Sir Malachy Joseph Higgins KC (born 30 October 1944) is a retired Northern Ireland Lord Justice of Appeal.
He was educated at St MacNissi's College, Garron Tower; Queen's University Belfast (LLB) and Middle Temple (BL).
On 25 January 2007, Higgins was "sworn of Her Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council on his appointment as a Lord Justice of Appeal in Northern Ireland."
Sir Malachy Higgins was Chairman of the Queen's University Belfast's Board of Visitors from 2008 to 2013.