Sir John Joseph Sheil (born 19 June 1938) is a retired Northern Irish judge.
[1] He was educated at Clongowes Wood College, an all-boys voluntary secondary school in County Kildare, Ireland[2] where his twin brother, Fr.
[2] In 1964, Sheil was called to the bar of Northern Ireland and began practising as a barrister.
[4] #he was Chairman of the Mental Health Review Tribunal from 1985 to 1987, and was a member of the Fair Employment Appeals Board from 1986 to 1989.
[6] He served as a Lord Justice of Appeal in Northern Ireland from September 2004 to 31 December 2006.