Northern Ireland

A woman who was unlawfully dismissed because of her pregnancy has been awarded nearly £28,000 in compensation. Laura Gruzdaite, 26, brought a case against McGrane Nurseries Ltd in Co Armagh to the Industrial Tribunal with support from the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland.

Retired solicitor John H. Cavan has passed away, the Law Society of Northern Ireland has announced. Mr Cavan was admitted to the roll of solicitors in 1976 and practised with Fisher & Fisher Solicitors before his retirement.

Belfast solicitor Ciaran O'Hare, whose client Raymond McCord brought a challenge in the Northern Ireland courts against the prorogation of Parliament, has welcomed today's unanimous UK Supreme Court ruling that Parliament has not been prorogued. Mr O'Hare, of McIvor Farrell Solicitors, said the cour

International law firm Herbert Smith Freehills has welcomed Colm Wolinski and Michael McFall as trainees in Belfast.

Northern Ireland commercial law firm Tughans advised on the largest volume of deals in the first half of the year, while Dublin-based McCann FitzGerald led in terms of value, according to a new report. There were a total of 137 M&A and capital markets transactions involving a Northern Ireland co

A former Northern Ireland barrister who gave up a 23-year legal career to become a nun five years ago has left the convent after being told she will not be allowed to take her final vows. Elaine Kelly joined the Sisters of the Adoration on the Falls Road in West Belfast in 2014, but left this week a

The Chief Constable of the PSNI has lost an appeal against the High Court’s ruling which quashed a decision not to take further steps to investigate the question of identifying and prosecuting individuals in relation to the treatment in custody of the "Hooded Men" in 1971. Delivering the leadi

Belfast firm MKB Law welcomed over 200 guests from across the Northern Ireland business sector to an end of summer rooftop social.

Northern Ireland businesses have been invited to complete a survey on their experience of crime in order to shape the future work of the Business Crime Partnership (BCP). The partnership consists of representatives from the Department of Justice, PSNI, Northern Ireland Policing Board, Northern Irela

The management board of the new Law Society Mediation Services (LSMS) has met for the first time.

The PSNI must carry out a criminal investigation into the treatment in custody of the "Hooded Men" in 1971, the Court of Appeal in Belfast has ruled. In their majority ruling, appeal judges added that the treatment of applicant Francis McGuigan and fellow detainee Seán McKenna "would, if it o

Northern Ireland's ban on the purchase of sex has had "minimal to no effect" on demand for paid sex, the number of sex workers or levels of human trafficking for human exploitation, according to research commissioned by the Department of Justice. The Department yesterday published the findings of Qu

The trial of the former British soldier known as "Soldier F" in connection with two murders and four attempted murders on Bloody Sunday in 1972 has been adjourned until December. At a committal hearing in Derry District Court this morning, Judge Barney McElholm granted an adjournment to allow the de

Over 40 members of the legal profession and community/voluntary representatives were welcomed to Law Society House for an event on surrogacy law reforms. The Law Commission of England and Wales is currently considering the legal parentage of children born via surrogacy, the regulation of surrogacy m

A multi-agency task force last year recovered around £1.4 million under confiscation orders, helped rescue dozens of potential victims of modern slavery, carried out thousands of drug seizures and disrupted more than 70 organised crime gangs. The latest Organised Crime Task Force (OCTF) annual