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How to address a Judge?

  • 19-06-2020 12:13pm
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,393 ✭✭✭


    In the High Court is the Judge to be addressed as " your honour" ?
    If not what is she or he to be address as?

    thanks


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,508 ✭✭✭KevRossi


    Judge or Your Honour


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,292 ✭✭✭TheBoyConor


    Judge or Justice, or possibly Breitheamh

    "your Honour" is only an americanism, will only piss them off. You want to avoid that.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,644 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    Yes judge or no judge.


    If nervous they'll understand but it will always help to look at them and give eye contact and at least say hello and bye or thank you.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 357 ✭✭LegallyAbroad


    "Judge" or "A Bhreitheamh". That's it.

    Do not call them "Your Honour".


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,292 ✭✭✭TheBoyConor


    That's it. When your on the stand you say "yes judge" or "no judge" and whatever else your legal advisors tell you to say, and you say feck all else.

    Would "a breitheamh" come across as being a bit of a smart arse Gaeilgoir? I'd be inclined to stick with Judge.


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  • Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 41,235 Mod ✭✭✭✭Seth Brundle




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 63 ✭✭Dublinensis


    The official English-language forms of address are "Judge" (for where you might say "Sir" or "Madam" if you were talking to someone else) and "the Court" (sort of a more elevated form of "you").

    As in: "yes, Judge, I'll be sure to do that" or "perhaps the Court could turn to tab 3 of the booklet".

    It used to be "My Lord" and "Your Lordship", which some lawyers still occasionally use. These are best avoided: some judges like them but some very much don't.

    Do not call a High Court judge "your honour" or "justice". Only Circuit Court judges are officially styled (in writing) as "His Honour" or "Her Honour" and even they should not be addressed as "your honour" orally.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,632 ✭✭✭✭Marcusm


    "Your honour" is Anna Manahan (Mrs Cadogan) in the Irish RM, generally spoken in a manner whether it is questionable as to whether any honoiur is respected.


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