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Eoin McGirr
Translator -Traductor
Barrister-at-Law
Abogado
       

Specialist
in
Legal
Translations

Especialista
en
Traducciones
Jurídicas



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EDUCATION


Diploma in International Law and International Relations (In Spanish). University of the Basque Country.
Inns of Court School of Law. Bar Vocational Course.

Nottingham University. BA(Law)Hons. 2.1

LEGAL WORK EXPERIENCE

Member of Gray's Inn

I have been the lawyer in control of cases in the Magistrates' Court, the Crown Court, the County Court, the Industrial Tribunal and the Principle Registry of the Family Division.

In addition, I have assisted in cases before the Privy Council of the House of Lords, the Court of Appeal, the High Court and the Immigration Appeal Tribunal.

My cases have included civil arbitrations, criminal defence and prosecution, employment matters and family care proceedings.

 

TRANSLATIONS

For the past 7 years (since 1993) I have been doing professional translations from Spanish to English. The majority have been with a legal context.
(see link translation)

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

1996 Research on the Human Rights situation in Cameroon, Africa.
1996 Stage with the group of lawyers "Clemont-Cuzin" in Grenoble, France. General civil law including cases to the ECHR in Strasbourg.
1995 Coordinator of the International Human Rights Observers working with the UN in Ixcan, Guatemala.
1994-95 Manager of part of a project working with "street children" in Colombia

 LANGUAGES

Spanish - Fluent oral and written.
French - Competent oral and written.

CHAMBERS

Doughty Street Chambers, Chambers of Geoffrey Robertson Q.C. Grays Inn, London.
4 Brick Court Chambers, Chambers of David Medhurst. Temple, London.

 

C/ Atxuri, 29- 3º izq. 48006 Bilbao. España
Tfno/Fax -  (34) 944 333 904
Email - eoin.mcgirr@euskalnet.net