Northern Ireland personal injury firm JMK Solicitors has raised £10,000 this year so far for charity partner PIPS Suicide Prevention, in conjunction with accident management company CRASH Services. PIPS Charity offers expert and unrestricted face-to-face counselling services to individuals who
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Ellen Dalzell and Kevin Hegarty of Northern Ireland commercial law firm Tughans consider a recent English judgment involving a 'novus actus interveniens' defence in medical negligence proceedings. A common perception in medical negligence law is that a ‘specific rule’ exists as a necessa
International law firm DAC Beachcroft (DACB) has welcomed complex injury claims specialist Andrew Burke as a partner in its claims solution group (CSG) practice in Belfast. Mr Burke has been a solicitor at Murphy & O'Rawe since 2000 and was made partner in 2008. Prior to this he was a barrister
Lawyers for a 27-year-old dental nurse arrested at her workplace in Derry yesterday have said they will bring proceedings against the PSNI for a "distasteful and deplorable abuse of powers". In a statement issued yesterday afternoon, the PSNI said the woman was arrested on suspicion of being concern
Rosemary Connolly Solicitors has secured a "very satisfactory" settlement for former BBC journalist Lena Ferguson after she sued the broadcaster over alleged bullying. Ms Ferguson had accused the BBC of breaching its duty of care in relation to a complaint of alleged bullying which she made in 2019
More than a dozen barristers have completed a 20-kilometre walk along the top of the Giant's Causeway to raise funds for the National Autistic Society NI.
Kerry Dumican and Fearghal O'Loan of Northern Ireland commercial law firm Tughans consider a recent judgment from the English courts. The recent judgment of the High Court of England & Wales in Re Avanti Communications Ltd [2023] EWHC 940 (Ch) considers issues arising as a result of the wording
Northern Ireland’s High Court has determined that a mother of two children was not entitled to vote on whether or not her children should be placed on the Child Protection Registry. The court found that she was appropriately involved and represented in the procedure, and that the question of w
The PSNI has issued an apology to the so-called "Hooded Men", acknowledging that their treatment "would be characterised today as torture" and was "not acceptable at that time and is not acceptable by modern standards of policing". Joe Clarke — one of the 14 men subjected to the controversial
The Franco-British Lawyers Society is inviting practitioners to join its visit to the Court of Justice in Luxembourg, which will take place on 3 and 4 July. The visit will start with a hearing at the General Court, to be preceded by a short introduction to the case from one of the réfé
A farmer in Co Antrim has been fined £2,000 for unauthorised works to a scheduled monument which has existed for more than 1,000 years. Ballymena man Robin Hunter, 54, from Woodside Road, Ballymena, appeared at Antrim County Court for an appeal hearing yesterday.
Scottish judge Lord Turnbull has been appointed as chair of the coming statutory inquiry into the 1998 Omagh bombing. The UK government announced in February that it would launch an inquiry into the preventability of the bombing, which was orchestrated by the Real IRA and led to the deaths of 29 peo
Sir Declan Morgan, the former Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland appointed to lead the proposed Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery (ICRIR), has urged the Irish government to co-operate with the new body. The creation of the body is a key component of the UK govern
Northern Ireland solicitors have been encouraged to use gender-inclusive alternatives to the salutation "Dear Sirs". The Law Society of Northern Ireland's human rights and equality committee said solicitors should drop the "outdated and non-inclusive practice" in favour of alternatives such as "Dear
Northern Ireland schools are failing to meet statutory human rights standards in their teaching of relationships and sexuality, the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission has concluded in a new report. The rights body carried out an investigation to assess the extent to which post-primary schools