What is the EJO?

The Enforcement of Judgments Office (EJO) is essentially a centralised unit for enforcing judgments of the courts. The EJO’s powers and procedures are contained in the Judgments Enforcement (Northern Ireland) Order 1981, and Judgment Enforcement Rules (Northern Ireland) 1981.

The Work the EJO

Since October 2003 the EJO restructured their approach to tackling the workload to a ‘One Process’ approach. This involves one team dealing with a case from the initial application to closure, as opposed to the former procedure were a case would be transferred between three separate departments within EJO in its lifespan.

The below link will assist users find which EJO 'One Process' Team they should contact by postcode or location. EJO Team Areas Search Tool (Excel).

The Future for the EJO

The EJO is fully involved in a modernisation programme and has carried out a series of improvement projects under the Growth and Change Programme.

The Office received recognition for the improvements it has made made when it was presented with a Bronze Award in the Northern Ireland Quality Awards Steps to Excellence Scheme 2003 and a Gold Award in 2005. The EJO continues to strive for improvement in the pursuit of its vision to be an ‘Organisation of Excellence’.

The EJO aims to deliver excellent customer service, its progress so far and what the EJO intends to deliver in the forthcoming year can be seen through the Implementation of their Customer Action Plan (PDF).