Acting Chief Inspector, 
James Corrigan

Background

James joined CJI as an Inspector in October 2004. He previously worked for PA Consulting Group as a senior consultant in the public sector practice where he was responsible for a number of criminal justice projects. He also worked as an international consultant on European Commission assignments and was a Research Fellow at Queen’s University Belfast.

Responsibilities

James Corrigan was appointed as the Acting Chief Inspector of Criminal Justice in Northern Ireland in June 2026. His role is to ensure the Inspectorate carries out a programme of inspection among the criminal justice agencies within its legislative remit.
 He also has responsibility to report the findings of CJI’s work to the Northern Ireland Minister of Justice and to ensure the Inspectorate’s reports are laid in the Northern Ireland Assembly.

James has conducted a number of inspections on different aspects of policing as well as undertaking agency inspections on Forensic Science Northern Ireland and the State Pathology Department.

James holds an MA in Political Science and a BA in History and Politics both from the National University of Ireland (University College, Dublin).