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Northern Ireland's High Court is to hear claims for compensation from residents of Belfast's defective Victoria Square apartments. The High Court actions, previously struck out on the grounds of limitation, were reinstated by consent order this week.

Gateley Legal NI has welcomed two newly-qualified solicitors and three new trainee solicitors. Amy McCartney has joined the firm's real estate team, advising clients on residential sales and purchases as well as banks, funders, and borrowers on all contentious and non-contentious real estate finance

Gateley Legal NI legal director Jonathan Jackson discusses the key insights of a review of Northern Ireland's defamation laws. Published earlier this summer, the Department of Finance’s review of the Defamation Act (NI) 2022 analyses the 2022 Act’s implementation to date and identifies c

Legal and professional services group Gateley is sponsoring a youth camp intended to give 50 disadvantaged young people in Northern Ireland a summer to remember. Gateley's Belfast office is backing Camp Asire, now in its seventh year, which is run by Portadown-based charity Aspire NI.

Legal and professional services group Gateley has promoted construction lawyer Ryan Wilson to associate in its Belfast office. Mr Wilson, who joined in 2022, advises developers, contractors and housebuilders on all types of construction disputes including fire safety and cladding disputes as well as

Gateley Legal Northern Ireland has raised over £2,600 in support of two charities, Dementia NI and the East Belfast Mission. The funds were raised at the Belfast office's annual business quiz, now in its second year, which took place at Ten Square Hotel and saw around 100 colleagues, clients,

Trainee solicitors at the Institute of Professional Legal Studies (IPLS) will represent the UK in the Florida finals of the prestigious Stetson International Environmental Moot Court Competition next month. The team comprises Warren Polly, who is training with Gateley Legal Northern Ireland; Caitrio

Gateley Legal has appointed corporate finance expert Jose Lazaro as an associate in its Belfast office. Mr Lazaro, who is qualified in Spain, Northern Ireland, Ireland and England and Wales, has extensive domestic and cross-border experience in corporate, finance and commercial law, including merger

Gateley Legal Northern Ireland (NI) has congratulated the first two solicitors to qualify after training in the firm's Belfast office. Sarah Blaney and Tim Nelson qualified today after completing their two-year training contracts with Gateley Legal NI while studying at the Institute of Professional

Gateley Legal Northern Ireland has appointed three new trainee solicitors, bringing the total number of trainees at its Belfast office to seven. Kate Adair, Paul Kerr and Annabel Barton, who were previously paralegals with the firm, will now be studying at the Institute of Professional Legal Studies

Listed law firm Gateley has appointed Ruth Downie as the new legal director for the real estate team based at its Belfast office. Ms Downie brings more than 20 years' experience in real estate to Gateley, specifically working in the industrial, office, retail and leisure sectors providing asset mana

Legal and professional services group Gateley has announced the appointment of real estate lawyer Alison Reid as its office managing partner in Belfast. Ms Reid joined the business in 2021 as a partner in the real estate team, specialising in the supported and assisted living sector as well as resid

UK law firm Gateley LLP has announced plans to create a new legal and professional services team in Belfast. The major expansion comes seven months after the company acquired Paul Tweed LLP to create Gateley Tweed, specialising in international media law.

The boutique media law specialist firm set up by high-profile Belfast lawyer Paul Tweed has been acquired by Gateley for £2 million. TWEED, with offices in London, Dublin and Belfast, was launched in summer 2017 after Mr Tweed left Johnsons Solicitors.