Darragh Coffey accepts instructions in all areas of Chambers’ work and is working to develop a broad practice. He appears in courts and tribunals on behalf of both Claimants and Defendants in a range of civil hearings.

Darragh joins Chambers as tenant after having successfully completing pupillage at 1COR. During pupillage, Darragh was supervised by Richard Smith, Richard Mumford, Amy Mannion and Alasdair Henderson, spending three months with each and gaining experience across Chambers’ main practice areas.

Before to coming to the Bar, Darragh spent four years at the University of Cambridge where he is pursuing a Ph.D. in the area of human rights law. Prior to that, he served for six years as an Army Officer in the Irish Defence Forces.

While at Cambridge, Darragh was the executive chairperson of the Cambridge Pro Bono Project, Co-Convener of the Cambridge International and European Law Conference and taught small group sessions on the Human Rights and Civil Liberties module on the LLM course.

Awards

  • Travelling Studentship in Law, National University of Ireland (2014-2018)
  • Faculty of Law Ph.D. Bursary, University of Cambridge (2014-2017)
  • Francis and Buris Gahan Scholarship, Inner Temple (2016)
  • BPTC Exhibition Award, Inner Temple (2016)
  • BPTC Excellence Award, BPP Law School (2016)

Education

  • Bar Professional Training Course (Very Competent), BPP Law School (2016-2018, Part-time)
  • LLM (First Class Honours), University College Dublin (2013)
  • Dip. Management and Defence Studies, Irish Defence Forces Military College (2009)
  • BCL (hons.) (First Class Honours), University College Dublin (2008)

Memberships

  • Inner Temple

Publications

‘Standards of Scrutiny in Judicial Review of Deportation Decisions Involving Article 3, ECHR –X.X. v Minister for Justice and Equality’ (2017) 57 The Irish Jurist 144

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