Northern Ireland

Belfast firm MKB Law has announced the appointment of Ruari Maguire, Mollie Thompson and Aoife Hegarty as trainee solicitors.

Claire Edgar, partner at Francis Hanna & Co Solicitors in Belfast, writes on new pensions guidance which has been published to help family law practitioners in ancillary relief cases. A recently published report provides guidance for how pensions should be treated in divorce. The Guide to the Tr

Belfast firm Millar McCall Wylie has announced the appointment of Hannah Simpson as a solicitor in the firm's litigation department. Ms Simpson, a graduate of Newcastle University and the Institute of Professional Legal Studies (IPLS), joins from a rival Belfast firm.

Belfast solicitor Brian Speers, president of the Commonwealth Lawyers Association (CLA), has urged Kenyan lawyers to learn from Brexit as the African country considers constitutional reform. The managing partner of CMG Cunningham Dickey Solicitors, who was elected to head the association in April, m

Belfast artist Mark McGreevy is the latest artist to have his work displayed in the Belfast office of Pinsent Masons under the firm's partnership with contemporary arts venue the MAC. Through the partnership, the MAC presents a series of artworks each year to Pinsent Masons by artists who have forme

The Pro Bono Choir, made up of solicitors, barristers and judges, raised £8,000 for charities Flourish NI and Helping Hand at its annual summer concert.

The number of suspected hate crimes referred to prosecutors in Northern Ireland increased by six per cent in the past year, according to new figures. The Public Prosecution Service (PPS) said it had received 355 files from police in relation to suspected hate crimes between April 2018 and March 2019

An obituary of Northern Ireland barrister Michael Lavery QC, who passed away in April, has been published by The Irish Times. The obituary recognises Mr Lavery as "one of the leading barristers of his generation in Northern Ireland", practising for over six decades until his retirement in 2017.

Sitting as a Coroner in the inquest on the death of a 19-year-old man in Derry in 1972, Judge Patrick Kinney has found that the soldier who shot and killed Seamus Bradley was not justified in opening fire and that the investigation into his death was flawed and inadequate. Finding that the use of fo

Personal injury specialist firm JMK Solicitors has teamed up with CRASH Services to organised a joint fundraiser for their charity partners.

Victims' rights campaigner Raymond McCord has launched a challenge in the Northern Ireland courts aimed at preventing the Prime Minister from suspending Parliament to force through a no-deal Brexit. The case will be brought before the Lord Chief Justice, Sir Declan Morgan, for the first time this mo

The high-profile legal battle over a Belfast bakery's refusal to bake a cake with a message in support of same-sex marriage will continue at the European Court of Human Rights, lawyers have announced. The UK Supreme Court ruled last year that Ashers Baking Company's refusal was not discriminatory on

A&L Goodbody joined Northern Ireland's leading businesses at the launch of the Ulster Business Top 100 Companies 2019 this week.

House prices in Northern Ireland were 3.5 per cent up on the previous year in the second quarter of 2019, new statistics reveal. The NI House Price Index, calculated by the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, recorded a 0.8 per cent increase in house prices on the previous quarter.

The Probation Board for Northern Ireland is seeking the public’s views on how to help shape the future of probation services in Northern Ireland. The consultation, now open until October, is part of the development of PBNI's Corporate Plan for 2020-23, which will set out the strategic directio