Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland firm Millar McCall Wylie has welcomed Siân McConnell as a solicitor in the firm's employment law team. Director David Mitchell said: "Our commitment to growth and enhancing our client services means continually identifying and supporting talent development.

Belfast-based Paschal O'Hare Solicitors has established a noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) department led by new recruit Orla Shevlin. Ms Shevlin, a graduate of Queen's University Belfast (QUB), is an experienced litigator with particular expertise in occupational disease law.

Court business in Newry and Dungannon will be relocated for three months while repair works are carried out at Dungannon Courthouse. The 20th-century courthouse will be closed from 29 March until 1 July 2024 to allow work to replace a "defective structural beam", the Department of Justice announced

Northern Ireland's Department of Justice has launched a public awareness campaign to promote the rights of victims and witnesses. The "These are your rights" campaign was formally launched on Sunday by justice minister Naomi Long in partnership with the commissioner-designate for victims of crime, G

Northern Ireland firm Turley Legal has appointed Michael Wilson as a director in its real estate team. Mr Wilson specialises in all aspects of non-contentious commercial property work, including freehold and leasehold acquisitions and disposals, landlord and tenant, residential development and prope

The Bar of Northern Ireland has congratulated 34 barristers on taking silk, including 12 women — a three-fold increase in the number of women in the last call four years ago. Until Friday, nobody had been called to the senior bar since February 2020 because of the collapse of the Northern Irel

The Law Society of Northern Ireland's past president James G. Doran has passed away. Mr Doran, who passed away on Sunday, was born in 1927 and was admitted as a solicitor in 1953.

Northern Ireland victims should be included in new UK legislation on the Post Office scandal, a lawyer representing dozens of subpostmasters has said. The UK government plans to legislate to clear convictions in England and Wales linked to the Horizon IT scandal, said to be the biggest miscarriage o

JMK Solicitors is celebrating 10 consecutive years as Northern Ireland's most prolific personal injury firm. New figures from the Department for Communities' compensation recovery unit shows that JMK was instructed in 1,939 cases last year, more than double the next law firm providing personal injur

Northern Ireland personal injury firm JMK Solicitors has named NI Hospice & Children's Hospice as its chosen charity partner for 2024.

The Equality Commission for Northern Ireland has secured a £50,000 settlement with no admission of liability for a hearing-impaired man who took a disability discrimination case against the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA). The claimant, Christopher Morrow, work

Global legal business DWF has announced seven promotions in its Belfast office. As previously reported, partner and Belfast office head Julie Galbraith has been promoted to the rank of managing partner while Orla Hanna has been appointed as a partner in the finance and restructuring team.

Law Centre NI has successfully overturned an HMRC decision on the allocation of child benefit in a case involving parents with 50/50 joint custody. The law centre took judicial review proceedings to challenge a decision by HMRC to withdraw child benefit from its client, who was in minimum wage emplo

A&L Goodbody has appointed James Flanagan, John Palmer and Caroline McNally to senior roles in its Belfast office. Mr Flanagan has been appointed as a partner in the construction and infrastructure team, while Mr Palmer joins the firm as a second energy partner within its corporate team. Ms McNa

Northern Ireland's Department of Justice has launched a public consultation to seek views on recovery of criminal assets codes of practice. Updates to two existing codes of practice and one new code of practice are required to take account of new measures under the Economic Crime and Corporate Trans