Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A Babban Kotun, McKechnie ya ba da sanarwar farko ta rashin jituwa ta Ireland a ƙarƙashin Dokar Yarjejeniyar Turai kan 'Yancin Dan Adam ta 2003 a cikin "Foy v An t-Ard Chláraitheoir". Ya saurari shari'ar "Miss D" a 2007, inda ya yanke hukuncin cewa yarinya mai shekaru goma sha bakwai a cikin kulawa na iya tafiya zuwa United Kingdom don samun zubar da ciki. Wani edita a cikin "Irish Examiner" ya ce shawarar ta kasance "mai tausayi, tausayi da kuma tarihi". Hakanan a cikin 2007, ya yanke hukunci a cikin "Mr. G" shari'ar cewa mahaifin da ba shi da aure yana da 'yancin ƙin yarda ko ba da izini kafin a fitar da ɗansu daga ƙasar. Kotun Koli ta goyi bayan hukuncin. Ya saurari kalubalen da aka yi wa doka game da sauye-sauye na ashirin da takwas na Kundin Tsarin Mulki na Ireland
a shekara ta 2009.