{{short description|Irish judge|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = The Hon. Mr. Justice | image = | office = Judge of the Supreme Court of Ireland | term_start = 14 July 2014 | term_end = 11 April 2026 | nominator = Government of Ireland | appointer = Michael D. Higgins | office1 = Judge of the High Court | term_start1 = 13 April 2006 | term_end1 = 14 July 2014 | nominator1 = Government of Ireland | appointer1 = Mary McAleese | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|4|11|df=y}} | birth_place = Churchtown, Dublin, Ireland | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = {{marriage|Fiona Charleton|1988}} | children = 3 | education = St Mary's College, Dublin | alma_mater = {{Ubl|Trinity College Dublin|King's Inns}}| }} '''Peter Mitchel Andrew Charleton''' (born 11 April 1956<ref>{{cite journal |title=Charleton, Peter Mitchel Andrews, (born 11 April 1956), a Judge of the Supreme Court of Ireland, since 2014 |journal=Who's Who |date=1 December 2016 |doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U287142}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Collins |first1=Stephen |title=Cabinet approves judicial appointments |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/cabinet-approves-judicial-appointments-1.1032118 |accessdate=4 May 2020 |newspaper=The Irish Times |date=22 November 2006 |language=en |archive-date=21 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021213018/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2006/1122/1163947858447.html |url-status=live }}</ref>) is an Irish lawyer who served as a Judge of the Supreme Court of Ireland from June 2014 to April 2026.<ref name="Appointments to the Supreme Court">{{Cite web |title=Appointments to the Supreme Court |url=https://www.gov.ie/en/department-of-the-taoiseach/press-releases/appointments-to-the-supreme-court/ |access-date=2026-04-30 |website=gov.ie |language=en}}</ref> He previously served as a Judge of the High Court from 2006 to 2014.<ref name="TheJournal 2014">{{cite news|url=http://www.thejournal.ie/peter-charleton-supreme-court-president-1522409-Jun2014/|title=Government nominates new Judge to the Supreme Court|work=TheJournal.ie|date=17 June 2014|access-date=25 July 2014|archive-date=26 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140726005423/http://www.thejournal.ie/peter-charleton-supreme-court-president-1522409-Jun2014/|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Early life== He was educated at St Mary's College, Dublin, Trinity College Dublin and King's Inns.<ref name="DSBA 2014" /><ref name="IT SC 2014">{{cite news|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/cabinet-chooses-high-court-judge-peter-charleton-for-supreme-court-post-1.1835768|title=Cabinet chooses High Court judge Peter Charleton for Supreme Court post|newspaper=The Irish Times|date=17 June 2014|access-date=25 July 2014|archive-date=28 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140728204956/http://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/cabinet-chooses-high-court-judge-peter-charleton-for-supreme-court-post-1.1835768|url-status=live}}</ref> He was the Auditor of the College Historical Society between 1977 and 1978.<ref>{{cite news |title=From Burke to the Little Red Book |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/from-burke-to-the-little-red-book-1.122866 |accessdate=4 May 2020 |newspaper=The Irish Times |date=4 November 1997 |language=en}}</ref> His immediate predecessor was Mary Harney. He was in the final of the Irish Times Debate in 1977 and won the Benchers' Trophy for legal debate with Alex Schuster in 1979.<ref>{{cite news |title=TCD society's officers |newspaper=The Irish Times |date=31 May 1977 |page=15}}</ref> As auditor of the CHS, his inaugural address was on the subject of "Republicanism Reviewed" and featured contributions from Conor Cruise O'Brien, John A. Murphy, Bernadette Devlin McAliskey, Mairéad Corrigan, Noël Browne and John Brooke, 2nd Viscount Brookeborough.<ref>{{cite news |title=Relations with NI discussed at debate |newspaper=The Irish Times |date=22 October 1977 |page=5}}</ref>
==Legal career== He was called to the Bar in 1979, and became a senior counsel in 1995. He was the first senior counsel to appear in an Irish court without a wig, following the enactment of the Courts and Court Officers Act 1995.<ref>{{cite news |title=Man shot in house at Tallaght |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/man-shot-in-house-at-tallaght-1.21028 |accessdate=25 April 2020 |newspaper=The Irish Times |date=12 January 1996 |language=en |archive-date=22 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210922235719/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/man-shot-in-house-at-tallaght-1.21028 |url-status=live }}</ref> He was appointed to the Advisory Group on Criminal Law and Procedure in 1996 by Minister for Justice Nora Owen.<ref>{{cite web |title=Written Answers. - Working Groups and Committees. – Dáil Éireann (27th Dáil) – Wednesday, 5 Mar 1997 – Houses of the Oireachtas |url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1997-03-05/186/ |website=www.oireachtas.ie |accessdate=3 May 2020 |language=en-ie |date=5 March 1997 |archive-date=6 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191106125429/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1997-03-05/186/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
His legal practice included appearing for the Director of Public Prosecutions in criminal trials.<ref name="Irish Examiner 2017">{{cite news |title=Disclosures Tribunal judge has made outing liars his life's work |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/viewpoints/analysis/disclosures-tribunal-judge-has-made-outing-liars-his-lifes-work-452372.html |accessdate=4 May 2020 |work=www.irishexaminer.com |date=14 June 2017 |language=en |archive-date=18 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170618143722/http://www.irishexaminer.com/viewpoints/analysis/disclosures-tribunal-judge-has-made-outing-liars-his-lifes-work-452372.html |url-status=live }}</ref> He was prosecuting counsel in cases against Catherine Nevin for murder,<ref>{{cite news |title=Nevin widow accused of lies |url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/nevin-widow-accused-of-lies-26122746.html |accessdate=4 May 2020 |work=Irish Independent |date=25 March 2000 |language=en}}</ref> and Paul Ward and John Gilligan in the Special Criminal Court for the murder of Veronica Guerin.<ref>{{cite news |title=Court decision on Paul Ward appeal to take 'some time' |url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/court-decision-on-paul-ward-appeal-to-take-some-time-26054442.html |accessdate=4 May 2020 |work=Irish Independent |date=9 March 2002 |language=en |archive-date=23 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210923022407/https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/court-decision-on-paul-ward-appeal-to-take-some-time-26054442.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="IT Feb 2017">{{cite news |last1=Keena |first1=Colm |title=Whistleblower inquiry: Peter Charleton known for independence |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/whistleblower-inquiry-peter-charleton-known-for-independence-1.2979854 |accessdate=4 May 2020 |newspaper=The Irish Times |date=18 February 2017 |language=en |archive-date=11 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111225002/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/whistleblower-inquiry-peter-charleton-known-for-independence-1.2979854 |url-status=live }}</ref> Charleton also represented clients as a criminal defence barrister and in family law, judicial review and commercial law cases.<ref name="DSBA 2014">{{cite news |title=Judicial Appointment Notice |url=http://www.dsba.ie/news-events/judicial-appointment-notice.1805.html |accessdate=4 May 2020 |work=DSBA |archive-date=14 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171114074313/http://www.dsba.ie/news-events/judicial-appointment-notice.1805.html |url-status=live }}</ref> He represented Christy Burke in a defamation action in 1996<ref>{{cite news |title=SF man sues "Sun", RTE for "Devil" references |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/sf-man-sues-sun-rte-for-devil-references-1.47236 |accessdate=4 May 2020 |newspaper=The Irish Times |date=9 May 2016 |language=en}}</ref> and Eircom in a case related to the publication of a phone sex line in their telephone directory.<ref>{{cite news |title=Eircom say sex lines in phone book for 3 years |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/eircom-say-sex-lines-in-phone-book-for-3-years-1.287890 |accessdate=4 May 2020 |newspaper=The Irish Times |date=1 July 2000 |language=en}}</ref> He defended Ritchie Neville and Jason "J" Brown of the boyband 5ive following charges arising out of an altercation in Temple Bar, Dublin in 2001.<ref>{{cite news |title=Five band members in court again |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/five-band-members-in-court-again-7761.html |accessdate=4 May 2020 |work=www.irishexaminer.com |date=26 March 2001 |language=en}}</ref>
Following the Omagh Bombing on 15 August 1998,<ref>{{Cite web |title=CAIN: Events: The Omagh Bomb - Main Events, 15 August 1998 |url=https://cain.ulster.ac.uk/events/omagh/events.htm |access-date=2025-12-10 |website=cain.ulster.ac.uk}}</ref> Charleton led the prosecution in the Special Criminal Court, leading to the only conviction in Ireland or Northern Ireland in connection with the bombing in 2002. Colm Murphy was sentenced to 14 years for conspiring to cause the bombing.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Murphy gets 14 years' jail for helping in bombing of Omagh |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/murphy-gets-14-years-jail-for-helping-in-bombing-of-omagh-1.1047993 |access-date=2025-12-10 |website=The Irish Times |language=en}}</ref> Murphy's conviction was overturned by the Appeal Court in 2005, on the grounds that it was unsafe on two counts, and a retrial was ordered.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2005-01-28 |title=Conviction of Colm Murphy is overturned |url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/louth/dundalk-news/conviction-of-colm-murphy-is-overturned/26899079.html |access-date=2025-12-11 |website=Irish Independent |language=en}}</ref> On the retrial, with witnesses absent, a not guilty verdict was entered
He worked as senior counsel for the Morris Tribunal into allegations of corruption in Donegal and other divisions of the Garda Síochána. He was joined by Paul McDermott SC and Anthony Barr.<ref>{{cite web |title=REPORT OF THE TRIBUNAL OF INQUIRY |url=http://www.justice.ie/en/JELR/Morris1stRpt.pdf/Files/Morris1stRpt.pdf |website=Department of Justice and Equality |accessdate=4 May 2020 |archive-date=12 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112184048/http://www.justice.ie/en/JELR/Morris1stRpt.pdf/Files/Morris1stRpt.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> He left the Morris Tribunal two years before it finished to take up an appointment to the High Court.<ref name="NUIG Bio 2020">{{cite web |title=Mr. Justice Peter Charleton - NUI Galway |url=https://www.nuigalway.ie/business-public-policy-law/school-of-law/staff/newlyappointedadjunctprofessors2020/mrjusticepetercharleton/ |website=www.nuigalway.ie |access-date=1 May 2021 |archive-date=1 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501112827/https://www.nuigalway.ie/business-public-policy-law/school-of-law/staff/newlyappointedadjunctprofessors2020/mrjusticepetercharleton/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
Judge Charleton has also represented the State in cases before the European Court of Justice.<ref>{{cite court |litigants= Albers and Others |reporter=C-425/97 to C-427/97 |date=11 May 1999 |url=http://curia.europa.eu/juris/showPdf.jsf?docid=44578&pageIndex=0&doclang=EN&mode=lst&dir=&occ=first&part=1&cid=8740148 |court=European Court of Justice|access-date=4 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite court |litigants= Commission v. Ireland|reporter=Case C-494/01 |court=European Court of Justice |date=26 April 2005 |url=https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A62001CJ0494 |access-date=4 May 2020}}</ref>
He is the author of a number books on criminal law and has also published on family and constitutional law, copyright, extradition and judicial review. His book on the nature of evil came out in 2006, ''Lies in a Mirror''.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Twomey |first=D. Vincent |date=2007-11-01 |title=Book Review: On Evil and Truth: Lies in a Mirror: An Essay on Evil and Deceit. By Peter Charleton. Blackrock, Co. Dublin: Blackhall Press, 2006. Pp. 301. Price 25. ISBN 1-84218-101-7 |url=https://doi.org/10.1177/00211400080720040713 |journal=Irish Theological Quarterly |language=EN |volume=72 |issue=4 |pages=421–424 |doi=10.1177/00211400080720040713 |issn=0021-1400|url-access=subscription }}</ref> He lectured in the King's Inns in the law of tort between 1982 and 1984, Trinity College Dublin in criminal law between 1986 and 1988, Fordham University, The University of Washington, and China University of Political Science and Law.<ref>{{cite web |title=Supreme Court Visit to NUI Galway |url=https://www.nuigalway.ie/media/law/docs/Supreme-Ct-Booklet-(Digital).pdf |website=NUI Galway |accessdate=4 May 2020 |archive-date=1 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191101194239/http://www.nuigalway.ie/media/law/docs/Supreme-Ct-Booklet-(Digital).pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="IT SC 2014" /> He is also an adjunct professor of criminal law and criminology at University of Galway and regularly delivers lectures there.[https://www.universityofgalway.ie/business-public-policy-law/school-of-law/staff/schooloflaw/]
He was Chairman of the National Archives of Ireland Advisory Council from 2011 to 2016, an unpaid position.<ref name="IT Feb 2017" />
==Judicial career== ===High Court=== He was appointed as a Judge of the High Court in December 2006,<ref name="DSBA 2014" /> and assigned to the Commercial Court from 2010.<ref name="TheJournal 2014" /> In 2014 he criticised a firm of stockbrokers for taking risks with the personal fortune of a person with special needs.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Haughey v Davy|url=https://www.casemine.com/judgement/uk/5da058ba4653d07dedfd6031|url-status=live|access-date=2021-04-22|archive-date=2021-04-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422154946/https://www.casemine.com/judgement/uk/5da058ba4653d07dedfd6031}}</ref> As a judge of the Central Criminal Court, in a case called ''The People (DPP) v WD'' he introduced sentencing bands for rape cases and followed this up with supervision of the Judicial Researchers Office to produce sentencing guidelines for a range of serious indictable crime.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The People (DPP) v WD|url=https://www.courts.ie/acc/alfresco/07649d84-a5aa-4931-b5f5-}}</ref> Sentencing guidelines are now a feature of Irish law.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Judgments {{!}} The Courts Service of Ireland |url=https://ww2.courts.ie/view/Judgments/5e322921-ac0b-49b7-a83e-c6b2d67ce108/37de82a2-fae9-45a0-a3ba-6ea6fe76c878/2025_IECA_254.pdf/pdf |access-date=2026-04-15 |website=ww2.courts.ie}}</ref> Other cases of note include ''James Elliot Construction Ltd v Irish Asphalt Ltd and Others'' [2011] IEHC 338, where, after a lengthy trial on liability for a building’s ruination, the plaintiff was granted €1,000,000.00 on account of damages and €500,000.00 towards costs,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Judgments {{!}} The Courts Service of Ireland |url=https://ww2.courts.ie/view/Judgments/6bb5980d-4839-49de-919f-1330c5172df9/39c7eaa2-fc98-4bc9-92e5-c1b24772c5f1/2011_IEHC_338_1.pdf/pdf |access-date=2025-12-04 |website=ww2.courts.ie}}</ref> and ''Weston Ltd v An Bord Pleanála'' [2010] IEHC 255, where it was held that An Bord Pleanála lawfully refused planning permission for six new hangars at Weston Executive Airport, affirming that preventing intensification of use is a core principle of sustainable planning in line with global norms on controlling airport expansion in sensitive greenbelt zones.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Judgments {{!}} The Courts Service of Ireland |url=https://ww2.courts.ie/view/Judgments/3ab0e160-b8d0-4738-931e-034c64af6856/86b4795c-4cc4-4316-89b0-edcf338ce3f4/2010_IEHC_255_1.pdf/pdf |access-date=2025-12-04 |website=ww2.courts.ie}}</ref> In the realm of intellectual property law, Charleton also had to decide in the case of ''Ivax v Glaxo'' 2008 No. 3PAP on whether combining two known asthma drugs, salmeterol and fluticasone, into a single inhaler involved an inventive step or was an obvious development, and thus whether Glaxo’s patent for Seretide was valid, finding that ultimately it was not as the subject matter of the patent was not patentable.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Judgments {{!}} The Courts Service of Ireland |url=https://ww2.courts.ie/view/Judgments/b5e8e2b8-87b8-4a77-ae6b-370aacfeffc2/062896aa-43f7-4c9f-9059-6a9f43c041f6/2009_IEHC_277_1.pdf/pdf |access-date=2025-12-04 |website=ww2.courts.ie}}</ref>
Charleton was also the first judge from the common law tradition to impose graduated restrictions on internet copyright violations.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Judgments {{!}} The Courts Service of Ireland |url=https://ww2.courts.ie/view/judgments/7c7073a4-7097-4479-b559-540868a0f1a9/860a5711-0372-4479-962b-21e3307b9ca8/2010_IEHC_377_1.pdf/pdf |access-date=2025-12-12 |website=ww2.courts.ie}}</ref>
He has also acted as an ad hoc judge of the European Court of Human Rights.<ref>{{cite court |litigants=O'Keeffe v Ireland|reporter= no. 35810/09|court=European Court of Human Rights |date=28 January 2014 |url=https://www.dfa.ie/media/dfa/alldfawebsitemedia/ourrolesandpolicies/internationallaw/Okeeffe-v-ireland.pdf |access-date=4 May 2020}}</ref>
===Supreme Court=== He was nominated to the Supreme Court in June 2014 and appointed by President Michael D. Higgins in July 2014.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/charleton-nominated-to-the-supreme-court-30363206.html|title=Charleton nominated to the Supreme Court|work=Irish Independent|date=18 June 2014|access-date=25 July 2014|archive-date=25 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925011540/http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/charleton-nominated-to-the-supreme-court-30363206.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=President appoints Mr Justice Peter Charleton as Supreme Court Judge |url=https://www.president.ie/en/diary/details/aras-an-uachtarain-16 |website=President.ie |accessdate=4 May 2020 |archive-date=19 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201219204311/https://president.ie/en/diary/details/aras-an-uachtarain-16 |url-status=live }}</ref>
Charleton has written judgments for the Supreme Court on key aspects of criminal law. In 2016, he outlined the nature of consent in law in the context of sexual offences.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Keena |first1=Colm |title='Unreasonable' belief consent was given is defence to rape, court ruled |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/unreasonable-belief-consent-was-given-is-defence-to-rape-court-ruled-1.3446000 |access-date=1 May 2021 |newspaper=The Irish Times |language=en |archive-date=9 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109042004/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/unreasonable-belief-consent-was-given-is-defence-to-rape-court-ruled-1.3446000 |url-status=live }}</ref> He developed the substance of Irish common law defences of duress and provocation in the ''Gleeson'' and ''McNamara'' cases respectively, in both instances deploying tests using mixed standards of objective and subjective elements.<ref>{{cite news |title=Supreme Court: Trial judge did not misdirect jury in prison officer's trial for drug possession |url=https://irishlegal.com/article/supreme-court-trial-judge-did-not-misdirect-jury-in-prison-officer-s-trial-for-drug-possession |access-date=1 May 2021 |work=Irish Legal News |language=en |archive-date=1 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501131752/https://irishlegal.com/article/supreme-court-trial-judge-did-not-misdirect-jury-in-prison-officer-s-trial-for-drug-possession |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=The Provocation Defence in Ireland – Criminal Justice Notes |url=https://blogs.kent.ac.uk/criminaljusticenotes/2020/07/30/the-provocation-defence-in-ireland/ |access-date=1 May 2021 |work=University of Kent |archive-date=1 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501131750/https://blogs.kent.ac.uk/criminaljusticenotes/2020/07/30/the-provocation-defence-in-ireland/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Charleton has also written a number of other judgments such as ''Island Ferries Teoranta v Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources & Ors'' [2015] IESC 95, which held that harbour charges must stay within the limits of delegated legislative power, striking down arbitrary State-imposed fees at Ros a’ Mhíl while upholding more modest, socially justified charges at Cill Rónáin, emphasising fair pricing and the need to avoid exploiting consumers or distorting competition through unfair pricing or exclusionary practices.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Judgments {{!}} The Courts Service of Ireland |url=https://ww2.courts.ie/view/Judgments/ae9bb74e-e603-46f2-9b85-36fdc1f92aa6/c0947d21-c48f-417b-9861-74050bbdf488/2015_IESC_95_1.pdf/pdf |access-date=2025-12-04 |website=ww2.courts.ie}}</ref>
In the area of tort law, Charleton delivered a judgment in ''Cromane Seafoods Ltd v Minister for Agriculture'' [2016] IESC 6 where it was held that the Minister was not liable in negligence or for breach of legitimate expectation by closing Castlemaine Harbour to comply with EU conservation law, Charleton emphasising in his judgment that liability for closing Castlemaine Harbour could not arise without first invalidating the statutory instruments, underscoring the principle that environmental compliance decisions are matters for law and governance.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Judgments {{!}} The Courts Service of Ireland |url=https://ww2.courts.ie/view/Judgments/688a1a7b-4da5-48b5-bd80-95b35183c157/cdae7c2c-5521-4823-9a22-bcc5cb52e655/2016_IESC_6_2.pdf/pdf |access-date=2025-12-04 |website=ww2.courts.ie}}</ref> In ''Bederev v Ireland Ors'' [2016] IESC 34, Charleton delivered a judgment which upheld the power to add drugs to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 schedule, ruling that this was a constitutionally valid delegation of detail, not law-making, because clear principles and Oireachtas oversight existed.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Judgments {{!}} The Courts Service of Ireland |url=https://ww2.courts.ie/view/Judgments/764c70a5-b2a2-4ce8-b49a-38a5e0cc8c2f/b86c4cd8-382e-46bf-b4e9-a0304a2a1e0e/2016_IESC_34_2.pdf/pdf |access-date=2025-12-04 |website=ww2.courts.ie}}</ref> In ''Gearty v Director of Public Prosecutions & Ors'' [2024] IESC 45, the Minister’s power to create indictable offences by regulation to enforce EU habitat directives was upheld, with Charleton J stressing that such delegation is valid when narrowly bounded and necessitated by European law, reflecting a wider trend of states using strong criminal sanctions to meet biodiversity and climate obligations.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Judgments {{!}} The Courts Service of Ireland |url=https://ww2.courts.ie/view/Judgments/3fa31273-b0de-406c-80c8-24131d04d7b7/2c4bcb25-9b19-4b50-86f6-cadc311052c4/2024_IESC_45_.pdf/pdf |access-date=2025-12-04 |website=ww2.courts.ie}}</ref>
In the area of competition law, Charleton delivered a judgment in ''CRH Plc, Irish Cement & Ors v The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission'' [2017] IESC 34, where it was held that under section 37 of the Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2014, investigators may lawfully copy and remove digital records for off-site forensic examination, rejecting arguments that scrutiny must occur on-site. He emphasised that retention and later analysis are inherent in statutory powers to seize and copy, provided privacy rights under Article 8 ECHR are respected through proportionate safeguards. The judgment outlined practical measures, such as keyword searches, destruction of irrelevant material, and possible attendance by representatives, to balance effective enforcement of competition law with constitutional and Convention rights, but that these are limited to competition law and do not apply in, for instance, criminal investigations.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Judgments {{!}} The Courts Service of Ireland |url=https://ww2.courts.ie/view/Judgments/45ba0b17-3b65-4d45-a4a7-b65e02d5766d/c0f09a69-0d64-44e4-8781-b3bb9d6b6dcd/2017_IESC_34_3.pdf/pdf |access-date=2025-12-04 |website=ww2.courts.ie}}</ref>
Judgment was delivered by Charleton in ''Sweeney v Ireland'' [2019] IESC 39 Charleton, writing for the Court, upheld the constitutionality of disclosure obligations under section 9 of the Offences Against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 ruling that the provision was sufficiently certain, requiring witnesses, not suspects, to disclose information about serious offences that could assist a prosecution, thus not infringing the right to silence or the privilege against self-incrimination as the duty does not apply to those who would incriminate themselves, and the “reasonable excuse” exemption covers such situations.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Judgments {{!}} The Courts Service of Ireland |url=https://ww2.courts.ie/view/Judgments/f9c1a463-b4e1-4ce2-8d1c-d52939fc2c99/eac5ef57-53eb-45bc-a8a1-9ca4f6d3d575/2019_IESC_39_1.pdf/pdf |access-date=2025-12-04 |website=ww2.courts.ie}}</ref> A further judgment regarding the right to silence was delivered by Charleton J in ''Poptoshev v Ireland & Ors'' [2025] IESC 47, where Charleton, writing for the Court, upheld the constitutionality of compelling suspects to provide passwords under judicial warrant, provided what is revealed by a suspect, under compulsion of prosecution, is excluded at any criminal trial for the offence under investigation ruling that such measures. This limit on the right to silence was held to be proportionate, and necessary for investigations and lawful digital searches.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Judgments {{!}} The Courts Service of Ireland |url=https://ww2.courts.ie/view/Judgments/895985f1-11f3-473d-a25b-a154280fed95/cff604bd-60f2-4fc9-b008-73767052680d/2025_IESC_47%20Charleton%20J.pdf/pdf |access-date=2025-12-04 |website=ww2.courts.ie}}</ref>
In ''Braney v Special Criminal Court'' [2021] IESC 7, Charleton, writing for the Court, upheld extended detention under the Offences Against the State Act 1939 as constitutional, affirming that differentiated safeguards for terrorism offences are lawful and necessary to balance security with fundamental rights, and that in any case of detention, a member of An Garda Síochána must form a reasonable suspicion that a person is guilty of an arrestable offence.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Judgments {{!}} The Courts Service of Ireland |url=https://ww2.courts.ie/view/Judgments/cf70b2e8-287b-481f-9231-832fe004143e/dc53bf03-7731-4547-a89a-6dc67c42ccbc/2021_IESC_7.pdf/pdf |access-date=2025-12-04 |website=ww2.courts.ie}}</ref>
In the aftermath of the pandemic, a constitutional issue arose in ''Burke v The Minister for Education'' [2022] IESC 1, in which Charleton delivered a judgment, holding that excluding home-schooled students from pandemic-era calculated grades unlawfully interfered with constitutional rights, highlighting that the Government’s postponement of the Leaving Certificate was a valid exercise of executive power, but the CGEO’s refusal to award calculated grades was an unconstitutional administrative act that breached students’ rights by denying them access to third-level education.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Judgments {{!}} The Courts Service of Ireland |url=https://ww2.courts.ie/view/Judgments/3739dc28-642c-4532-9bb1-30ee7b0d6b28/2d4f130e-857b-4704-8c88-179cb5ad1efc/2022_IESC_1_Charleton%20J..pdf/pdf |access-date=2025-12-04 |website=ww2.courts.ie}}</ref>
In relation to intellectual property law, a reference to the Court of Justice of the European Union was written by Charleton in ''Merck Sharp & Dohme Ltd v Clonmel Healthcare Ltd'' [2022] IESC 11 in relation to the interpretation of Regulation (EC) No 469/2009 on supplementary protection certificates (SPCs) for medicinal products, arising from an appeal by Merck Sharp & Dohme regarding the validity of an SPC for its cholesterol-lowering combination product, Inegy, under Articles 3(a) and 3(c) of the Regulation. With Charleton writing for the Court, the reference was made having regard to the fact that the matter was not ''acte clair'', as there was still uncertainty as to whether multiple SPCs may be granted for products covered by a single patent, particularly where claims include both a novel active ingredient and combinations with known substances.<ref name="ww2.courts.ie">{{Cite web |title=Judgments {{!}} The Courts Service of Ireland |url=https://ww2.courts.ie/view/Judgments/243fc83b-b5ae-47e2-921c-417fb92da9bf/efac8f48-1588-47ee-8cc0-62d31cbf41c5/2022_IESC_11%20(Unapproved).pdf/pdf |access-date=2025-12-04 |website=ww2.courts.ie}}</ref>
The issue of police powers and search warrants were also considered by Charleton in ''The People (DPP) v Quirke'' [2023] IESC 5, where Charleton held that, while Gardaí could seize a computer during a lawful search, they could not examine its digital contents without judicial authorisation, outlining that computers hold vast personal data and raise heightened privacy concerns, requiring investigators to inform the District Court when seeking access to the “virtual space” of a device.<ref name="ww2.courts.ie"/>
In ''Delaney v Personal Injuries Assessment Board'' [2024] IESC 10'','' it was held by Charleton that judicially drafted personal injury guidelines are constitutional once ratified by the Oireachtas, affirming that structured guidance to promote consistency in damages aligns with rule-of-law principles seen internationally.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Judgments {{!}} The Courts Service of Ireland |url=https://ww2.courts.ie/view/Judgments/2999037c-4eb0-4ad2-98c4-2ae44198570a/da4cec77-2056-4194-96cd-cfe96dbaf92b/2024_IESC_10_(Charleton%20J).pdf/pdf |access-date=2025-12-04 |website=ww2.courts.ie}}</ref>
Regarding the area of possession and inferences in criminal law, the judgment of ''DPP v DT'' [2025] IESC 25 delivered by Charleton it was held that a joint enterprise to possess drugs may be established where the surrounding circumstances indicate that the accused was knowingly involved in the control of contraband, and that such involvement may arise through practical assistance or active encouragement of the enterprise. It was further held that in determining whether the accused was engaged in a joint enterprise, a jury may draw support from the failure of the accused to provide an explanation, when required under statute, for their presence at a location where drugs were discovered.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Judgments {{!}} The Courts Service of Ireland |url=https://ww2.courts.ie/view/Judgments/2a41e932-501f-4835-b16f-ac20b566845d/3180a6d3-313a-457b-95c2-58b2517ef05e/2025_IESC_25_.pdf/pdf |access-date=2025-12-04 |website=ww2.courts.ie}}</ref> Regarding joint enterprise, Charleton also delivered judgment in ''The People (DPP) v MB'' [2024] IESC 33, where it was held that under the doctrine of common design, sustained participation in a brutal pattern of assaults made the accused liable for co‑actor’s escalation, underscoring the principle that recklessness and shared intent can ground criminal responsibility.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Judgments {{!}} The Courts Service of Ireland |url=https://ww2.courts.ie/search/Judgments/%22%20type:Judgment%22%20AND%20%22filter:alfresco_radio.title%22%20AND%20%22filter:alfresco_NeutralCitation.%5B2024%5D%20IESC%2033%22 |access-date=2025-12-04 |website=ww2.courts.ie}}</ref>
A number of notable dissents have also been written by Charleton, including those in ''Dwyer v Commissioner of An Garda Síochána'' [2020] IESC 4,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Judgments {{!}} The Courts Service of Ireland |url=https://ww2.courts.ie/view/Judgments/84747e44-cc0f-4338-bfa3-e8afbf89dab6/3d6eb55c-dc1d-4487-8944-611754e6c164/2020_IESC_4_Charleton%20J.pdf/pdf |access-date=2025-12-04 |website=ww2.courts.ie}}</ref> ''Zalewski v Adjudication Office & Ors'' [2021] IESC 24,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Judgments {{!}} The Courts Service of Ireland |url=https://ww2.courts.ie/view/Judgments/941feac6-95bd-4214-8130-3af746887a7c/85524180-e4af-4b32-abe6-9c64b24bb759/2021_IESC_24%20Charleton%20J..pdf/pdf |access-date=2025-12-04 |website=ww2.courts.ie}}</ref> ''Heneghan v the Minister for Housing & Ors'' [2023] IESC 7,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Judgments {{!}} The Courts Service of Ireland |url=https://ww2.courts.ie/view/Judgments/53b0873c-0568-4868-abba-8a4c29f55abf/006cfccd-495c-4de0-a1f8-e0209047dccb/2023_IESC_7_(Charleton%20J).pdf/pdf |access-date=2025-12-04 |website=ww2.courts.ie}}</ref> ''Costello v The Government of Ireland & Ors'' [2022] IESC 44,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Judgments {{!}} The Courts Service of Ireland |url=https://ww2.courts.ie/view/Judgments/1b47f06b-e2f1-4a9c-a7f1-452306ec63d0/bc918f1c-9730-4c69-acde-a76d256e37b5/2022_IESC_44_(Charleton%20J).pdf/pdf |access-date=2025-12-04 |website=ww2.courts.ie}}</ref> and ''McCool v Honeywell Control Systems Ltd'' [2024] IESC 5.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Judgments {{!}} The Courts Service of Ireland |url=https://ww2.courts.ie/view/Judgments/a1441ceb-4840-4ff3-83da-5fa4733e2e27/49fd394d-9946-4c9a-b773-73c1e385d55a/2024_IESC_5_(Charleton%20J).pdf/pdf |access-date=2025-12-04 |website=ww2.courts.ie}}</ref>
In September 2023, Charleton also took up the role of Director of Judicial Studies for the Irish courts, which involves delivering education in the three key areas of black letter law, judge-craft, and appreciation of the changed nature of Irish society.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Carolan |first=Mary |title=Judiciary 'will not be influenced by public reaction', says judge, amid criticism of lenient sentences |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2025/05/04/not-everyone-has-to-be-sent-to-jail-the-judges-who-train-peers-on-sentencing/ |access-date=2025-12-08 |website=The Irish Times |language=en}}</ref>
He retired from the Supreme Court in April 2026 having reached the statutory retirement age of 70 for judges in Ireland.<ref name="Appointments to the Supreme Court"/>
===Disclosures Tribunal=== In 2017, he was appointed sole member of the Disclosures Tribunal investigation into allegations of Garda Síochána malpractice.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2017/0227/855663-trbunal/|title=Judge outlines details of McCabe tribunal|date=27 February 2017|work=RTÉ.ie|accessdate=27 February 2017|archive-date=27 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170227035342/http://www.rte.ie/news/2017/0227/855663-trbunal/|url-status=live}}</ref> He published two substantive reports as chair of the Tribunal.<ref name="2018 Report">{{cite web |title=2018 Supreme Court Annual Report |url=http://www.supremecourt.ie/supremecourt/sclibrary3.nsf/(WebFiles)/721D16DCC8DE6F45802583B00037C20A/$FILE/2018%20Supreme%20Court%20Annual%20Report.pdf |website=Supreme Court |accessdate=21 April 2019 |ref=2018 |archive-date=21 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191221193853/http://www.supremecourt.ie/supremecourt/sclibrary3.nsf/(WebFiles)/721D16DCC8DE6F45802583B00037C20A/$FILE/2018%20Supreme%20Court%20Annual%20Report.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
The portion of the inquiry presided over by Charleton ran from February 2017 until October 2018.<ref>{{cite news |title=Q&A: The Charleton Tribunal explained |url=https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/qa-the-charleton-tribunal-explained-875131.html |accessdate=4 May 2020 |work=Breaking News |date=11 October 2018 |archive-date=10 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190410185252/https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/qa-the-charleton-tribunal-explained-875131.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In his findings from the inquiry, he found that a Garda sergeant, Maurice McCabe, had been subject to a smear campaign by the Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan and a Garda press officer, but not from subsequent Commissioner Nóirín O'Sullivan and other Gardaí.<ref name="RTE Disclosure Publication">{{cite news |title=McCabe 'happy' but report 'hard to take' |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2018/1011/1002457-disclosures-tribunal-report/ |accessdate=4 May 2020 |work=RTÉ News |date=11 October 2018 |language=en |archive-date=15 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191115122352/https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2018/1011/1002457-disclosures-tribunal-report/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He was also critical of the Child and Family Agency in handling claims of rape.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Thomas |first1=Conal |title=Tribunal 'might have been unnecessary' had Tusla admitted what happened with McCabe allegation |url=https://www.thejournal.ie/a-catalogue-of-mistakes-and-failures-meant-that-maurice-mccabe-was-accused-of-digitally-penetrating-a-child-and-it-was-the-job-of-the-disclosures-tribunal-to-find-out-how-it-happened-although-i-thin-4280206-Oct2018/ |accessdate=4 May 2020 |work=TheJournal.ie |date=11 October 2018 |language=en |archive-date=14 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191214134653/https://www.thejournal.ie/a-catalogue-of-mistakes-and-failures-meant-that-maurice-mccabe-was-accused-of-digitally-penetrating-a-child-and-it-was-the-job-of-the-disclosures-tribunal-to-find-out-how-it-happened-although-i-thin-4280206-Oct2018/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
In his concluding remarks on his findings, he criticised the Gardaí and the Child and Family Agency for not having organisational mentalities of learning from their errors. He was particularly critical of the credibility of evidence given by several senior members of the police force.<ref name="3rd Interim Report">{{cite web |title=Third interim report of the tribunal of inquiry into protected disclosures |url=http://www.disclosuretribunal.ie/en/DIS/Third%20Interim%20Report.pdf/Files/Third%20Interim%20Report.pdf |publisher=Disclosures Tribunal |accessdate=4 May 2020 |pages=292–300 |archive-date=15 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200215085616/http://www.disclosuretribunal.ie/en/DIS/Third%20Interim%20Report.pdf/Files/Third%20Interim%20Report.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> Drew Harris, O'Sullivan's successor as commissioner, said on its publication that the report was "difficult reading for the organisation" and the Gardaí would move to have "an open and inclusive culture".<ref name="RTE Disclosure Publication" />
Subsequently, he criticised the manner in which tribunals of inquiry are conducted in Ireland. He suggested that instead of being run in a format akin to criminal trials, the main aspect of the inquiry should be directed from the tribunal itself.<ref>{{cite news |title=Mr Justice Charleton calls for 'rebalancing' of tribunals of inquiry system |url=https://www.irishlegal.com/article/mr-justice-charleton-calls-for-rebalancing-of-tribunals-of-inquiry-system |accessdate=4 May 2020 |work=Irish Legal News |date=22 July 2019 |language=en}}</ref> He later co-authored a journal article about his proposals for change.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Charleton |first1=Peter |last2=Herlihy |first2=Ciara |last3=Carey |first3=Paul |title=Clocha Ceangailte agus Madraí Scaoilte or How Tribunals of Inquiry Ran Away from Us |journal=Dublin University Law Journal |date=2019 |volume=41 |issue=2}}</ref>
==Personal life== He is married and has three children. He was a founder-member of the National Symphony Chorus RTÉ Philharmonic Choir and a member of the board of the Irish Baroque Orchestra.<ref name="2018 Report" />
==Publications== {{Refbegin}} * {{cite journal|last1=Charleton|first1=Peter|title=Improperly Obtained Evidence and the Constitution|journal=Law Society Gazette|date=October 1980}} * {{cite journal|last1=Charleton|first1=Peter|title=Family Law - Mareva Injuntions|journal=DULJ|date=1982|volume=4|issue=95}} * {{cite journal|last1=Charleton|first1=Peter|title=The Powers of the Police: A Critical Overview|journal=Law Society of Ireland Gazette|version=1982}} * {{cite journal|last1=Charleton|first1=Peter|title=An Outline of Extradition Law|journal=Law Society of Ireland Gazette|date=May 1982|page=161}} * {{cite journal|last1=Charleton|first1=Peter|title=The Scope of the Remedy of the Barring Order|journal=Irish Law Times|date=1983}} * {{cite journal|last1=Charleton|first1=Peter|title=Family Law - Mareva Injuntions|journal=DULJ|date=1982|volume=4|issue=95}} * {{cite journal|last1=Charleton|first1=Peter|title=Criminal law - Protecting the mentally subnormal against sexual exploitation|journal=DULJ|date=1984|volume=6|issue=165}} * {{cite journal|last1=Charleton|first1=Peter|title=The Scope of the Doctrine of Common Design|journal=Irish Law Times|date=1985}} * {{cite book|last1=Charleton|first1=Peter|title=Controlled Drugs and the Criminal Law|date=1986|publisher=An Cló Liúir|location=Dublin|isbn=0951103709}} * {{cite journal|last1=Charleton|first1=Peter|title=Extradition from Ireland to the United Kingdom|journal=Journal of Criminal Law|date=1989|volume=53|issue=2|page=235|doi=10.1177/002201838905300207|s2cid=149386648}} * {{cite journal|last1=Charleton|first1=Peter|title=The Victim in Irish Constitutional Law: A New Departure|journal=Irish Law Times|date=1990|volume=8|pages=140–143}} * {{cite journal|last1=Charleton|first1=Peter|title=Causation in the Law of Homicide|journal=Irish Criminal Law Journal|date=1991|volume=1|issue=1|pages=68–85}} * {{cite book|last1=Charleton|first1=Peter|title=Offences Against the Person|date=1992|publisher=Round Hall Press|location=Blackrock, Co. Dublin|isbn=9780947686857}} * {{cite journal|last1=Charleton|first1=Peter|title=Judicial Discretion in Abortion: The Irish Perspective|journal=International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family|date=December 1992|volume=6|issue=3|pages=349–380|doi=10.1093/lawfam/6.3.349}} * {{cite book|last1=Charleton|first1=Peter|title=Criminal law: Cases & Materials|date=1992|publisher=Butterworth Ireland|location=Dublin|isbn=9781854751690}} * {{cite journal|last1=Charleton|first1=Peter|title=Drugs and Crime - Making the Connection: A Discussion Paper|journal=Irish Criminal Law Journal|date=1995|volume=5|issue=2|pages=220–240}} * {{cite journal|last1=Charleton|first1=Peter|last2=Bolger|first2=Marguerite|title=The Law at Life's End|journal=Law Society of Ireland Gazette|date=January–February 1995|volume=29|issue=29, Part 2|pages=29–77}} * {{cite journal|last1=Charleton|first1=Peter|last2=Bolger|first2=Marguerite|title=The Competition (Amendment) Act, 1996: Extending the Criminal Law|journal=The Bar Review|date=1998|volume=3|issue=5}} * {{cite journal|last1=Charleton|first1=Peter|last2=McDermott|first2=Paul Anthony|title=Drugs: The Judicial Response|journal=The Bar Review|date=1998|volume=3|issue=7}} * {{cite book|last1=Charleton|first1=Peter|last2=McDermott|first2=Paul Anthony|last3=Bolger|first3=Marguerite|title=Criminal law|date=1999|publisher=Butterworths|location=Dublin|isbn=9781854758453}} * {{cite journal|last1=Charleton|first1=Peter|last2=McDermott|first2=Paul Anthony|title=Constitutional Implications of Plea Bargaining|journal=The Bar Review|date=2000|volume=5|issue=9}} * {{cite journal|last1=Charleton|first1=Peter|last2=McDermott|first2=Paul Anthony|title=From Diplock Courts to Jury Courts|journal=The Bar Review|date=2000|volume=8|pages=99–135}} * {{cite journal|last1=Charleton|first1=Peter|last2=McDermott|first2=Paul Anthony|title=The Illegal Immigrants Trafficking Act 2000|journal=The Bar Review|date=2000|volume=6|issue=3|pages=170}} * {{cite journal|last1=Charleton|first1=Peter|title=Fou Ts'ong: L'Incroyable Histoire d'Un Talent Venu d'Extrême-Orient|journal=Piano: Le Magazine|date=2000|volume=14|pages=17–23}} * {{cite journal|last1=Charleton|first1=Peter|last2=McDermott|first2=Paul Anthony|title=Constitutional Aspects of Non-Jury Courts|journal=The Bar Review|date=2001|volume=6|issue=3|pages=141–148}} * {{cite book|last1=Charleton|first1=Peter|title=Lies in a Mirror: An Essay on Evil and Deceit|date=2006|publisher=Blackhall Publishing Ltd.|isbn=9781842181010}} * {{cite journal|last1=Charleton|first1=Peter|title=Employment injunctions: an over-loose discretion|date=2009|url=https://www.ijsj.ie/editions/older-editions/2009-edition-02/#employment-injunctions-an-over-loose-discretion|journal=Irish Judicial Studies Journal|volume=2|pages=1–25|access-date=2021-05-06|archive-date=2021-05-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507122041/https://www.ijsj.ie/editions/older-editions/2009-edition-02/#employment-injunctions-an-over-loose-discretion|url-status=live}} * {{cite journal|last1=Charleton|first1=Peter|title=Some Thought for New Entrants to the Law Library|journal=The Bar Review|date=2009|volume=14|issue=5|pages=90–92}} * {{cite journal|last1=Charleton|first1=Peter|last2=Byrne|first2=Stephen|title=Sexual Violence: Witnesses and Suspects - a Debating Document|journal=Irish Journal of Legal Studies|date=2010|volume=1|issue=1|pages=1–83}} * {{cite journal|last1=Charleton|first1=Peter|last2=Kelly|first2=Sinéad|title=Marriage and the Family: A Changing Institution?|journal=The Bar Review|date=2013|volume=16|issue=5–6|pages=103}} * {{cite journal|last1=Charleton|first1=Peter|last2=Scott|first2=Lisa|title=Throw Away the Key: Public and Judicial Approaches to Sentencing - Towards Reconciliation|date=2013|volume=10|pages=7–36|url=https://www.pbni.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/IPJ-Vol-10-2013.pdf#page=9|journal=Irish Probation Journal|access-date=2022-07-15}} * {{cite journal|last1=Charleton|first1=Peter|last2=Kelly|first2=Sinéad|title=The Oracle Speaks Case C128/11|journal=The Bar Review|date=2013|volume=18|issue=3|pages=33–44}} * {{cite journal|last1=Charleton|first1=Peter|last2=Reilly|first2=Sinéad|title=Passing Off: An Uncertain Remedy|date=2015|url=https://fordhamipinstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/7B-4-Charleton-Peter-PDF.pdf|journal=|publisher=Fordham Intellectual Property Conference|access-date=2021-05-01|archive-date=2021-05-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501112826/https://fordhamipinstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/7B-4-Charleton-Peter-PDF.pdf|url-status=live}} * {{cite journal|last1=Charleton|first1=Peter|last2=Molloy|first2=Saoirse|title=Case Management: Fairness for the Litigants, Justice for the Parties|journal=The Bar Review|date=2015|volume=20|issue=3|pages=59–64}} * {{cite journal|last1=Charleton|first1=Peter|last2=Cox|first2=Angelina|title=Accepting the Judgments of the Court of Justice of the EU as Authoritative: The Supreme Court of Ireland, the European Stability Mechanism and the Importance of Legal Certainty|journal=Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law|date=February 2016|volume=23|issue=1|pages=204–215|doi=10.1177/1023263X1602300113|s2cid=157440882}} * {{Cite journal|last1=Charleton|first1=Peter|last2=Pratt-O'Brien|first2=Ross|last3=Libreri|first3=Emma|date=2017|title=Blasphemy: religion challenges freedom of speech|url=https://www.ijsj.ie/editions/2017-edition-01/#blasphemy-religion-challenges-freedom-of-speech-charleton,-pratt-obrien-and-libreri|journal=Irish Judicial Studies Journal|volume=1|pages=15–30|access-date=2021-05-06|archive-date=2021-01-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124060831/https://www.ijsj.ie/editions/2017-edition-01/#blasphemy-religion-challenges-freedom-of-speech-charleton,-pratt-obrien-and-libreri|url-status=live}} * {{cite journal|last1=Charleton|first1=Peter|last2=Kelly|first2=Sinéad|title=Passing Off: A Flexible Safety Net for the Traders|journal=20 Years of the Boards of Appeal at EUIPO|date=2017|pages=136}} * {{Cite journal|last1=Charleton|first1=Peter|last2=Herlihy|first2=Ciara|date=2018|title=The impact of the digital age on law|url=https://www.ijsj.ie/editions/2018-edition-01/#the-impact-of-the-digital-age-on-law-mr-justice-peter-charleton-and-ciara-herlihy|journal=Irish Judicial Studies Journal|volume=2|issue=1|pages=50–66|access-date=2021-05-06|archive-date=2021-01-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124045322/https://www.ijsj.ie/editions/2018-edition-01/#the-impact-of-the-digital-age-on-law-mr-justice-peter-charleton-and-ciara-herlihy|url-status=live}} * {{Cite journal|last1=Charleton|first1=Peter|last2=Herlihy|first2=Ciara|date=2018|title=L'Impacte de l'Age Numérique sur le Droit|url=https://www.ijsj.ie/editions/2018-edition-01/|journal=Irish Judicial Studies Journal|volume=2|issue=1|pages=55–72|access-date=2023-05-06|archive-date=14 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210514192635/https://ijsj.ie/editions/2018-edition-01/#the-impact-of-the-digital-age-on-law-mr-justice-peter-charleton-and-ciara-herlihy|url-status=bot: unknown}} * {{Cite journal|last1=Charleton|first1=Peter|last2=Herlihy|first2=Ciara|date=2019|title=Truth To Be Told: Understanding Truth In The Age Of Post-Truth Politics|url=https://www.ijsj.ie/editions/2019-edition-01/#truth-to-be-told-understanding-truth-in-the-age-of-post-truth-politics|journal=Irish Judicial Studies Journal|volume=01 2019|pages=1–18|access-date=2021-05-06|archive-date=2021-06-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210615214240/https://www.ijsj.ie/editions/2019-edition-01/#truth-to-be-told-understanding-truth-in-the-age-of-post-truth-politics|url-status=live}} * {{cite journal|last1=Charleton|first1=Peter|last2=Herlihy|first2=Ciara|last3=Carey|first3=Paul|title=Clocha Ceangailte agus Madraí Scaoilte or How Tribunals of Inquiry Ran Away from Us|journal=Dublin University Law Journal|date=2019|volume=41|issue=2}} * {{Cite journal|last1=Charleton|first1=Peter|last2=Charleton|first2=Clara|last3=Laurent|first3=Quentin|date=2019|title=Patents granted to computer systems?|url=http://www.dulj.ie/dublin-university-law-journal-dulj-vol-42-1.html|journal=Dublin University Law Journal|volume=42|issue=1|pages=209–220|access-date=2021-05-06|archive-date=2021-03-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210301002401/http://www.dulj.ie/dublin-1university-law-journal-dulj-vol-42-1.html|url-status=live}} * {{Cite journal|last1=Charleton|first1=Peter|last2=Daly|first2=Conor|date=2020|title=Truth, Patriotism and the Heroic Narrative: The Case of Operation Anthropoid|url=https://www.ijsj.ie/assets/uploads/documents/pdfs/2020-Edition-01/8.%20Charleton%20and%20Daly.pdf|journal=Irish Judicial Studies Journal|volume=4|issue=1|pages=121–141|access-date=2021-05-06|archive-date=2021-01-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124051422/https://www.ijsj.ie/assets/uploads/documents/pdfs/2020-Edition-01/8.%20Charleton%20and%20Daly.pdf|url-status=live}} * {{Cite journal|last=Charleton|first=Peter|date=2020|title=Carl Jung, Father Victor White and the Book of Job|url=https://www.ijsj.ie/assets/uploads/documents/pdfs/2020-Edition-02/8.%20Charleton.pdf|journal=Irish Judicial Studies Journal|pages=134–147|access-date=2021-05-06|archive-date=2021-01-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124050553/https://www.ijsj.ie/assets/uploads/documents/pdfs/2020-Edition-02/8.%20Charleton.pdf|url-status=live}} * {{cite book|last1=Charleton|first1=Peter|last2=McDermott|first2=Paul Anthony|last3=Herlihy|first3=Ciara|last4=Byrne|first4=Stephen|title=Charleton & McDermott's Criminal law and evidence.|date=2020|publisher=Bloomsbury Professional|isbn=9781845922313|edition=Second}} * {{Cite journal|last1=Charleton|first1=Peter|last2=Cross|first2=Orlaith|date=2021|title=Towards a Presumption of Victimhood: Possibilities for Rebalancing the Criminal Process|url=https://ijsj.ie/editions/2021-edition-2/#towards-a-presumption-of-victimhood-possibilities-for-re-balancing-the-criminal-process|journal=Irish Judicial Studies Journal|pages=1–25|access-date=2021-12-22}} * {{Cite journal|last1=Charleton|first1=Peter|last2=Cross|first2=Orlaith|date=2022|title=Special Protection Certificates: Extending patent protection in the EU by administrative action: or is it something more?|url=https://fordhamipinstitute.com/material/papers-and-presentations-7/|journal=Fordham University 29th Annual IP Conference|access-date=2022-07-04}} * {{Cite journal|last1=Charleton|first1=Peter|date=2022|title=Cuban Missiles: A Warning on the Uncertainty of War|url=https://www.ijsj.ie/editions/2022-edition-2/#cuban-missiles-a-warning-on-the-uncertainty-of-war|journal=Irish Judicial Studies Journal|pages=91–113|access-date=2022-07-04}} * {{Cite journal|last1=Charleton|first1=Peter|last2=Rakhmanin|first2=Ivan|date=2023|title=The Safe Use of Expert Evidence|url=https://www.ijsj.ie/editions/2023-edition-1/#the-safe-use-of-expert-evidence|journal=Irish Judicial Studies Journal|volume=1|pages=52–69|access-date=2023-10-04}} * {{Cite journal|last1=Charleton|first1=Peter|last2=Lochrin|first2=Liam|date=2023|title=The Mysteries of the Common Law|url=https://www.ijsj.ie/editions/2023-edition-2/#the-mysteries-of-the-common-law|journal=Irish Judicial Studies Journal|volume=2|pages=45–62|access-date=2023-10-10}} * {{Cite journal|last1=Charleton|first1=Peter|last2=Lochrin|first2=Liam|date=2023|title=Les Mystères de la Common Law et Les Émotions des Juges|url=https://www.ijsj.ie/editions/2023-edition-2/#the-mysteries-of-the-common-law|journal=Irish Judicial Studies Journal|volume=2|pages=63–82|access-date=2023-10-10}} * {{Cite journal|last1=Charleton|first1=Peter|date=2023|title=The Assassination of Reinhard Heydrich|journal=IARMHÍ |edition=2023-2024 |volume=1 |issue=3 |pages=82–91}} * {{Cite journal|last1=Charleton|first1=Peter|last2=O'Connor|first2=Victoria|date=2024|title=Try Something Else: Contempt and Confusion|url=https://www.ijsj.ie/editions/2024-edition-1/#try-something-else-contempt-and-confusion|journal=Irish Judicial Studies Journal|volume=1|page=44|access-date=2023-05-15}} * {{Cite journal|last1=Charleton|first1=Peter|last2=Rakhmanin|first2=Ivan|date=2024|url=https://doi.org/10.1192/bja.2024.18|title=Expert evidence: dangers and the enhancement of reasoning|journal=BJPsych Advances|volume=30|issue=6|pages=338–345|doi=10.1192/bja.2024.18|access-date=2024-05-15|url-access=subscription}} * {{Cite journal|url=https://resolve.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/A1BA5C293537EF0A4BEE19E999047601/S0008197325100962a.pdf/eu_data_nullification_confusion_and_the_rule_of_law.pdf|title=EU Data Nullification: confusion and the rule of law|last=Charleton, Peter|first=O'Connor, Victoria|date=2025|journal=Cambridge Law Journal|issue=2|volume=84|via=Cambridge University Press}} {{Refend}}
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