Northern Ireland

Belfast solicitor Laura Banks, who acted for Siobhan McLaughlin in her UK Supreme Court challenge to the rules governing the payment of a Widowed Parent’s Allowance, recently addressed members of UK charity Widowed and Young (WAY). Ms Banks, of Francis Hanna & Co. Solicitors, and Ms McLaug

The UK Government has announced that temporary import tariffs to be imposed in the event of a no-deal Brexit will not apply to goods crossing from Ireland into Northern Ireland. The details of the tariff regime were published today ahead of a vote in the House of Commons on whether or not to rule ou

A man who pleaded guilty shortly before trial to offences of attempted murder, criminal damage, and resisting police, has had his sentence for attempted murder increased after the Northern Ireland Court of Appeal agreed with the Director of Public Prosecutions that the initial sentence was unduly le

Two of the most prominent women judges in Ireland and Britain addressed a sold-out Belfast event to mark International Women's Day 2019 last week. Lady Arden of the UK Supreme Court and Ms Justice Finlay Geoghegan of the Supreme Court of Ireland addressed judges, barristers, solicitors and academics

Representatives of the Law Society of Northern Ireland travelled to Edinburgh for the Law Society of Scotland's annual dinner.

A key UN committee has again urged the UK Government to decriminalise abortion in Northern Ireland in order to satisfy the UK's international human rights obligations. The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women yesterday published its concluding observations on the UK's eigh

A dissident republican who was caught planting a bomb under a police officer’s car in 2015 has been sentenced to 25 years for the attempted murder of two police officers, together with a concurrent sentence of 20 years for possession of explosives with intent to endanger life. Sitting in Belfa

Any law brought in to protect British security forces from prosecution for crimes committed during the Troubles would be too late for the Bloody Sunday soldiers, Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has said. The Public Prosecution Service (PPS) is due to announce this Thursday whether it will prosecu

Belfast firm MSM Law has announced the appointment of James Lannon as a solicitor in the firm's criminal department.

The Law Society of Northern Ireland has published a new video celebrating the achievements and accomplishments of its past female presidents to mark International Women's Day 2019.

Fees for basic and standard criminal record checks in Northern Ireland are set to be reduced from the start of April. The Department of Justice announced that the current fee of £26 for record checks through AccessNI will be reduced to £18 from 1 April 2019.

Solicitor Fiona Hunter has been appointed to the position of legal and investigations officer for the Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children & Young People (NICCY). The role supports the Commissioner to fulfil her statutory function of keeping under review law, practice and services which re

Northern Ireland Secretary Karen Bradley has been accused of a "direct attack on the rule of law" after telling MPs that killings by military and police during the Troubles "were not crimes". Solicitor Darragh Mackin of Belfast firm Phoenix Law told Irish Legal News that the comments were "morally a

Students from Queen's University Belfast were welcomed to the UK Supreme Court this week for the court's fourth moot of the year.

A Northern Ireland human rights lawyer has admitted spitting in the face of a cabin crew member following a racist rant after she was refused alcohol on a flight from India to London. Simone Burns, 50, known as Simone O'Broin, was at first served three bottles of wine, at which she declared: “