Northern Ireland

Sir Anthony Hart, the retired High Court judge who chaired the Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry, has passed away. His 2017 report on abuse at 22 residential homes for children between 1922–95 recommended a redress scheme for abuse survivors, which has still yet to be implemented.

The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC) has settled a case against the Department for Communities to back-pay state pension entitlements to a transgender woman. Frances Shields, who received her Gender Recognition Certificate in February 2015 and applied for her State pension in April 2

A student librarian has received a prestigious Ulster University award supported by international law firm Allen & Overy. Geraldine Colgan from Ballyduff, Ashford has become the second recipient of the award, presented annually to the student who achieves the highest marks on the library and inf

The Chief Constable of the PSNI has lost an appeal against the decision that the brother of a 13-year-old boy who was murdered in 1976 had a legitimate expectation that an overarching investigation into collusion would be carried out by an independent police team. Stating that it was the Chief Const

Belfast firm Millar McCall Wylie has announced the appointment of solicitor and former barrister Clare Lenaghan as head of the firm's family and matrimonial law team. Ms Lenaghan, who has more than 25 years' experience as a barrister and has now qualified as a solicitor, will lead the established te

The UK Government has published a summary of responses to the consultation on the legacy of the Troubles in Northern Ireland. The summary document has been produced after analysis of over 17,000 responses to the consultation, which was launched last May and ran until September.

The long standing test concerning the legal possession of land has been challenged in the landmark case of Thorpe v Frank [2019] EWCA Civ 150, writes Stuart Nevin, associate, A&L Goodbody. The Court of Appeal found that repaving a forecourt was enough to obtain possession in a claim for ‘a

Cleaver Fulton Rankin has conducted research into the positive contribution the firm and its employees make in wider society. As a result it has launched its first Responsible Business Report highlighting the firm's commitment to the environment, its clients and the wider community.

The mother of a Co Down schoolboy who died after he was given a combined measles and rubella vaccine has suffered “interminable uncertainty and delay” over a second inquest, a High Court judge has said. Anne Coulter has been waiting for seven years for a new hearing following the death o

International law firm DAC Beachcroft has opened for business in Belfast. This is the second new office the firm has launched this year, having opened in Paris in January.

Millar McCall Wylie recently advised an e-learning company, which boasts 650 private and public sector customers and was crowned Learning Technologies Company of the Year, on a multi-million-pound acquisition. Award-winning online learning company, Learning Pool, has acquired HT2 Labs, the Oxfordshi

The Northern Ireland Prison Service has changed its policy on which books can be taken into jails. A review was ordered by the Director General Ronnie Armour after it emerged that inmates at Maghaberry Prison could not access a book on dissident republicanism.

Olivia O'Kane explains why journalists must be able to protect the identities of their sources In recent years, through confidential sources journalists have exposed many scandals such as the MPs expenses, the phone hacking, financial and banking impropriety, mistreatment of elderly or vulnerable pa

A law firm has been ordered to pay more than £250,000 to a solicitor who was paid less than her male colleagues. Margaret (Peggy) Mercer took an equal pay case against Belfast-based commercial law firm C & H Jefferson Solicitors, which has now merged with multinational firm DWF.

Scottish advocates (barristers) Shane Dundas and Michael Way, were the winners of an inaugural moot between Scottish devils and Northern Ireland pupil barristers held in Court 9 of the Court of Session, Scotland's supreme civil court, on Friday in Edinburgh. Organised by the Faculty of Adv