Northern Ireland

Belfast firm Edwards & Co. Solicitors has announced the appointment of Julie Tierney and Paul Lenehan as partners. Ms Tierney, a family law specialist, joined the firm in May 2014 after heading up a busy family department in North Down since 2007.

A criminal investigation into two Northern Ireland journalists who won a judicial review in connection with police raids on their homes and office has been dropped. Journalists Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey were arrested and questioned by police in August 2018, shortly after the release of their

All PSNI custody suites are set to have on-site nurses by next September, bringing Northern Ireland in line with most UK police forces. The first phase of the new embedded service, costing around £500,000, was implemented at Musgrave Station in Belfast in October.

Three men who were charged with the murder of a man in Carrickfergus have been found not guilty of all charges against them. Concluding that he could not find the men guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, Mr Justice Gerry McAlinden described the self-styled paramilitary organisations to which the men we

The Home Office has been granted a six-month adjournment in the First-tier Tribunal in a high-profile dispute over an Irish woman's access to a UK immigration scheme for EU nationals. Immigration rights campaigner Emma DeSouza is currently fighting to bring her husband to Northern Ireland

Matt Higgins, founding principal of HHD Solicitors, has been appointed to join the Board of Members of Belfast Charitable Society. Mr Higgins, a lawyer for over 30 years, is already actively engaged in the local community outside of the law.

The Law Society of Northern Ireland hosted a special event this week to discuss key issues around the Children Order. The Children Order Panel Day 2019, organised by the Children Order Panel Accreditation Board (COPAB), was held on the theme of "Vulnerability".

Belfast firm Wilson Nesbitt is donating nearly £1,500 to road safety charity Brake following fundraising efforts around the Belfast Marathon. Three Wilson Nesbitt relay teams took part in the marathon, raising £730 on their JustGiving page.

The Lord Chief Justice, Sir Declan Morgan, has indicated he is "minded to quash" the search warrants linked to the raids on the homes and office of two Northern Ireland journalists. Journalists Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey brought judicial review proceedings to the High Court in Belfast earlier

The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC) welcomed a Welsh Government minster to Belfast yesterday to highlight the case for banning child smacking. Julie Morgan, deputy minister for health and social services in Wales, updated stakeholders on the progress of the Children (Abolition of De

A new art installation at Queen's University Belfast School of Law celebrates women working in all aspects of the law in Northern Ireland, including the future generation of legal professionals.

The High Court in Belfast has begun hearing a judicial review brought by two Northern Ireland journalists whose homes and offices were raided by police following the release of their documentary, No Stone Unturned. Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey were arrested and questioned by police in August 20

Simon Byrne, former chief constable of Cheshire Police, has been selected to take over as head of the PSNI following the retirement of incumbent chief constable George Hamilton at the end of June 2019. Mr Byrne's appointment has been unanimously ratified by the Northern Ireland Policing Board and ap

Sir Donnell Deeny, Lord Justice of Appeal, is set to retire from the bench this autumn. Lord Justice Deeny, who was appointed to the Court of Appeal bench in 2017, will turn 70 next April.

Three teams from JMK Solicitors raised a combined £3,400 for local charities by taking part in the 2019 Deep RiverRock Belfast Marathon.