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John Collins (born 23 May 1944) is an Irish barrister called to the Bar in 1967. He was called to the English Bar in the Middle Temple in 1972. He was called to the Bar of New South Wales, Sydney in 1989. he has participated in prominent criminal court cases, primarily in England. He founded (Westgate Chambers ) in Lewes, Sussex in 1987. From there approximately 50 Barristers serve all of South East England. ==Personal life== He grew up in Killiney, Co. Dublin. He attended Presentation College, Glasthule, Cistercian College, Roscrea and Redemptorist College, Limerick. Whilst studying law at the King's Inns, Dublin, he was elected Auditor of the Law Students Debating Society. His Inaugural coincided with the 50th. Anniversary of the Easter Rising and was attended by a very distinguished audience. He delivered his Inaugural address "Retrospect 66" in front of the then President, Éamon de Valera, who was involved in that Rising. Also present was the British Ambassador, Sir Geoffrey Tory, Cardinal Conway, The Irish Chief Justice,(who later became President) Cearbhaill O Dalaigh, Sean Lemass, the Taoiseach and an array of Judges, Politicians and Lawyers.〔Irish Times February 19th 1966 - http://www.lostsheep.com/reference/DeValera_and_others.pdf〕〔Irish Times February 19th 1966 - http://www.lostsheep.com/reference/Conway19266.pdf〕〔Irish Times February 19th 1966 - http://www.lostsheep.com/reference/MainreportIT19266.pdf〕 Before settling down to practising law he founded Squash Ireland. This was the first commercial Squash venture in Ireland. Before he sold it to a consortia headed by Paddy McGrath, he had built 5 Courts in Rathgar, 6 in Dalkey and 8 in Clontarf. When he sold in 1975,〔Irish Times, January 3rd 1975 - http://www.lostsheep.com/reference/McGrath3175.pdf〕 he brought his wife and children to live in Pinner, Middlesex. This coincided with the deteriorating security situation in Ireland. He was married twice, to his first wife for 28 years and then to his second wife for 4 years. He has 5 children, Patrick (PJ), Aisling, Paul, Glenn and Maria. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Joseph Collins」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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