One judgment from on high will not end the disquiet down below

THE Supreme Court — that august body which is the last court of appeal in the land — quite understandably never expected a judgment to be handed down from above.

And certainly not by a justice of the High Court.

Yet, from the ultimate appellate court known to man, Mr Justice Sean O’Leary of the High Court, who died shortly before Christmas, imparted some of his legacy from beyond the grave.