Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission

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independent commission judicial appointments commission public body

The Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission is an independent body responsible for selecting and recommending candidates for judicial office in Northern Ireland.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission canonical	2

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	independent commission ⓘ judicial appointments commission ⓘ public body ⓘ
abbreviation	NIJAC NERFINISHED ⓘ
aimsTo	ensure independence of the judiciary ⓘ promote diversity in judicial appointments ⓘ promote merit-based judicial selection ⓘ
appliesTo	courts of Northern Ireland ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
establishedBy	Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002 NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasObjective	encourage a judiciary reflective of the community in Northern Ireland ⓘ maintain public confidence in the judicial appointments process ⓘ
hasRole	advise on judicial appointments procedures ⓘ assess candidates for judicial office ⓘ recommend appointments to the judiciary ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Belfast NERFINISHED ⓘ
independentOf	Northern Ireland Assembly NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Ireland Executive NERFINISHED ⓘ UK Government NERFINISHED ⓘ judiciary ⓘ
jurisdiction	Northern Ireland ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalBasis	Constitutional Reform Act 2005 NERFINISHED ⓘ Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002 NERFINISHED ⓘ
operatesIn	Northern Ireland legal system NERFINISHED ⓘ
overseesAppointmentOf	county court judges in Northern Ireland ⓘ district judges in Northern Ireland ⓘ judges of the High Court in Northern Ireland ⓘ lay magistrates in Northern Ireland ⓘ
partOf	judicial appointments system of the United Kingdom ⓘ
responsibleFor	judicial appointments in Northern Ireland ⓘ recommending candidates for judicial office ⓘ selecting candidates for judicial office ⓘ
sector	justice ⓘ
selectionPrinciple	fairness ⓘ independence ⓘ merit ⓘ openness ⓘ transparency ⓘ
website	https://www.nijac.gov.uk/ ⓘ
worksWith	Department of Justice (Northern Ireland) NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Ireland Office NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Judiciary of Northern Ireland → appointmentsAdvisedBy → Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission ⓘ

Judiciary of Northern Ireland → hasAppointmentsBody → Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission ⓘ