Northern Ireland

The constitutional conversation in Northern Ireland has to be "de-dramatised and normalised", Professor Colin Harvey of QUB School of Law has said. Professor Harvey opened his address to the fourth annual Belfast Homecoming Legal Symposium with commentary on the "political and legal turbulence" caus

A man has been convicted of breaching the anonymity of a rape complainant for the first time in the Northern Ireland courts. Sean McFarland, 36, was fined £300 after pleading guilty to breaching a lifetime ban on reporting the identity of the complainant in the rape trial of Ireland and Ulster

Cleaver Fulton Rankin has announced the promotion of solicitors Nathan Campbell, Rachel Lewis and Shane Conlan to senior solicitor.

Belfast firm Cleaver Fulton Rankin has announced the appointment of Conor McCrory as an associate solicitor in the firm's employment and immigration law department. Mr McCrory, a dual-qualified solicitor in England and Wales and Northern Ireland, joins the firm after 10 years practising in London.

Specialist insurance industry law firm Horwich Farrelly has welcomed its appointment to the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) Wider Public Sector Legal Services Framework. The three-year appointment will see the firm, which expanded into Northern Ireland with the opening of a Belfast office this year,

A new report into conditions at Maghaberry Prison has found "significant progress" three years after the facility was found to be unsafe and unstable. Findings of the latest inspection were published today by Brendan McGuigan, Chief Inspector of Criminal Justice in Northern Ireland, and Peter Clarke

A woman who had her application for criminal injury compensation refused due to the "same household rule" has succeeded in the Northern Ireland Court of Appeal. Dismissing the cross-appeal brought by the Department of Justice, the Court said that there was "no justifiable, rational or lawful ground

The impact of Brexit on migrants living and seeking residence in Northern Ireland was one of the themes of a Belfast conference hosted by the Immigration Practitioners' Group in the Law Society of Northern Ireland.

The Bar of Northern Ireland will host the first in its new series of Leaders in Legal Excellence events this afternoon. The panel debate, entitled “Stormont Stalemate: politicians, civil servants or the courts – who decides?”, will consider the implications of the Northern Ireland

Transatlantic data security, Brexit, sports and the US constitution will all be discussed at the Belfast International Homecoming Conference's legal symposium this year. Organisers of the event expect to welcome visiting lawyers from the US, Europe, England, Scotland and Wales to the symposium at th

Former Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams has been granted permission to appeal to the UK Supreme Court in a bid to overturn his convictions in the 1970s for attempting to escape from internment. He has argued that the interim custody order (ICO) made under the Detention of Terrorists (NI) Order

A private members' bill to decriminalise abortion in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will be debated at second reading in the House of Commons this afternoon. Over 60 women celebrities from the UK and Ireland have signed an open letter from Amnesty International calling on Prime Minister Theresa

The Department of Justice and Department of Health have published new joint guidance for employers on increasing awareness and responding more effectively to domestic and sexual violence and abuse. The guidance, Developing a Workplace Policy on Domestic and Sexual Violence and Abuse, was launched in

Queen's University Belfast School of Law has uploaded a video of a lecture on gender-based violence delivered by Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin.

Prisoners who were involved in road traffic offences watched a road traffic collision demonstration as part of a series of events to mark Road Safety Week. Over 65 prisoners took part in an education programme put in place by agreement between Magilligan Prison and Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue S