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Sweeney studied law at the University of Nottingham under Sir John Cyril Smith, was called to the bar in 1976 and was appointed Queen"s Counsel in 2000.
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Nigel Sweeney
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Mr Justice Sweeney, is a High Court judge. Previously he was a barrister in the United Kingdom, practising from 6 King"s Bench Walk. He has appeared in a number of cases including the trials of the 1984 Ireland Republican Army Brighton bombing and the attempted bombings of 21 July 2005.
He was appointed to the High Court in September 2008.
He was the presiding judge in the trial of two men responsible for the murder of Lee Rigby in 2013 and was the presiding judge in the trial of Rolf Harris.
