Northern Ireland

John Kelly Belfast and Newtownwards firm Worthingtons Solicitors has announced the appointment of John Kelly as a solicitor in the firm's employment law department.

The Bar of Northern Ireland worked with its charity of the year, The Boom Foundation, to raise awareness and funds for children and families during Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.

The Industrial Tribunal awarded a former employee of a Belfast City restaurant £7,000 for constructive dismissal, after her employer failed to address grievances she had brought up with him in relation to the behaviour of the restaurant manager and head chef, and consequently left her employment at

Matthew Jury, managing partner of McCue & Partners A law firm for a Northern Ireland victims' organisation is raising funds to review whether UK law could be changed to make it easier for victims of terrorism to file lawsuits.

Christian Ahlund, chair of the ECRI People in Northern Ireland have a lower level of protection against racial discrimination than people in other parts of the UK, according to a major Council of Europe body.

Gerard Armstrong Belfast firm Carson McDowell advised the RiverRidge Group on a £10 million investment by its Business Growth Fund, the largest investment to date by BGF in Northern Ireland.

In the High Court, Justice McCorry struck out claims against the State involving negligence and misfeasance in a public office, brought by the widow of a man who was murdered in 1972. Justice McCorry found that the woman had no reasonable cause of action, but refused to strike out her claim of misfe

Lord Chief Justice, Sir Declan Morgan The Lord Chief Justice, Sir Declan Morgan spoke in support of the use of problem-solving courts at an event to mark the 40th anniversary of Foyle Women's Aid.

Northern Ireland's prison population declined last year for the first time since 2010, according to new Department of Justice figures. The Northern Ireland Prison Population 2015 and 2015/16 sets out the average daily prison population and the number of receptions into prisons in 2015 and the financ

The issues particular to Northern Ireland in the two Brexit challenges before the High Court in Belfast will be heard at the hearing on 4-5 October, a judge has ruled. Challenges are brought by Raymond McCord, a victims’ rights campaigner whose son was killed by loyalist paramilitaries in 1997, an

Ciarán Moynagh A bid to overturn the criminalisation of buying sex in Northern Ireland will proceed to a full hearing after leave for a judicial review was granted by the High Court this morning.

Queen's University Belfast is among the top 10 universities in the UK for law, while Ulster University is in the top 35, according to The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2017. QUB clocks in at number 9 in the league table for law while Ulster University clocks in at number 33.

The Bar of Northern Ireland has welcomed the proposed creation of a Witness Charter for Northern Ireland, but warned it must be accessible for the vast majority of court users in its practical application. The Department of Justice closed its consultation on the draft Witness Charter yesterday.

Northern Ireland's vibrant legal sector was on display as solicitors and barristers took part in a trade mission to the International Bar Association conference in Washington, D.C. Invest NI led a delegation of firms including A&L Goodbody, Tughans, Carson McDowell and Cleaver Fulton Rankin to t

2 November 2016 R (on the application of A) (A Child) (by her litigation Friend B) (AP) (Appellant) v Secretary of State for Health (Respondent) UKSC 2015/0220