Three appointments to NI Judicial Appointments Commission
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Mr Justice Michael Humphreys, Bernard Brady KC and Michael Robinson have been appointed to the Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission (NIJAC).
Mr Justice Humphreys, who has been appointed for a five-year term, replaces Mr Justice Horner as the High Court judge commissioner.
Mr Brady and Mr Robinson have been appointed for a four-year term as representatives of the Bar and the Law Society respectively.
In the absence of a first minister and deputy first minister, the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2022 gives the Lord Chancellor the power to make appointments to NIJAC.
NIJAC comprises a chair, who is the Lady Chief Justice, and 12 other members: five judicial members, two legal profession members and five lay members.
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