The Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission (NIJAC) will celebrate its 20-year anniversary, this year, in 2025.
NIJAC recruit, appoint and recommend applicants for appointment to judicial office for the Tribunals and Courts in Northern Ireland.
Chief Executive Tonya McCormac comments:
“This is a very special year for us as we prepare to celebrate our 20th anniversary and what a year it will be.
In 2025, we expect to launch a further 10-12 competitions to fill a number of judicial roles across our Courts and Tribunals.
Since our establishment in 2005, NIJAC have developed strong partnerships with many organisations including The Executive Office, the Office of the Lady Chief Justice, the Law Society of NI, the Bar of NI, the Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service, the Departments of Justice, Economy and Communities and we look forward to enhancing those relationships in 2025. We will continue to collaborate with colleagues in Judicial Appointing bodies in Scotland, England, Wales and Ireland learning and sharing best practice.
Over the last 20 years, NIJAC has celebrated significant milestones and achievements including increasing female representation across Courts and Tribunals, making significant steps to modernise the process of assessment, selection and broadening the depth and reach of our applicant pools. NIJAC will continue to look for opportunities to innovate through digitalisation and new ways of working during 2025.
As a public body working in Northern Ireland, our staff and Commissioners are committed to corporate social responsibility and in recent years we have partnered with a number of local charities including the Salvation Army, the Children’s Hospice, Northern Ireland Chest, Heart and Stroke and in 2025 we are looking forward to working with and supporting the Dogs Trust and their fantastic work in rehabilitation and rehoming.
We remain strongly committed to inclusion and Diversity as an organisation and have recently received the highly regarded Diversity Mark Accreditation which will inspire our ongoing commitment and strengthen our resolve in progressing diversity and inclusion in both the Commission, as an employer and in making Appointments to Judicial office in the Courts and Tribunals in Northern Ireland.
This year 2025 also sees the beginning of our next 5-year corporate plan 2025-30; we are looking forward to the next chapter in the work of the Commission."