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Castle Buildings, headquarters of the Department of Justice. The Department of Justice (Irish: An Roinn Dlí agus Cirt, Ulster-Scots: Männystrie o tha Laa) is a government department in the Northern Ireland Executive, which was established on 12 April 2010 as part of the devolution of justice matters to the Northern Ireland Assembly.
The courts of Northern Ireland are the civil and criminal courts responsible for the administration of justice in Northern Ireland: they are constituted and governed by the law of Northern Ireland. Prior to the partition of Ireland , Northern Ireland was part of the courts system of Ireland.
Royal Courts of Justice, Belfast, May 2009. The Royal Courts of Justice are situated in lower Chichester Street, Belfast opposite the Waterfront Hall and beside Laganside Courts. [1] It is the location of the high court and court of appeal of Northern Ireland.
The Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service (Irish: Seirbhís Cúirte Thuaisceart Éireann; [1] Ulster-Scots: Norlin Airlan Coort Service [2]) runs the courts of Northern Ireland. It is a court administration agency of the Department of Justice for Northern Ireland. The Court of Judicature for Northern Ireland, county courts, magistrates ...
Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002; Act of Parliament: Long title: An Act to make provision about the judiciary in Northern Ireland and to amend section 6 of the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876; to make provision about the law officers and other legal officers and the courts in Northern Ireland; to establish a Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland, a Chief Inspector of Criminal ...
Until 1920, the most senior courts in Ireland were in Dublin but under the Government of Ireland Act 1920, the British Government was required to establish a separate judicial system for Northern Ireland. [3] The building, which was designed by Sir Richard Allison and James Grey West in the Neoclassical style, was built between 1928 and 1933. [4]
Offences under the Public Order (Northern Ireland) Order 1987. These include Northern Ireland's incitement to hatred laws. In 2013 the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission reported, in 'Racist Hate Crime: Human Rights and the Criminal Justice System in Northern Ireland', that authorities were uncertain about the scope of this legislation.
This is a list of High Court judges of Northern Ireland, arranged by order of appointment, as of 15 February 2021: The Hon Mr Justice Horner, The Hon Mr Justice O'Hara, The Hon Mr Justice Colton, The Hon Madam Justice McBride, DBE; The Hon Mr Justice McAlinden, The Hon Mr Justice Huddleston, The Hon Mr Justice Scoffield, The Hon Mr Justice ...