Death Notice

Retired Belfast solicitor James Wilson Russell has passed away at the age of 100. Mr Russell, known to many as Jay, qualified as a solicitor in 1944 after an apprenticeship with TG Mackintosh of Newtownards.

Solicitor Vicky McCarthy Keane, who publicly spoke and wrote about her battle with motor neurone disease (MND), has passed away. Mrs Keane died on Wednesday 28 December 2022 and her funeral took place on Monday at St Joseph's Church in Rathwire, Co Westmeath.

Retired Co Antrim solicitor Patrick Diamond has passed away. Mr Diamond was admitted to the roll in 1988, and practised in Randalstown-based Patrick Diamond & Co before retiring in 2009.

Retired Portadown solicitor Paul Connolly has passed away. Mr Connolly was admitted to the roll of solicitors in Northern Ireland in 1981. He set up as a sole practitioner in Portadown in 1994 before retiring in 2010.

Sir John MacDermott, a retired Lord Justice of Appeal in Northern Ireland, has passed away at the age of 95. A graduate of the University of Cambridge and Queen's University Belfast, Sir John was simultaneously called to the bar in England and Wales and in Northern Ireland in 1949. He became a QC in

Barrister Alan Toal has died at the age of 60. While he was believed to be under threat from a violent criminal, gardaí are not treating his death as suspicious.

Retired Belfast solicitor Kevin Eugene Hart, founding partner of Hart & Co Solicitors, has passed away at the age of 92. Hart & Co Solicitors was founded in 1970 and is a now a well-established firm offering services in the areas of conveyancing, commercial property, litigation, liquor and g

Retired Belfast solicitor Louise Craig, a former partner at McKinty and Wright, has passed away. Mrs Craig, née Taylor, was admitted to the roll of solicitors in Northern Ireland in 1992 and was an apprentice, solicitor, and partner in McKinty and Wright, which was acquired by DWF in 2021.

Patricia Kerr, a solicitor and well-known legal costs consultant in Belfast, has passed away. The Law Society of Northern Ireland said Mrs Kerr died on Sunday 11 September 2022.

Retired High Court judge Mr Justice Feargus Flood has passed away at the age of 94. Mr Justice Flood was the original chairperson of the high-profile tribunal of inquiry into corruption in the planning system, leading the investigation from 1997 to 2003.

Retired Belfast solicitor Peter Ford has passed away, the Law Society of Northern Ireland has said. Mr Ford was admitted to the roll of solicitors in 1970.

Retired Kildare solicitor Patrick J. Farrell has passed away after a short illness. In a short statement, Patrick J. Farrell & Company LLP said its founder died at St James Hospital on Monday.

Lady Gillian Kerr, the widow of Lord Kerr of Tonaghmore, has passed away. Lord Kerr, a former Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland who became one of the first justices of the UK Supreme Court, died in 2020.

Belfast human rights lawyer and political activist Pádraigín Drinan has passed away at the age of 75. Ms Drinan was admitted to the roll of solicitors in November 1974 and was principal in her own practice until her retirement in October 2013.

Dr Vicky Conway, an accomplished legal academic and one of Ireland's foremost researchers on policing, has passed away. In a short statement this morning, the School of Law and Government at Dublin City University (DCU) said: "We are terribly sad to have to share the passing of our colleague Vicky C