Northern Ireland

A&L Goodbody has welcomed the appointment of three new partners and three new associates in the corporate law firm's Belfast office. Mark Stockdale and David Rowan were promoted to partner in the corporate and M&A department, while Sam Corbett has been made partner in restructuring and insol

The Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, Sir Declan Morgan, has briefed political parties on his plans to advance judicial reforms in the absence of a functioning Northern Ireland Executive. Representatives of the DUP, Sinn Féin, UUP, SDLP and Alliance Party were invited to the Royal Court

Staff at BLM's Belfast and Derry offices volunteered their time to help tidy up the grounds of the Northern Ireland Children's Hospice in Newtonabbey.

Belfast firm Millar McCall Wylie has announced the appointment of Christopher McCandless as its first-ever Chief Operating Officer (COO). Mr McCandless, a qualified accountant and taxation advisor with 30 years’ experience, will take a place on the law firm's executive team, with responsibilit

A senior judge has said that recent reforms to commercial litigation in Northern Ireland could make it one of the most attractive places in the UK and Ireland to do business. Mr Justice Horner, a Commercial Court judge in the High Court, made the comments at a Northern Ireland In-House Lawyers Group

The average length of time taken for the Public Prosecution Service (PPS) to decide whether or not a Crown Court case should proceed has increased by more than 21 per cent. According to the statistical bulletin for 2018/19, the average days required for the issue of an indictable prosecution decisio

Queen's University Belfast has invited law students to submit their work for competition in the inaugural Claire Palley Undergraduate Award for Gender and Law. This award was established in 2019 to recognise the best student essay or dissertation completed in the period October–May preceding a

Belfast solicitor Niall Murphy, partner at KRW Law, has been named "Lawyer of the Week" by The Times. The newspaper has published a Q&A with Mr Murphy following his work on the successful legal challenge by Northern Ireland journalists Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey against police search warr

An inquest into the death of Daniel Carson, a young Catholic who was murdered as he left work near the lower Shankill in 1973, has found that the investigation into his death was “flawed and inadequate”. Finding that there was “compelling and credible evidence” that the gunma

Commercial law firm Tughans will run a free legal clinic at this year's Digital DNA, the biggest digital and tech event in Northern Ireland.

Worthingtons Solicitors has thanked its staff, friends and clients for helping to raise over £5,400 for charity partner Action Cancer.

Northern Ireland solicitors Jill Downing and Libby Jackson have been recognised in the Queen's Birthday Honours List 2019. Ms Downing, a partner at Co Antrim firm Magennis & Creighton, has received an OBE for services to children and families and to voluntary work in the community in Northern Ir

The managing director of personal injury specialist firm JMK Solicitors has been awarded a fellowship from the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL). Maurece Hutchinson has become one of only three Northern Ireland-based legal professionals to currently hold the accreditation.

Arthur Cox has announced the promotion of David Black, Cahal Carvill, Mark Jameson and Chris Milligan to partners in Northern Ireland. Mr Black, a litigation and dispute resolution lawyer, acts on behalf of local and international organisations on a wide range of litigation matters. He represents me

Preliminary hearings into legacy cases will take place this September to establish their readiness for full inquest proceedings, the presiding coroner has announced. Mrs Justice Siobhan Keegan today held a listing of all the outstanding legacy inquests to provide an update on the work that is being