Northern Ireland

The Department of Justice has launched a public consultation on a draft 2021/22 Modern Slavery Strategy for Northern Ireland. The aim of the strategy is to equip Northern Ireland to eradicate modern slavery through a collaborative partnership between law enforcement agencies, frontline professionals

Belfast-based MKB Law has donated 50 new Lenovo tablets to the Antrim Children’s Services section of the Northern Health and Social Care Trust.

Jury trials and other courts and tribunals business are continuing in Northern Ireland following the tightening of Covid-19 restrictions on Friday. Crown Court trials have resumed at six courthouse locations since August in the Laganside courts complex in Belfast and at Antrim, Craigavon, Newry, Col

Belfast-based Higgins Hollywood Deazley (HHD) Solicitors has announced the promotion of litigation lawyer Lauren Jones to associate solicitor. Ms Jones joined the firm in 2013 following her graduation from Ulster University with a first class honours degree in Law with Criminology, before obtaining

Human rights practice Ó Muirigh Solicitors has announced the appointment of Colleen Lanigan as a solicitor. Ms Lanigan, a graduate of Queen's University Belfast, qualified as a solicitor last year.

Belfast firm Phoenix Law has announced the appointment of Elaine Conlon to lead its redress team. The redress team is responsible for the representation of victims and survivors of historical institutional abuse and their applications to the HIA Redress Board for compensation.

Northern Ireland legal academic Dr Thomas L Muinzer has been appointed as a co-director of the Aberdeen University Centre for Energy Law (AUCEL). AUCEL is an energy-oriented research and educational institute based at the University of Aberdeen in north-east Scotland.

Global law firm Eversheds Sutherland has welcomed its first-ever trainee solicitor in Belfast. Sarah McKaigue, who previously interned with the firm, commenced her traineeship earlier this week.

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.

Prison visits are set to be "temporarily suspended" in Northern Ireland from Friday evening following a tightening of Covid-19 restrictions. The Northern Ireland Prison Service (NIPS) said the decision was made "following a discussion with the Justice Minister" and in response to further restriction

Belfast-based MKB Law has announced the appointment of Amy Collins as an employment and corporate immigration solicitor. Ms Collins graduated from Ulster University in 2014 and qualified as a solicitor through the Institute of Professional Legal Studies (IPLS) in 2018.

Harry Nelson, the former Crown Solicitor for Northern Ireland, has passed away. Mr Nelson qualified as a solicitor in 1957 and was the Crown Solicitor for decades until 1992.

Cleaver Fulton Rankin director Aaron Moore has been formally appointed to two construction industry adjudication panels. Mr Moore has joined the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors' (RICS) panel of construction adjudicators and the Construction Industry Council's low value dispute module adjudi

Legislation exempting private vehicles of historic interest from annual MOT testing has come into effect. The change applies to private vehicles constructed or first registered more than 40 years ago and aligns Northern Ireland legislation with that in Great Britain.

Belfast firm Harte Coyle Collins Solicitors has announced the appointment of Caitlín Brown as a family law and criminal defence solicitor. Ms Brown, a Belfast native, will qualify as a solicitor this year after a two-year apprenticeship with a firm in west Belfast.