Northern Ireland

At least 53 people in Northern Ireland received royal pardons in the decade leading up to the Good Friday Agreement, The Irish News reports. Figures released by the Northern Ireland Office (NIO) following a Freedom of Information request show that 53 royal prerogatives of mercy were issued in the pe

A woman who was knocked off her bicycle while cycling to work in Belfast has been awarded £230,000 in the High Court. The woman was described to have had an active lifestyle before the accident, which left her with chronic pain to the extent that she could only work part time and had to forgo her a

Martha Spurrier, director of Liberty Human rights group Liberty has intervened in a High Court case over the legal recognition of humanist weddings in Northern Ireland.

Irish language speakers delivered a letter to Northern Ireland Secretary James Brokenshire today, calling for the introduction of Irish language legislation as per the St Andrews Agreement.

The Sunday World has won an appeal brought against it by a man who said the newspaper endangered him by alleging that he is a member of the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF). Colin Fulton, 41, sought an injunction and damages in the High Court in Belfast over 28 newspaper stories published between August

A judge transferred a case involving possession of extreme pornographic images to another jurisdiction because she did not feel she could deal with the content, the Belfast Telegraph reports. Darran Peter Andrew Callaghan, 29, originally appeared before Omagh Magistrates Court in April facing 14 cha

The families of victims of the Omagh bombing have launched a lawsuit against the PSNI's chief constable. A writ has been issued against Chief Constable George Hamilton (pictured), who has responsibility for both the PSNI and its predecessor, the RUC.

Belfast lawyer Paul Tweed has secured an apology for the Duchess of York over false news stories claiming that she would swap personal details about Princess Diana for cash, The Irish News reports. Mr Tweed (pictured) said his client appreciated the "comprehensive and categoric" retraction and apolo

A director at Belfast firm Cleaver Fulton Rankin (CFR) is raising cash for charity Barnardo's by taking part in the Great North Run 2017. Michael Graham has already raised almost £600 on JustGiving ahead of taking part in the famous Manchester half marathon next month.

Malcolm Hurlston The number and value of debt judgments in Northern Ireland has increased substantially in the first half of 2017, the Registry Trust has said.

Pictured (l-r): Hannah Megarry, Rory Copeland, Lisa McGrady and Danielle McKeefry The four trainees who joined Pinsent Masons in Belfast last year have all been retained as newly-qualified solicitors, the firm announced as it welcomed four new recruits to its training programme.

The Equality Commission of Northern Ireland helped a woman who was made redundant during her maternity leave settle her sex discrimination case against her employers for £9,000. Áine Magorrian took a case against her employers SALIIS Ltd alleging sex discrimination, unlawful discrimination on grou

Families of the victims of the Birmingham pub bombings have raised over £10,000 for a planned judicial review over the naming of suspects. The families have been crowdfunding for their legal bid to overturn a coroner's ban on naming suspects at forthcoming inquests into the deaths of 21 people in t

A child abuse survivors' group has spoken of hope that interim payments for historical child abuse victims could be agreed this week with David Sterling, head of the Northern Ireland Civil Service. Margaret McGuckin of Survivors and Victims of Institutional Abuse (SAVIA) is on the expert panel meeti

People in Northern Ireland could face a fine of up to £1,000 for riding an electric bicycle without a motorcycle license, it has been revealed. The Department of Infrastructure has confirmed that NI laws have not yet been brought in line with the rest of the UK, where a license is not required to r