This consultation is seeking your views on proposals by the Department of Justice (DoJ) to amend firearms licensing fees as set out in Schedule 6 of The Firearms (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 (“2004 Order”). It...
The Department of Justice has launched an engagement process as part of the Enabling Access to Justice Reform Programme.
Addressing inequalities within the justice system must be at the heart of reform and a priority across all parts of Government. Section 75 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (the Act) requires public authorities, in...
As Minister of Justice, my priority is to work collaboratively with partners across government, policing, and the wider justice system to build a safer and fairer society for all. I am deeply committed to ensuring...
This consultation seeks views on the draft Judicial Pensions (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026. The 2026 Amendments will amend the Judicial Pensions Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 (“the 2015 Regulations”) which established the Northern Ireland Judicial...
The Department of Justice has launched a consultation, seeking views on whether, and if so, how, there should be more flexibility in how the impact of inflation is allowed for by the Government Actuary when...
The Department of Justice is seeking views on proposals to criminalise the creation and sharing of sexually explicit deepfake images of adults.
The purpose of this consultation is to seek views on proposals to divert more cases involving low-level offending behaviour away from the criminal courts.
This consultation provides detail of proposed changes to the 2015 Police Pension Scheme Regulations to: Provide active or deferred members previously excluded from ill health retirement in the 2015 scheme, with an option to be...
The Department of Justice is seeking views on the proposal to increase the existing maximum sentences for the offence of causing or allowing a child or vulnerable adult to die or suffer serious physical harm.
The Department of Justice has launched a consultation, seeking views on proposals to permit the recording and broadcasting of some court proceedings, including judgments and legal exchanges in the Court of Appeal and sentencing remarks...
The Minister of Justice is committed to improving the experience of victims and witnesses of crime in the criminal justice system. In addition to the trauma that the crime itself can cause, it is recognised...
The purpose of this consultation is to invite your views on the way in which the criminal justice system in Northern Ireland deals with reductions in sentence length when a plea of guilty is entered.
The Department would like your views on proposed updates to the list of Qualifying Offences contained in Article 53A of the Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989.
The Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service (NICTS) has launched a public consultation on proposed changes to court fees, including annual increases. The proposals will enable NICTS to continue to strive towards a position of...
The Department would like your views on our proposals to simplify the sentencing framework for children by replacing the existing seven court-ordered community sentences with a new, single, flexible order.
This Reform Programme aims to improve how access to justice is delivered and supported. The Delivery Plan reflects how the Department intends to progress reform. Each reform proposal will be subject to detailed consultation, but...
As part of the Minister of Justice’s Enabling Access to Justice Reform Programme, the Department are holding a public consultation on proposals relating to the remuneration of Solicitors and Barristers providing access to legally-aided services.
This consultation relates to the impact assessments for the Department of Justice proposals relating to revised remuneration rates (criminal, civil and family) for solicitors and barristers.
This Call for Evidence seek views from those with an interest in the provisions of the Aarhus Convention regarding legal challenges in relation to environmental matters.