• Source: Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission

    • The Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC) recommends candidates for appointment as judges of the Appeal Court and to all judicial offices listed in Schedule 14 of the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002.
    The JAC is a non-departmental public body which was created on 3 April 2006 through the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002.
    The Appropriate Authority (either the Lord Chancellor, Lord Chief Justice or Senior President of Tribunals) can accept or reject a JAC recommendation, or ask the Commission to reconsider it. If the Appropriate Authority rejects a recommendation or asks for reconsideration they must provide written reasons to the JAC.
    The Act also established the Lord Chief Justice as head of the judiciary of Northern Ireland.
    Under the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act Parliament gave the JACNI the following statutory duties:

    to select candidates solely on merit;
    to select only people of good character; and
    to have regard to the need to encourage diversity in the range of persons available for judicial selection.


    Remit


    The JAC is an independent commission that selects candidates for the following judicial office in courts and tribunals in Northern Ireland:

    Judge, temporary judge of the High Court
    County court judge, Deputy county court judge
    Resident magistrate and deputy resident magistrate
    Coroner and deputy coroner
    Statutory officer, Deputy for a statutory officer, Temporary additional statutory officer
    Chief Social Security Commissioner for Northern Ireland, Social Security Commissioner for Northern Ireland, Deputy Social Security Commissioner for Northern Ireland
    Chief Child Support Commissioner for Northern Ireland, Child Support Commissioner for Northern Ireland, Deputy Child Support Commissioner for Northern Ireland
    President of appeal tribunals, Members of appeal tribunals
    Member of Care Tribunal
    Chairman of an Appeal Tribunal
    President, acting president, vice-president, acting vice-president, chairmen of the Industrial Tribunals and the Fair Employment Tribunal
    President, Deputy President, other members, temporary members of the Lands Tribunal for Northern Ireland
    President of the Special Educational Needs and Disability for Northern Ireland
    Member of the panel of persons who may serve as chairman of that Tribunal
    Member of the Mental Health Review Tribunal for Northern Ireland
    Lay magistrate
    Member of a deregulation tribunal
    Chairman of a Misuse of Drugs Tribunal
    President, Deputy President of Pensions Appeal Tribunals and Member of the Pensions Appeal Tribunal
    Chairman or Deputy of the Plant Varieties and Seeds Tribunal for the purpose of proceedings brought before it in Northern Ireland
    Member of the panel of persons to act as chairmen of Reinstatement Committees sitting in Northern Ireland
    President of the Northern Ireland Valuation Tribunal
    Member of the Northern Ireland Valuation Tribunal
    President or other member of the Charity Tribunal for Northern Ireland
    Adjudicator and Chairman of Criminal Injuries Compensation
    Chairman of an Adoption Appeal Tribunal
    Member, president of the Victims' Payments Board


    Members


    The Judicial Appointments Commission comprises 11 commissioners. Five, excluding the Chairman, are appointed through open competition.
    The Chairman of the Commission is the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland.
    The members of the Commission (as at 8 July 2024) are:
    Chairman:
    Judicial members:
    Lay members:


    Staff


    The Chief Executive is Tonya McCormac.


    Related bodies




    See also


    Courts of Northern Ireland


    References




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