Northern Ireland

The same household rule has been removed from Northern Ireland's criminal injuries compensation scheme, Justice Minister Naomi Long announced today. The changes to the Northern Ireland Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme 2009 will bring Northern Ireland in line with the compensation scheme for vic

Police powers used to fine hundreds of people at Black Lives Matter protests in Northern Ireland over the weekend came into force just hours before the protests began, it has emerged. Amnesty International and the Belfast-based Committee on the Administration of Justice (CAJ) have voiced concerns ov

Lawyers and human rights activists have criticised the PSNI for fining protesters at Black Lives Matter rallies in Belfast and Derry. Five protests were scheduled to go ahead across Northern Ireland this weekend, but only the Belfast and Derry gatherings went ahead.

Controversial proposals to redraw constituency boundaries for Westminster elections in Northern Ireland have been quashed after a legal challenge from a Belfast resident. The Court of Appeal found that the Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland had misapplied the law, failed to give adequate reaso

Law Centre NI has translated its resources for employees and self-employed workers affected by the coronavirus pandemic into nine languages. The FAQs on support for employees and self-employed people during the COVID-19 outbreak have been translated into Arabic, Chinese, Hungarian, Latvian, Lithuani

Law firms in Northern Ireland may be opening to visitors prematurely due to a lack of official guidance from the Northern Ireland Executive, a solicitor has warned. Philip Armstrong, managing director of Armstrong Solicitors, said he was "surprised to see public announcements of law firms reopening

Hewitt & Gilpin Solicitors has promoted Craig Russell to director in the firm's private client department. Mr Russell joined the Belfast and Holywood firm in September 2015, having qualified as a solicitor in 1997.

Lawyers for an IRA man alleged to have been killed by a secretive British military unit have launched proceedings against the PSNI over his exclusion from a new investigation. Belfast firm KRW LAW LLP is representing the family of Daniel McAreavey, who was shot and killed in the Lower Falls in Octob

Castlerock solicitor Frances C. Buchanan, née O'Hara, has passed away following a short illness. Ms Buchanan, who qualified as a solicitor in Northern Ireland in 1982, is survived by her husband Clark.

Northern Ireland's new abortion regime is too extensive because it covers "non-fatal disabilities", MLAs resolved yesterday after Stormont's first debate on the matter since the law was changed. Under The Abortion (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2020, introduced by Westminster, there is no time limit

Victims of the conflict in Northern Ireland "have been let down again" after the implementation date for a long-awaited compensation scheme was missed, the Victims' Commissioner has said. The scheme was established as part of the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019 but the Northern I

A new mailbox has been set up to let lawyers speak with judges to assist with case progression in individual cases. The new system has been introduced as of yesterday following discussions between the Lord Chief Justice, Sir Declan Morgan, and leading members of the legal profession.

Northern Ireland's Planning Appeals Commission (PAC) has announced plans to pilot remote hearings in selected cases within the next four to six weeks. The announcement follows repeated calls from lawyers and the construction industry for Northern Ireland's planning system to catch up with the rest o

Global law firm Allen & Overy has won recognition for a major redesign of its Belfast office to promote agile working.

Eversheds Sutherland partner Matthew Howse explores what the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill means for businesses in Northern Ireland. There are decades when nothing happens and weeks when decades happen. This certainly seems the case in terms of Insolvency reforms. The UK Government’