Solicitor Catherine Chambers has been appointed to the board of Northern Ireland's Education Authority (EA). Mrs Chambers has over 20 years' experience as a solicitor with specialist educational law experience, having worked as a partner in private practice and subsequently as a solicitor in the Edu

Legislation expanding official recognition of baby loss has been introduced to the Northern Ireland Assembly. The Deaths, Still-Births and Baby Loss Bill will provide for the issuing of certificates which recognise stillbirths or the loss of a baby during pregnancy.

Northern Ireland firm Cleaver Fulton Rankin has been awarded the Silver Diversity Mark Accreditation by Diversity Mark. Diversity Mark is the awarding body of the Diversity Mark Accreditation, a ‘mark of progress’ awarded to organisations committed to building a culture of diversity and

The UK government has refused to say whether it will agree to the European Commission's proposal to include the landmark EU AI Act in the list of legislation which continues to apply in Northern Ireland post-Brexit. The Commission this week set out its position that the AI Act should be added to Ann

The Hibernian Law Journal has again extended its submission deadline for inclusion in Volume 24. The new submission deadline is Monday 14 April 2025.

Ian Cooper proposes a novel alternative to Canada joining the United States. The Liberal Party of Canada's new leader Mark Carney replaced Justin Trudeau as prime minister last week. As a former central bank governor in Canada and the UK, Carney was chosen as the candidate with the skill and experie

Noeline Blackwell has been presented with an award from the Women in Law Society at the University of Galway in recognition of her outstanding contribution to furthering the human rights of women in Ireland.

Queen's University Belfast law student Lee Curran has been named as the 2025 Lord Kerr Bar Scholar. Established in memory of the late Lord Kerr of Tonaghmore, an alumnus of the university and former lord chief justice of Northern Ireland, the scholarship supports aspiring barristers in their pursuit

Even by the standards of the bewilderingly swift advances in the social media arena, TikTok is a phenomenon. Launched in 2016, the app began its dizzying ascent to become a giant with more than 1.04 billion monthly active users, a scale of growth that took Instagram and Facebook almost a decade to a

The nature of the law means that major modifications to the status quo come rarely and after long consideration. But while the wheel turns slowly, it’s hard to stop once in motion.  So, when October last year saw the introduction of new legal partnerships — which enable barristers a

Recent years have seen an impressive influx of significant international law firms to Ireland. They have arrived in the country to service multinational businesses attracted to the country by seamless access to the EU post-Brexit as well as the country’s growing reputation in areas such as tec

Barristers appearing in the most serious criminal cases in Northern Ireland are effectively being asked to do twice the work for half the pay they were getting two decades ago, the chairperson of the Bar of Northern Ireland has told Irish Legal News. Donal Lunny KC, who took up office in September,