Northern Ireland

The Department of Justice is hosting an event to inform stakeholders about the new arrangements for the collection and enforcement of financial penalties imposed in criminal courts. The new arrangements, due to take effect from 1 June 2018, are designed to tackle the long-standing problem of fine de

The UK government has accepted a Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) proposal for a review of press standards in Northern Ireland. The review was dubbed a "Leveson for Northern Ireland" by DUP MP Ian Paisley, but it will not take the form of a statutory inquiry, according to Culture Secretary Matt Hanco

A new draft paper on legacy matters which has been circulated by the Northern Ireland Office (NIO) does not include controversial proposals for a statute of limitations for prosecuting ex-soldiers. The UK government suggested last year that it would include such a measure in the consultation documen

A property developer from County Down has become the first person to be convicted for failing to comply with the Contractual Disclosure Facility (CDF) in Northern Ireland. Bartley Murphy, 53, stole more than £422,000 in tax after failing to declare that he built and sold 16 houses in the Racecourse

The ambitious reform programme set out by HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS) in 2016 is behind schedule and may be unachievable, the National Audit Office (NAO) has warned. In a new report published today, the NAO said the service - which completed the first stage of reforms in September - f

The average house price in Northern Ireland has rose by 6.6 per cent in the past year, according to new research by Ulster University. The university's latest quarterly house price index, produced in partnership with the Northern Ireland Housing Executive and Progressive Building Society, found that

The spring edition of the Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly contains new articles on human rights, disability, rape, pornography and state secrecy. The research journal is published four times a year by Queen's University Belfast School of Law.

The Libel Reform Campaign has said it hopes to see libel reform in Northern Ireland "in the next couple of years" following a conference in Belfast. Mike Nesbitt, former leader of the Ulster Unionist Party, has promised to bring forward a private member's bill in the Northern Ireland Assembly once a

Órfhlaith Begley Carrickmore solicitor Órfhlaith Begley has been elected the new Sinn Féin MP for West Tyrone in yesterday's by-election.

The Northern Ireland Office (NIO) has apparently survived a rebrand that saw the Scotland Office and Wales Office renamed. The UK government departments for Scotland and Wales will now be known as the Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland and Office of the Secretary of State for Wales.

Students from Queen's University Belfast bested Ulster University opponents at a moot held before UK Supreme Court justices.

Joshua Rozenberg Legal commentator and journalist Joshua Rozenberg tackled the relationship between judges, media and politicians at the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission's annual human rights lecture.

Pictured (l-r): Andrea Coscelli, Micaela Diver, and Alan Hunter, chief executive of the Law Society of Northern Ireland The Law Society of Northern Ireland yesterday hosted a seminar considering competition law now and after Brexit.

Members of the Belfast Solicitors' Association (BSA) are out in force for the Belfast City Marathon on Monday in support of Inspire.

Derry couple Michael Harkin and Donna McCool have lost their case in the first-ever UK Supreme Court judgment handed down in Northern Ireland. The five-judge appeal court, led by Deputy President Lord Mance, handed down a majority decision in their appeal against confiscation orders made by Derry Cr