On 4 March 2026, Judge Cregan proposed to ban Martina Burke, Dr Isaac Burke and Ammi Burke from all future court hearings involving Enoch Burke. We wrote today to the Chancery List Registrar at the High Court opposing this proposal.
In the letter, we submit that Judge Cregan does not have the authority in law to make the proposed order and that he has not furnished details of what conduct it is alleged merits the proposed order. We also submit that Judge Cregan lacks the impartiality that would be required for the making of the proposed order. In respect of the lack of impartiality, we refer to a number of grossly false and provocative statements made by Judge Cregan regarding us in written judgments issued by him in recent months.
In the letter, we state:
“The behaviour of Judge Cregan shows a judge who has descended into the arena and abandoned his judicial obligations. His words are the words of someone who harbours a deep personal animus towards Enoch Burke and the Burke family (including ourselves). It is inappropriate that this man would now issue a decree banning us from future court hearings involving Enoch Burke, our son and brother; neither do we believe it is in his power to make such an order.”
“We have assisted Enoch Burke for the past four years. This is well known to the Courts. We have regularly assisted him in hearings at the High Court and at the Court of Appeal. On occasions we have moved important ex parte applications on behalf of Enoch Burke given that he is incarcerated. […] It is in the interests of justice that he be assisted in making his submissions and arguments. We believe that Judge Cregan’s “intended order” is an unlawful attempt to curtail such access and assistance and as such we are gravely concerned.”
A copy of the letter is available here.
