News

The Bar of Northern Ireland's charity committee has named The Welcome Organisation as its 2017-18 Charity of the Year.

A top judge has called for divorce proceedings to be split from money disputes. President of the Family Division, Sir James Munby, has called for the implementation of an online divorce system, saying the time had come for a “complete de-linking – separation – of divorce and money, so that the

A woman has been awarded €189,000 in damages by the High Court after a road traffic accident involving two cars resulted in a broken ankle, leaving her permanently disabled. The court accepted that the woman went to the assistance of a driver whose car had crashed into a ditch, and that while doin

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has named the eleven members of the “root-and-branch review” of An Garda Síochána.

Barra McGrory QC has announced plans to step down as Northern Ireland's Director of Public Prosecutions in September 2017. Mr McGrory has informed Attorney General John Larkin QC of his decision, which will prompt a competition to appoint a successor.

Mason Hayes & Curran has appointed six new partners to its dispute resolution, real estate, technology, and financial services teams.

The final version of Labour's general election manifesto includes a watered-down pledge to work with the Northern Ireland Assembly on abortion. A leaked draft of the election manifesto had said: “Labour will continue to ensure a woman’s right to choose a safe, legal abortion – and we will legi

A 38-year-old man being held on remand died in Maghaberry Prison this morning. The Northern Ireland Prison Service confirmed that investigations have been launched by the PSNI, the Coroner and the Prisoner Ombudsman.

A medical student who stabbed her boyfriend may be spared a prison term because of her “extraordinary talent”, a judge has said. In September last year, aspiring surgeon Lavinia Woodward, 24, a student at Oxford University, punched and attacked a man she had met on Tinder during a drink and drug

A husband and wife have been found guilty of fraud in what has become the UK's longest ever criminal trial. At the High Court in Glasgow, Edwin Mclaren, 52, was found guilty of defrauding homeowners to the tune of £1.6 million in a case that began in September 2015.

A man who was convicted of raping a pregnant woman as she slept alone in her bedroom has successfully appealed the severity of his sentence, having had his sentence of seven-and-a-half years’ imprisonment quashed, and varied by the Court of Appeal to six years’ imprisonment. Delivering the judgm

Michael King Cyber criminals are increasingly seeing law firms as lucrative targets, the head of Cleaver Fulton Rankin's cyber risk unit has warned.

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald Ireland saw a 12 per cent reduction in prison committals last year, according to the Irish Prison Service's annual report for 2016.

Legal professionals hit the ground running as Ian Huddleston, president of the Law Society (right) looks on The Law Society of Northern Ireland is confident its charity walk/run for Marie Curie Northern Ireland has smashed its funding target.

Local legal professionals have paid tribute to late Limerick solicitor John Devane, who passed away at the age of 54, the Limerick Leader reports. Judge Marian O'Leary told Limerick District Court yesterday that she was "deeply saddened and shocked" by Mr Devane's passing.