University News Last updated 04 November 2013
Senior Lecturer in Law, Dr Jon Yorke, has recently visited the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg and had the privilege of interviewing the British Judge on the Court, Judge Paul Mahoney.
Judge Paul Mahoney has spent much of his professional career at the European Court of Human Rights after being recruited by the Court on a temporary contract to work on the case of Golder v. the United Kingdom in 1974. He read law at Oxford University and University College London, taught law at University College London and practiced as a barrister for a while before moving to Strasbourg as a Registry lawyer in the Court from 1974-1990. He was the Deputy Registrar of the Court from 1995-2001, and Registrar between 2001-2005.
From 2005-2011, he served as President of the European Union’s Civil Service Tribunal, and in 2011-2012 he was the Chairman of the European Space Agency Appeals Board. In July 2012, he was elected Judge on the European Court of Human Rights in respect of the United Kingdom.