Northern Ireland

Matt Higgins Staff members at Belfast firm HHD Solicitors are completing the Belfast Marathon 2016 to raise funds for CAUSE.

Gerry McAlinden QC, chairman of the Bar Council of Northern Ireland Gerry McAlinden QC, chairman of the Bar Council of Northern Ireland, stressed the importance of an independent referral bar in a major speech delivered over the weekend.

Emma Hutchinson Co Down lawyer Emma Hutchinson is among a group of UK Labour Party members who are defying party rules by running candidates in next month's Northern Ireland Assembly elections.

Pictured (l-r): Emma-Jane Flannery and Catriona Gibson Dublin-based Arthur Cox has announced the appointment of Emma-Jane Flannery as an employment law partner at its Northern Ireland practice.

Paul Gilroy QC A senior UK lawyer has said the new EU trade secrets directive will serve as a deterrent to potential whistleblowers, The Times reports.

A man accused of endangering an aircraft after being refused pre-flight snacks has been found not guilty at Antrim Crown Court. American man Jeremiah Thede, 42, was arrested in June 2015 after his United Airlines flight from Italy to the US was diverted to Belfast International Airport.

Two relay teams made up of staff from Carson McDowell have entered the 2016 Belfast Marathon to raise funds for The Simon Community.

Barristers have been warned that US authorities could access legally privileged information hosted on cloud storage services like Dropbox. Jacqueline Reid, chair of the IT panel of the Bar Council of England and Wales, has previously warned barristers to "be aware that these surveillance powers can

The High Court has allowed an application for judicial review of the Northern Ireland Prison Service’s policy to video-tape strip searches by force and retain the video for six years, finding that such a policy had no basis in law. The applicant, Gerard Flannigan is a prisoner at HMP Maghaberry, a

The Northern Ireland Committee of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (NIC-ICTU) has called for the implementation of a Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme in Northern Ireland. The move was backed unanimously by delegates at a conference in Derry yesterday.

Clare Bailey, deputy leader of the Green Party in Northern Ireland A Green Party candidate's proposal to prosecute men whose sexual partners obtain an illegal abortion after falling pregnant has created a stir on both sides of the border.

Pictured (l-r): Ashley McCausland BL, Ashleigh Jones BL, Sinead McKeagney BL, Sophie Laverty BL, Dr Philip McGarry (Threshold), Gerry McAlinden QC, Grainne Close (Autism Initiatives), Bobbie-Leigh Herdman BL, Rachel Bergin BL, Fiona Fee BL The Bar of Northern Ireland's charity committee has presente

House prices in Northern Ireland rose by 2.4 per cent over the year to February 2016 to reach an average of £157,000, according to the Office of National Statistics (ONS). The increase was lower than the 7.5 per cent rise noted across the UK, where the average property value now stands at £284,000

Pictured (l-r): Ellen Forester, Nichola Coghlan and James Donnelly Two trainee solicitors from Belfast firm Tughans will fly the flag for Northern Ireland in Canada after winning the regional heat of the Brown-Mosten International Client Consultation Competition.

Olivia O'Kane, chair of the Belfast Solicitors Association The non-profit Belfast Solicitors Association (BSA) is hosting a pub quiz later this month in support of local homelessness charity the Welcome Organisation.