Northern Ireland

Joe Brolly A prominent criminal barrister and sports pundit has claimed that the "tremendous consensus" that once existed around the Good Friday Agreement has gone, the Belfast Telegraph reports.

Judgment has been reserved in Sinn Féin president and Louth TD Gerry Adams' appeal against his two convictions in the 1970s for attempting to escape from prison. Lawyers for Mr Adams told Belfast's Court of Appeal the convictions should be quashed because his imprisonment under the UK government's

Andrew Jennings TLT has announced the appointment of Andrew Jennings as a corporate partner in its Belfast office, completing the firm's full service offering in Northern Ireland.

Karen Bradley Judicial review proceedings against new Northern Ireland Secretary Karen Bradley are listed for a preliminary hearing tomorrow, barely a week after the cabinet secretary took on the role.

A PSNI officer convicted of perverting the course of justice after he admitted to crashing his car while over the limit and then attempting to cover it up by making the car look as though it had been stolen has lost his appeal against his conviction. The man was sentenced to six months imprisonment

A ruling on remedy and costs following the finding that a Police Ombudsman's report into the 1994 Loughinisland massacre was "unsustainable in law" has been postponed. Mr Justice McCloskey ruled last December that a 2016 report which found that collusion was an element in the massacre was unlawful a

Solicitor and former resident magistrate Wishart Mills has passed away at the age of 95, the Law Society of Northern Ireland has said. Mr Mills, who passed away on Saturday, graduated from Queens University Belfast in the 1940s and completed his apprenticeship at Macintosh & Bradley in Newtownar

Pamela Irvine Mackenzie & Dorman Solicitors has welcomed solicitor Pamela Irvine to the practice.

Sinn Féin and the SDLP have urged the return of 50:50 recruitment to the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI), The Irish Times reports. Figures show that just 31 per cent of the 7,700 applicants for 300 new officer posts are Catholic.

A trainee solicitor has pleaded guilty to seriously assaulting his girlfriend during a drunken argument, the Derry Journal reports. Kevin McDaid, 31, admitted a charge of assault occasioning actual bodily harm on 2 December 2017, but denied an additional charge of causing damage to a police car.

Brexit poses inherent risks to the enjoyment of existing human rights in Northern Ireland, according to a new report published by the Human Rights Consortium. The RIGHTS AT RISK – Brexit, Human Rights and Northern Ireland report is the product of extensive research by the Consortium with its membe

Social media giant Facebook has reached a confidential settlement with a 14-year-old girl who sued the company after a nude photograph of her was posted on the platform, the High Court in Belfast has heard. As well as suing the man alleged to have posted the photo, she sued the social media company,

Patrick Connolly Insurance lawyer Patrick Connolly has warned that Northern Ireland motorists are being targeted by fraudulent online ads for "ghost brokers".

The lack of a functioning Northern Ireland Executive is having an impact on long-term justice policy development and on legal practitioners, The Bar of Northern Ireland has said. In a submission to Westminster's Northern Ireland Affairs Committee, the Bar said it was "vitally important that the poli

Over 100 trainee solicitors were welcomed to Law Society House in Belfast this week. The new trainees were formally welcomed by the Law Society of Northern Ireland's chief executive and Registrar of Solicitors, Alan Hunter, and members of the Society's senior member team.