Irish court of appeal objects to Middle Earth references in lower court judgment www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...

Mythical Mordor outside High Court jurisdiction, says judge, as she criticises wording of wind farm judgment

Court of Appeal president warns ‘inappropriate’ slang and cultural references go against ‘precision and clarity’ needed in High Court judgments

Morda just up the road from here

Poor move, literally all grown up people are familiar with Mordor. Tbh, give Tolkien and literature some space in modern legal work; it surely would not reduce readability.

I'm sorry, but I absolutely am very tempted to use Justice Humphreys' Mordor reference, it's perfect.

I think the underlying problem might be the Judge seemed to equate the Irish High Court with Mordor. That would make the President of the High Court Sauron and, arguably, Appeals Court judges Nazgûl… …I’m not saying those are false equivalences, per se, but it’s strange to have a judge making them.

I presume the Irish Times article is beyind a paywall. The comments regarding Mordor are in paragraph number 97 of the jugment of the Court of Appeal, which may be found here: www.courts.ie/acc/alfresco...