Siobhan Clabby BL

Siobhan Clabby is a practising Barrister and Mediator, called to the Bar in 2021. She has appeared before the Supreme Court, High Court, District Court, the International Protection Appeals Tribunal, and the Workplace Relations Commission, representing clients across a range of matters.

Siobhan specialises in international protection, human rights, immigration, and EU law, with particular expertise in representing vulnerable clients in international protection proceedings.

Supreme Court:

• Imran -v- The Minister for Justice [2025] IESC 29

High Court:

• GT -v- International Protection Appeals Tribunal & Ors [2025] IEHC 473
• L -v- International Protection Appeals Tribunal & Anor [2025] IEHC 347
• P.P. -v- International Protection Appeals Tribunal & Anor, V.S. -v- International Protection Appeals Tribunal & Anor [2025] IEHC 134
• GT -v- International Protection Appeals Tribunal & Ors [2025] IEHC 220
• GT -v- Minister for Justice & Anor [No.2] [2025] IEHC 154
• G.T. -v- Minister for Justice & Anor [2025] IEHC 133

• Department of Social Protection, Report of the Child Maintenance Review Group — “A Comparative Analysis of Child Support (Maintenance) in Canada, New Zealand and Australia”, November 2022.
  Authors: Dr Róisín O’Shea, Siobhan Clabby, and Shane Dempsey.

Recent Talks

• “Extraterritorial Asylum Processing: A Pragmatic Solution or Perilous Path?”
  University of Galway – Join Irish Centre for Human Rights, IACBA & EUBA Event: “The EU Pact, Ireland and Beyond”, 16 May 2025.

• “Contested Age & Advocacy: Navigating Legal Challenges for Unaccompanied Minors”
  Law Society of Ireland – IILA & IACBA Annual Seminar: “Updates and Insights in Immigration and Asylum Law”, 21 March 2025.

• “Not So Safe Countries: An Overview of Legal Issues Arising in Accelerated International Protection Appeals”
  IILA CPD, 19 October 2023.

Between 2021 and 2024, Siobhan lectured at Griffith College Dublin, delivering modules in Property Law, Law of Torts, and Criminal Law across a range of programmes, including the LL.B. (Hons) (both Part-Time and Full-Time), the FE1 Preparation Course (Law Society of Ireland Entrance Exam), the King’s Inns Entrance Preparation Course, and the Certificate in Legal Studies.

In addition to her lecturing roles, Siobhan served as an extracurricular mentor, supporting and leading students in Advocacy and the Student Free Legal Advice Clinic at Griffith College Dublin.

Siobhan has also delivered numerous Continuing Professional Development (CPD) seminars and training sessions to solicitors on topics including conveyancing, solicitors’ regulations, practice management, wellbeing, and emotional intelligence.