Northern Ireland

A&O Shearman's Belfast office has raised £45,800 for local charity Friends of the Cancer Centre through a two-year community fundraising and volunteering partnership. The charity, which is based at the heart of the Northern Ireland Cancer Centre at Belfast City Hospital, has been supportin

Belfast-based Francis Hanna & Co Solicitors has welcomed newly-qualified solicitors Hannah Newburn and Sophie Jones. Ms Newburn graduated from Queen's University Belfast School of Law in 2018 and has worked as a paralegal in the firm since February 2021, before securing a place at the Institute

Northern Ireland’s High Court has refused leave to challenge by way of judicial review s.4(5) of the Northern Ireland Act 1988, which contains the mechanism for cross-community voting. Delivering judgment for the High Court, Mr Justice David Scoffield stated: “The system adopted falls sq

DWF has welcomed 10 new legal professionals and six newly-qualified solicitors to its team in Belfast.

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

Legislation to "reform and modernise" Northern Ireland's justice system has been introduced at Stormont. The Justice Bill 2024 will amend retention periods for biometric material and make changes to bail and custody arrangements for children and young people, as well as aiming to improve services fo

Belfast law firm Millar McCall Wylie has welcomed five newly-qualified solicitors to its team. The new solicitors are Cathy Kerr in employment, Patrick Boyle in litigation, Molly Rainey in corporate law, Rachel McCullogh in commercial property and Tonya Gregg in residential property.

Northern Ireland's Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information (ICRIR) is "irreparably toxic and tainted" and should be scrapped, Amnesty International has said. The human rights organisation issued a statement ahead of Friday's Court of Appeal ruling in the Dillon case concerning the

Mills Selig has unveiled a significant renovation to its offices at 21 Arthur Street, Belfast which have been home to the local law firm since 1999. The firm has embraced a new open plan environment to make room for over 60 staff, having had just 14 lawyers when moving into the space in 1999 —

Northern Ireland's Court of Appeal will this week hand down a judgment with significant implications for the future protection of human rights in the jurisdiction, according to a new report. The UK government is appealing part of the High Court's ruling in the Dillon case, in which the court held th

At least 135 prosecutors in Northern Ireland have received special training on stalking since new legislation was introduced two years ago. The Stalking Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 became law in April 2022, creating the new offences of stalking and threatening or abusive behaviour. The law also led

The new UK government has been urged to protect and enhance human rights and equality standards in Northern Ireland. The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC) and the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland (ECNI) yesterday launched their 2023-24 annual report on the implementation of Ar

A prisoner in Maghaberry who was denied drug addiction treatment for over three years suffered a breach of his human rights, Northern Ireland's High Court has ruled. The man, represented by Harte Coyle Collins prison law solicitor Chris McCann, brought a judicial review challenge against the South E

Northern Ireland's Court of Appeal has quashed the convictions of a former sub-postmaster linked to the Post Office Horizon scandal. Hundreds of subpostmasters were convicted of fraud and false accounting offences based on unreliable evidence from the Post Office's faulty Horizon accounting system i

An independent review of the Northern Ireland Policing Board is to commence on Monday. Paul Sweeney, former permanent secretary in the Northern Ireland Civil Service, has been appointed to lead the review.