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News
17.06.08
Lord
Chancellor
appoints new Lay Commissioner
The Lord Chancellor has
appointed Mr Donal Flanagan OBE, to be a lay member of the
Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission (NIJAC).
Mr Flanagan is a Board Member of both the Regional Training Unit and the
Teachers’ Salaries Negotiating Committee (Department of Education) and is an
independent Board Member of the Department of Agriculture.
He is also a Non Executive Director with the South Eastern Trust (Department of
Health) and the Middletown Centre for Autism (Department of Education).
Previously held posts have included Chair of Crossgar Community Association, a
Non Executive Director of Down and Lisburn Health & Social Services Trust and
positions on the Boards of the Council for the Curriculum Examinations &
Assessment,
the Belfast Health Action Zone Council and the Northern Ireland Business
Education Partnership.
Mr Flanagan took up his 5 year appointment on 15 June 2008 and succeeded Mr
Harry McConnell OBE whose term as a lay member ended on 14 June 2008.
Renewal of appointments
The Lord Chancellor has also
re-appointed nine of the current members of the Northern Ireland
Judicial Appointments Commission with effect from 15 June 2008.
The judicial members have been
re-appointed for a period of 5 years, the lay members have been
re-appointed for a period of 4 years and the legal members for a
period of 3 years. Two judicial posts are yet to be
filled, one of a Lord Justice and the other a District Judge
(Magistrates’ Court).
Details of the new appointments will be posted on the website in
due course. |
