Northern Ireland

The re-offending rate in Northern Ireland fell by around four per cent between 2011-14, according to new analysis from the Department of Justice. The Department's latest statistical bulletin includes re-offending rates for adults and under-17s given a non-custodial disposal at court, a diversionary

Sue McAllister and Claire Sugden Sue McAllister, director general of the Northern Ireland Prison Service (NIPS), is due to step down at the end of October.

Justice Minister Claire Sugden plans to introduce legislation banning so-called "zombie knives" in Northern Ireland following a similar ban in England and Wales. Zombie knives, also sometimes known as "zombie killer knives" or "zombie slayer knives" are ornate weapons ostensibly sold for recreationa

The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) has published documents from the 1980s which show, among other things, the importance assigned by the Northern Ireland Office to the implementation of the Fair Employment Act 1989. Then-Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Brooke said in a letter to G

Organisations have been invited to host events at the Northern Ireland Human Rights Festival in December 2016. The festival, organised by the Human Rights Consortium since 2012, starts on 4 December and ends on Human Rights Day, 10 December 2016.

Economy Minister Simon Hamilton Global law firms expanding their Northern Ireland operations have been granted almost £3 million through Invest NI over the past five years, The Irish News reports.

The National Crime Agency (NCA) recorded 44 disruptions of organised crime and made 36 arrests in its first year of full operation in Northern Ireland, new figures show. The NCA became fully operational in Northern Ireland in May 2015 and works closely with the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PS

Justice Secretary Liz Truss Plans to scrap the Human Rights Act and replace it with a "British Bill of Rights" are to go ahead according to Justice Secretary Liz Truss.

Jonathan McKeown and Maurece Hutchinson Belfast- and Newry-based firm JMK Solicitors is set to recruit 10 new staff members this year as part of an ambitious new £1 million three-year business development plan.

Pictured (l-r, top-bottom): James Flanagan of Arthur Cox; Conor Toal of AMT-Sybex; William Curry of Arthur Cox; Morris McCracken and Tom Gilgun of the Central Procurement Directive; Brian Mitchell and Leonard Hayes of AMT-Sybex; Robert Huey; and David Torrens Arthur Cox advised Northern Ireland's De

Dr Rachel Killean Dr Rachel Killean has joined the Queen's University Belfast faculty as a lecturer in the School of Law.

A cross-community group of MLAs are expected to file legal proceedings at the High Court in Belfast over the UK's Brexit vote. Raymond McCord, a prominent victims rights campaigner whose son was killed by loyalist paramilitaries in 1997, lodged an application for judicial review at the High Court ea

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has completed interviewing a number of former soldiers who were involved in the Bloody Sunday killings in 1972. A report is now being compiled, to be sent to the Public Prosecution Service (PPS).

Criminal justice agencies have teamed up to launch a charity fundraising initiative celebrating 60 years of The Duke of Edinburgh's Award (DofE). The Northern Ireland Prison Service, Probation Board and Youth Justice Agency will invite prisoners, prison staff, probation officers and youth justice wo

Pictured (l-r): Noel Kelly, vice-president of the Industrial Tribunals and Fair Employment Tribunal; former Justice Minister David Ford MLA; Caoimhe O’Kane LLM and Joan Davison LLM of Sullivans Law; Professor Ciaran White, director of the Ulster University Law Clinic Belfast firm Sullivans Law has