Northern Ireland

The UK government must fulfil its commitment to hold a public inquiry into the 1989 murder of solicitor Pat Finucane, Ireland's Foreign Affairs Minister Charlie Flanagan (pictured) has said. Mr Flanagan delivered the annual Pat Finucane lecture in Belfast's Europa Hotel last night.

The Northern Ireland Executive has breached its statutory duties by failing to implement an Irish language strategy, the High Court in Belfast has ruled. Mr Justice Paul Maguire ruled in favour of a judicial review brought by Irish language group Conradh na Gaeilge, who said the Executive had not ma

The names of all companies benefiting from the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme can be published, the High Court has ruled. Mr Justice Donnell Deeny held it would be in the public interest for Economy Minister Simon Hamilton to name companies benefiting from the scheme, though maintained an inj

The Law Society of Northern Ireland has announced the launch of their Advanced Advocacy Course for Solicitors 2017. Now in its 18th year, the Advocacy course continues to grow in popularity and attendance providing world class training to local solicitors to help them improve and develop their advoc

Justice Minister Claire Sugden Victims of domestic violence have been let down by Stormont's collapse, Northern Ireland's Justice Minister Claire Sugden has said.

Rob Aberdein Belfast firm Wilson Nesbitt and Scottish firm Aberdein Considine have announced a new long-term collaboration.

Judge Corinne Philpott QC Key figures in Northern Ireland's legal profession have proposed that the Institute of Professional Legal Studies should create a graduate prize in the name of the late Judge Corinne Philpott QC.

The Law Society of Northern Ireland has published the latest edition of The Writ, with new president Ian Huddleston adorning the cover. Mr Huddleston took up the role last December.

Pictured (l-r): Danny McKay, James Knight, and John McMahon UK firm Keystone Law has expanded into Belfast through a merger with McMahon McKay, a corporate and commercial firm in Belfast.

Patrick Corrigan Northern Ireland has failed dismally to deal with past human rights violations and to reform its outdated abortion laws, Amnesty International has said in its annual assessment of human rights around the world.

Nearly a third of Northern Ireland's victims of crime did not report the crime to police because they thought it was too trivial or the police would not do anything. The figure emerged in a Department of Justice briefing which sets out findings from the 2015/16 Northern Ireland Crime Survey.

Law Centre (NI) has helped a couple who had been suffering hardship through unnecessary delays in obtaining Child Tax Credit (CTC). They had been granted refugee status a few days after registering their baby’s birth. They made a joint claim for Child Tax Credit soon afterward but were not given a

Belfast firm Cleaver Fulton Rankin has announced the appointment of Hilary Griffith to head its corporate team.

Maxine Orr Redundancy within a workplace can arise where there is a diminution or cessation of the type of work that an employee carries out. That can arise as part of a restructuring, or where the duties of the post are redistributed among other staff, writes Maxine Orr.

A party that wants to legalise cannabis in Northern Ireland has been struck off the register of political parties and fined £23,000 for forgetting to file accounts on time. Cannabis is Safer than Alcohol is registered separately in Northern Ireland and Britain but it has failed to meet the requirem