Northern Ireland

Ciaran Maguire of McIvor Farrell Solicitors has been elected as chair of the Belfast Solicitors' Association (BSA), succeeding Enda Lavery of MTB. A new committee was elected at the association's AGM in Law Society House yesterday, which also included a presentation from new charity partner Action C

Brothers who committed several aggravated burglaries around Northern Ireland have lost an appeal against the severity of their sentences. Upholding the sentences of seven years in custody and seven on licence, Lord Justice Ben Stephens said that the “stiff sentences” were not “mani

A newly-refurbished learning and skills centre at Hydebank Wood College has been officially opened. Representatives of the NI Prison Service and its education partner, Belfast Metropolitan College, were joined by local actor Dan Gordon at the opening of the refurbished library.

A new mentoring service aimed at helping to resettle people in the community after their release from custody has been established by the Probation Board for Northern Ireland and NIACRO.

Pupils at Glenlola Collegiate School and Dalriada School have triumphed in the Belfast regional heat of the annual Bar Mock Trial Competition. A total of 16 schools competed at the Inn of Court and the Royal Courts of Justice and two will now proceed to the UK-wide final to be held in London next ye

Cleaver Fulton Rankin has made a number of promotions across the firm, recognising the talent and achievements of its multi-disciplinary team of legal professionals.

Millar McCall Wylie has announced its support for Annadale Hockey Club, the latest in a string of cross-community sporting sponsorships for the firm.

The Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland has refused to quash a sentence which it found to be unduly lenient because the Director of Public Prosecutions sought to advance an entirely new case on appeal – amounting to “conspicuous unfairness” to the respondent and to the trial judge.

Lawyers for the families of nine of those killed on Bloody Sunday have asked the Public Prosecution Service (PPS) to look again at its decision not to prosecute nine soldiers for murder and attempted murder, The Irish Times reports. The lawyers also argue that Solider F, the former member of the Bri

A lawyer is facing jail after admitting to stealing almost £1 million from the accounts of clients, the Belfast Telegraph reports. Graham Keys, 64, also admitted he had defrauded a Belfast law firm – where he had formerly been a partner – of nearly £300,000.

Keynote speakers at the Law Society of Nothern Ireland's Immigration Conference 2019.

Northern Ireland lawyer Conal McGarrity is bringing a landmark case concerning child maintenance orders to the European Court of Justice on behalf of a Polish man living in Northern Ireland. The case will consider whether child maintenance orders made in Poland five years before Poland's accession t

The High Court in Belfast will hand down its ruling on Monday on a legal challenge to the requirement for local and European election candidates to disclose their home address. Former SDLP councillor Máiría Cahill, who is supported by the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC

One of the world's leading sports law specialists, Michael Beloff QC, addressed Northern Ireland lawyers at the eighth annual sports law conference at Law Society House.

The PSNI has been granted permission to appeal a landmark ruling on legacy investigations to the UK Supreme Court. The Court of Appeal in Belfast ruled in March that the Chief Constable of the PSNI had not demonstrated the independence of the PSNI's Legacy Investigation Branch, which is necessary fo