an Irish barrister and judge.
Kevin Joseph Peter Dixon, son of Martin Dixon and Ellen Dixon formerly Sheridan, was born on 22 June 1902, at 3 Carysfort Road, Dalkey, Co. Dublin.
His father was a Building Contractor.
Kevin was the youngest of their 7 children.
In 1911, the family were living at St. Columba’s Road, Drumcondra.
He was born in Co. Dublin and educated at Belvedere College and University College, Dublin. He was called to the Bar in 1926 and became a Senior Counsel in 1940. He served as Attorney-General from 1942 to 1946, when he was appointed a judge of the High Court, where he served until his death in 1959.
He was generally considered the best Irish Chancery judge of his time with a particular knowledge of trade union law and the law of charities. Despite the inevitably dry subject matter of many of his judgements, some of them display a considerable sense of humour. He was the High Court judge in the celebrated Constitutional test case "O'Byrne v Minister for Finance" on the interpretation of the guarantee that a judge's salary shall not be reduced, a subject which remains controversial today. Dixon's ruling was that notwithstanding the guarantee, judges are liable to pay income tax was upheld by a majority of the Supreme Court. It was generally agreed that only his premature death prevented his promotion to the Supreme Court.
Marriage.
Kevin Dixon, a bachelor, a Lawyer, of 124 Rock Road, Booterstown, son of Martin Dixon, a Builder, married Agnes O’Flynn, spinster, of 124 Rock Road, Booterstown, daughter of Sean O’Flynn, a Fish Merchant, on 1 October 1931, at Booterstown Church.
Death.
Kevin Dixon, aged 57, married, a High Court Judge, late of “Dornden”, Merrion Road, Ballsbridge, died at 8 Sorrento Terrace, Dalkey, on 25 October 1959.
The cause of death was Cardiac Arrest, Cardiac Infarction, Coronary Artery Thrombosis, certified
The informant of his death was Eileen M. Dixon, sister, of 18 Herbert Park, Ballsbridge, who registered it on 5 November 1959.
Kevin Joseph Peter Dixon, son of Martin Dixon and Ellen Dixon formerly Sheridan, was born on 22 June 1902, at 3 Carysfort Road, Dalkey, Co. Dublin.
His father was a Building Contractor.
Kevin was the youngest of their 7 children.
In 1911, the family were living at St. Columba’s Road, Drumcondra.
He was born in Co. Dublin and educated at Belvedere College and University College, Dublin. He was called to the Bar in 1926 and became a Senior Counsel in 1940. He served as Attorney-General from 1942 to 1946, when he was appointed a judge of the High Court, where he served until his death in 1959.
He was generally considered the best Irish Chancery judge of his time with a particular knowledge of trade union law and the law of charities. Despite the inevitably dry subject matter of many of his judgements, some of them display a considerable sense of humour. He was the High Court judge in the celebrated Constitutional test case "O'Byrne v Minister for Finance" on the interpretation of the guarantee that a judge's salary shall not be reduced, a subject which remains controversial today. Dixon's ruling was that notwithstanding the guarantee, judges are liable to pay income tax was upheld by a majority of the Supreme Court. It was generally agreed that only his premature death prevented his promotion to the Supreme Court.
Marriage.
Kevin Dixon, a bachelor, a Lawyer, of 124 Rock Road, Booterstown, son of Martin Dixon, a Builder, married Agnes O’Flynn, spinster, of 124 Rock Road, Booterstown, daughter of Sean O’Flynn, a Fish Merchant, on 1 October 1931, at Booterstown Church.
Death.
Kevin Dixon, aged 57, married, a High Court Judge, late of “Dornden”, Merrion Road, Ballsbridge, died at 8 Sorrento Terrace, Dalkey, on 25 October 1959.
The cause of death was Cardiac Arrest, Cardiac Infarction, Coronary Artery Thrombosis, certified
The informant of his death was Eileen M. Dixon, sister, of 18 Herbert Park, Ballsbridge, who registered it on 5 November 1959.
an Irish barrister and judge.
Kevin Joseph Peter Dixon, son of Martin Dixon and Ellen Dixon formerly Sheridan, was born on 22 June 1902, at 3 Carysfort Road, Dalkey, Co. Dublin.
His father was a Building Contractor.
Kevin was the youngest of their 7 children.
In 1911, the family were living at St. Columba’s Road, Drumcondra.
He was born in Co. Dublin and educated at Belvedere College and University College, Dublin. He was called to the Bar in 1926 and became a Senior Counsel in 1940. He served as Attorney-General from 1942 to 1946, when he was appointed a judge of the High Court, where he served until his death in 1959.
He was generally considered the best Irish Chancery judge of his time with a particular knowledge of trade union law and the law of charities. Despite the inevitably dry subject matter of many of his judgements, some of them display a considerable sense of humour. He was the High Court judge in the celebrated Constitutional test case "O'Byrne v Minister for Finance" on the interpretation of the guarantee that a judge's salary shall not be reduced, a subject which remains controversial today. Dixon's ruling was that notwithstanding the guarantee, judges are liable to pay income tax was upheld by a majority of the Supreme Court. It was generally agreed that only his premature death prevented his promotion to the Supreme Court.
Marriage.
Kevin Dixon, a bachelor, a Lawyer, of 124 Rock Road, Booterstown, son of Martin Dixon, a Builder, married Agnes O’Flynn, spinster, of 124 Rock Road, Booterstown, daughter of Sean O’Flynn, a Fish Merchant, on 1 October 1931, at Booterstown Church.
Death.
Kevin Dixon, aged 57, married, a High Court Judge, late of “Dornden”, Merrion Road, Ballsbridge, died at 8 Sorrento Terrace, Dalkey, on 25 October 1959.
The cause of death was Cardiac Arrest, Cardiac Infarction, Coronary Artery Thrombosis, certified
The informant of his death was Eileen M. Dixon, sister, of 18 Herbert Park, Ballsbridge, who registered it on 5 November 1959.
Kevin Joseph Peter Dixon, son of Martin Dixon and Ellen Dixon formerly Sheridan, was born on 22 June 1902, at 3 Carysfort Road, Dalkey, Co. Dublin.
His father was a Building Contractor.
Kevin was the youngest of their 7 children.
In 1911, the family were living at St. Columba’s Road, Drumcondra.
He was born in Co. Dublin and educated at Belvedere College and University College, Dublin. He was called to the Bar in 1926 and became a Senior Counsel in 1940. He served as Attorney-General from 1942 to 1946, when he was appointed a judge of the High Court, where he served until his death in 1959.
He was generally considered the best Irish Chancery judge of his time with a particular knowledge of trade union law and the law of charities. Despite the inevitably dry subject matter of many of his judgements, some of them display a considerable sense of humour. He was the High Court judge in the celebrated Constitutional test case "O'Byrne v Minister for Finance" on the interpretation of the guarantee that a judge's salary shall not be reduced, a subject which remains controversial today. Dixon's ruling was that notwithstanding the guarantee, judges are liable to pay income tax was upheld by a majority of the Supreme Court. It was generally agreed that only his premature death prevented his promotion to the Supreme Court.
Marriage.
Kevin Dixon, a bachelor, a Lawyer, of 124 Rock Road, Booterstown, son of Martin Dixon, a Builder, married Agnes O’Flynn, spinster, of 124 Rock Road, Booterstown, daughter of Sean O’Flynn, a Fish Merchant, on 1 October 1931, at Booterstown Church.
Death.
Kevin Dixon, aged 57, married, a High Court Judge, late of “Dornden”, Merrion Road, Ballsbridge, died at 8 Sorrento Terrace, Dalkey, on 25 October 1959.
The cause of death was Cardiac Arrest, Cardiac Infarction, Coronary Artery Thrombosis, certified
The informant of his death was Eileen M. Dixon, sister, of 18 Herbert Park, Ballsbridge, who registered it on 5 November 1959.
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