Summary
The core function of the Department of Justice (the Department) is to help create a fair, just and safe community where we respect the law and each other. In achieving that objective we are already in a very good place but the Department believes that we can do better and is initiating a Modernisation Programme with two key priorities, to:
• make the system more accessible; and
• make the system fairer, more proportionate and more responsive.
Documents
- Engagement paper: Pro bono costs orders
- Rural needs impact assessment - pro bono cost orders
- impact assessment screening - pro bono cost orders
- Equality screening - pro bono cost orders
Consultation description
This engagement paper is one of a number of actions brought forward in fulfilment of those priorities. It seeks views on whether pro bono costs orders should be introduced in Northern Ireland following recent reviews of the legal system which recommended steps be taken to build on the existing strong tradition of pro bono legal work in this jurisdiction.
Ways to respond
Consultation closed — responses are no longer being accepted.