Northern Ireland

At least 43 same-sex couples from Northern Ireland were married south of the border or in Great Britain in 2016, according to new figures. Same-sex marriage is illegal in Northern Ireland, whereas it is allowed in all other parts of the UK and in the Republic.

Staff in the Belfast office of Baker McKenzie have triumphed in the global law firm's annual football tournament, which brought 400 colleagues from over 30 countries to Northern Ireland to compete.

Clients of Carson McDowell handed £10,000 to the Belfast firm's chosen charity of the year after a successful transaction.

The Law Society of Northern Ireland has announced that over £5,400 was raised at this year's Legal Walk/Run charity event.

The UK Supreme Court has confirmed it will rule on a landmark challenge to Northern Ireland's abortion laws next Thursday 7 June. The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC) argued before the court last October that the current law in Northern Ireland violates human rights.

Lord Kerr Lord Kerr will deliver a lecture on Brexit to the Northern Ireland Planning Bar Association (NIPBA) next month, the association has announced.

Brendan McGuigan A new report on the resettlement of offenders has called on the Northern Ireland Prison Service and Probation Board Northern Ireland (PBNI) to build on their current collaborative approach.

St Patrick’s Archdiocesan Trust have been granted an order for possession of a seven-and-a-half-acre field in Newry which was being used by a woman to keep ponies. The woman, who has been a tenant in a house adjacent to the field since 2004, claimed that she and her husband were entitled to advers

The University of Dundee, a favourite choice of Northern Ireland law students, has been ranked third for law in this year’s Guardian University guide. Northern Ireland's Lord Chief Justice Sir Declan Morgan praised the Scottish university in 2016 for producing a strong cohort of Northern Ireland l

Staff in the Belfast office of Arthur Cox have raised over £3,500 for Cancer Focus Northern Ireland as part of the Big Shops’ Showdown, a one-day charity shop takeover challenge.

Business groups have called for Northern Ireland civil servants to be given powers over issues such as planning in the absence of a functioning Northern Ireland Executive. A letter has been sent to Northern Ireland Secretary Karen Bradley on behalf of 12 groups: CBI NI, Construction Employers Federa

Gerard Guckian Derry solicitor Gerard Guckian has been appointed as a non-executive member to the Northern Ireland Social Care Council (NISCC).

The Northern Ireland Prison Service (NIPS) has announced a review of education and training provision for prisoners in separated accommodation in Northern Ireland. The review follows the recommendations contained in the Fresh Start Panel Report and the Northern Ireland Executive's commitment in the

MKB Law recently acted for a client in a successful appeal from the Lands Tribunal to the Court of Appeal. Jonathan Jackson, solicitor with carriage of this matter before the Lands Tribunal and the Court of Appeal, provides an overview of the legal issues at stake and the potential legal implication

The sister of a 15-year-old boy who was killed by a soldier in 1972 has been granted an order quashing the decision of the Director of Public Prosecutions not to prosecute the soldier who shot him. Daniel Hegarty “posed no threat to anyone” when he was shot twice in the head without warning, and