=The Telegraph|accessdate=19 June 2014|date=19 June 2013|quote=Sir John Sheil, a former Lord Justice of Appeal, Northern Ireland, 75 }}</ref> He was educated at Clongowes Wood College, an all-boys voluntary secondary school in County Kildare, Ireland<ref name="bio - Middle Temple">{{cite web|title=Masters of the Bench - The Rt Hon Sir John Sheil|url=https://www.middletemple.org.uk/bencher-persons-view?cid=39827|website=middletemple.org.uk|publisher=The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple|accessdate=24 August 2016}}</ref> where his twin brother, Fr. Michael Sheil SJ, is currently rector.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Murphy|first=Gavin T.|date=2020-06-30|title=For the past, thanks! For the future, yes!|url=https://www.jesuit.ie/blog/guest-blogger/for-the-past-thanks-for-the-future-yes/|access-date=2020-10-28|website=Jesuits Ireland|language=en-US}}</ref> He then studied at Queen's University Belfast and Trinity College Dublin.<ref name="bio - Middle Temple" />
==Career== In 1964, Sheil was called to the bar of Northern Ireland and began practising as a barrister. He was made a Queen's Counsel (QC) in 1975.<ref name="gov 2013">{{cite web|title=Reappointment of Surveillance and Assistant Surveillance Commissioners|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/reappointment-of-surveillance-and-assistant-surveillance-commissioners|website=gov.uk|publisher=Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street|accessdate=24 August 2016|date=21 June 2013}}</ref> #he was Chairman of the Mental Health Review Tribunal from 1985 to 1987, and was a member of the Fair Employment Appeals Board from 1986 to 1989.<ref name="gov 2010" />
In 1989, Sheil was made a High Court Judge of Northern Ireland.<ref name="gov 2016" /> He served as a Lord Justice of Appeal in Northern Ireland from September 2004 to 31 December 2006.<ref name="gov 2016" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page6808|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080909065826/http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page6808|url-status=dead|archive-date=2008-09-09|title=Privy Council Appointment (Sir John Joseph Sheil)|date=2004-12-20|publisher=Number10.gov.uk|accessdate=2009-03-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page10698|title=Appointment of Lord Justices of Appeal in NI|publisher=Number10.gov.uk|accessdate=2009-03-30|url-status=dead|archiveurl=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20090103071642/http%3A//www.number10.gov.uk/Page10698|archivedate=3 January 2009|df=dmy-all}}</ref> He retired from the judiciary at the end of 2006.<ref>{{cite web|title=Two senior judges set to retire|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/5319832.stm|website=BBC News|access-date=24 August 2016|date=6 September 2006}}</ref>
Since 1 September 2010, Sheil has been a Surveillance Commissioner.<ref name="gov 2010">{{cite web|title=Appointment of Surveillance Commissioners|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/appointment-of-surveillance-commissioners|website=gov.uk|publisher=Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street|accessdate=24 August 2016|date=9 August 2010}}</ref> As this position has a three-year term, he was reappointed on 1 September 2013,<ref name="gov 2013" /> and again on 1 September 2016.<ref name="gov 2016">{{cite web|title=Surveillance Commissioner and Assistant Surveillance Commissioner appointments|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/surveillance-commissioner-and-assistant-surveillance-commissioner-appointments|website=gov.uk|publisher=Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street|accessdate=24 August 2016|date=24 August 2016}}</ref>
==Honours== In 1989, Sheil was knighted as a Knight Bachelor. On 5 Nov 1996, he was elected an Honorary Bencher of Gray's Inn.<ref>{{cite web|title=Honorary Benchers of Gray's Inn|url=https://www.graysinn.org.uk/sites/default/files/documents/history/Hons%20table%20for%20website%202016%203.pdf|website=graysinn.org.uk/|publisher=Gray’s Inn|accessdate=24 August 2016|date=2015}}</ref> On 16 May 2005, he was elected an Honorary Bencher of Middle Temple.<ref name="bio - Middle Temple" /> In 2005, he was appointed a Privy Counsellor.<ref>{{cite web|title=Privy Counsellors - S|url=https://privycouncil.independent.gov.uk/privy-council/privy-council-members/privy-counsellors/#s1|website=privycouncil.independent.gov.uk|publisher=Privy Council Office|accessdate=24 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160913232018/https://privycouncil.independent.gov.uk/privy-council/privy-council-members/privy-counsellors/#s1|archive-date=13 September 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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