Northern Ireland

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.

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.