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Wed 10 Oct 2008Ringing the changes that brought courts system into the modern age
INTERVIEW: After 10 years at the helm, PJ Fitzpatrick is about to leave the Courts Service
THE COURTS Service was set up in 1999 with a new type of structure and mandate. Its board, chaired by the Chief Justice, has a majority of judges, thereby ensuring the independence of the organisation from Government and fulfilling that constitutional imperative. This majority has never been exerted, but is nonetheless important.
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