Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland lawyers have told the Law Society Gazette in England and Wales that attacks on lawyers by mainstream newspapers and politicians have led to them facing harassment and death threats. It follows the New York Bar writing to Prime Minister Theresa May and then Northern Ireland Secretary

Rachael Gamble Rachael Gamble, senior solicitor at Cleaver Fulton Rankin Solicitors, has been elected chair of the Northern Ireland Young Solicitors Association (NIYSA).

A major report by the Fawcett Society has found that the legal systems across the UK are failing women and in need of fundamental reform. The report from the Fawcett Society's Sex Discrimination Law Review (SDLR) Panel also found that violence against women and girls is "endemic" in the UK.

Pictured (l-r): Lisa McElherron and Eoghan McKenna The Belfast Solicitors' Association (BSA) has handed over a record sum of £15,000 to its 2017 charity partner, Inspire.

The Bar of Northern Ireland's charity committee has named ASM Chartered Accountants as main sponsor of this year's Charity Ball.

In a judgment criticising affidavit evidence lodged by the Chief Constable of the PSNI for being “contradictory and unsatisfactory” in relation to the availability of documentation sent to the Police Ombudsman in the Ballast Report investigation, the Court of Appeal in Belfast held that the PSNI

A 19-year-old law and criminology student at Ulster University has been killed in a traffic collision. Shannon McQuillan, from Dunloy in Co Antrim, was struck by a van near Toomebridge early on Saturday morning.

Richard Murphy Pinsent Masons has today welcomed planning approval for the new £200 million cross-border electricity inter-connector.

Karen Bradley Northern Ireland Secretary Karen Bradley has been criticised for comparing the extension of same-sex marriage to Northern Ireland to the roll-out of superfast broadband.

The Court of Appeal in Belfast has proposed a new approach to dealing with the issue of disclosure of documents in a legacy case held up by the PSNI's lengthy redaction process. Proceedings were brought in 2008 by John Flynn against the PSNI Chief Constable over an incident mentioned in the 2007 Bal

Brenda Campbell Northern Ireland-born barrister Brenda Campbell will be appointed a Queen's Counsel in February.

Adrian Kerr Mills Selig will provide specialist legal advice to some of Northern Ireland's top manufacturing firms as part of a new partnership.

Sarah Burrows Belfast-based Cleaver Fulton Rankin Solicitors (CFR) has become an associate member of Social Enterprise NI, the representative body for social enterprises and social entrepreneurs.

Pictured (l-r): Trevor Lockhart, CBI Chair; Angela McGowan, CBI director; Paul Drechsler, CBI President; and Gareth Planck, Partner, Eversheds Sutherland Eversheds Sutherland hosted a private dinner in Belfast for leading members of the CBI, including president Paul Drechsler.

Members of the legal profession have paid tribute to the late Judge John McKee, who passed away earlier this month. His funeral is set to take place this Friday 19 January, 1.30pm at Killinchy Presbyterian Church.