Northern Ireland

Dr David Russell has been named as the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission's (NIHRC) new chief executive. He will take up the post from 3 April 2017.

Koulla Yiasouma There is overwhelming public support for legislative changes to remove the defence of "reasonable chastisement" for parents who physically punish their child, a survey has found.

A former Lord Justice of Appeal of Northern Ireland has said the law must evolve in lockstep with advances in technology to thwart terrorists, pointing to lacunae in the legislation governing unmanned aerial vehicles. Delivering the Scottish Council of Law Reporting's Macfadyen Lecture 2017, entitle

Northern Ireland solicitors will walk a five-kilometre route to raise cash for Marie Curie this May. The Law Society of Northern Ireland has organised a Legal Walk/Run in support of the president's chosen charity of the year.

A company which was found to have constructively dismissed a woman who had been employed as a manager for over 8 years, has had its appeal dismissed by the Court of Appeal in Belfast. Delivering the judgment of the three-judge Court, Lord Justice Reginald Weir stated that he was in agreement with th

The decision of the Department for the Economy to publish the names of “natural persons” in receipt of Renewal Heat Incentive Scheme funding has been quashed by an order of certiorari, after the High Court found that the decision was in breach of the Data Protection Act 1998. The Department is,

Prime Minister Theresa May has said proposed new institutions to carry out legacy investigations in Northern Ireland will shift the "unbalanced" focus away from soldiers and police officers. In a letter to army veterans published by BBC News, Ms May said the UK government is "concerned that the whol

The family of Irish citizen Ibrahim Halawa have expressed regret that he was not included in a list of over 200 young people pardoned by the Egyptian government this week. Mr Halawa, 21, is being prosecuted in a mass trial for allegedly participating in a political protest.

The widow of solicitor Pat Finucane (pictured) is set to ask the UK Supreme Court for leave to appeal her failed legal bid to overturn the UK government's refusal to hold an inquiry into his 1989 murder. Solicitor Peter Madden will lodge an application directly with the UK Supreme Court next week on

Amnesty International has welcomed the support of the head of the Catholic Church in Ireland for its call for an inquiry into Mother and Baby Homes in Northern Ireland. Eamon Martin, Archbishop of Armagh and the Primate of All Ireland, said many in the church and society were “ashamed” and that

Kevin Winters Survivors and relatives of the victims of the 1974 Dublin and Monaghan bombings have applied in the High Court in Belfast for further information from British authorities about the attacks.

Belfast's iconic Crumlin Road Courthouse will become home to a new luxury hotel in a £25 million project announced today. The Signature Living Group confirmed its plans for the building at the MIPIM property convention in Cannes, Frances.

Newly-admitted solicitors have been welcomed to the profession by the president of the Law Society, Ian Huddleston.

Ciarán Moynagh The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) is using new capabilities to intercept drugs in the postal system to enforce an "archaic law" on abortion, a solicitor advocate has said.

Kirk Murdoch Kirk Murdoch, chairman of Pinsent Masons in Northern Ireland and Scotland, has passed away.