Northern Ireland

A record 1,411 racist incidents and 891 racist crimes were recorded by the PSNI in the year ending June 2024, according to new data. The annual figures from the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) show that racist crimes represented 0.9 per cent of all recorded crime during the p

Nazia Latif has been appointed to the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland. Her appointment by Northern Ireland secretary Hilary Benn will take effect from 1 September 2024 for a period of three years.

Mairead Holder has been appointed as a commissioner to the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC). Mrs Holder, a barrister who is the current official solicitor for Northern Ireland, will take up the appointment with effect from 1 September 2024.

The UK government has begun consulting on its plans to repeal and replace the previous administration's controversial legacy law. Northern Ireland secretary Hilary Benn yesterday held meetings with the South East Fermanagh Foundation and the Victims and Survivors Forum in Belfast.

Legislation criminalising the abduction of cats and dogs has come into force in Northern Ireland. The Pet Abduction Act 2024 creates specific offences for the abduction of cats and dogs, which the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) says recognises that they are not mere

Solicitor Ema Cubitt has been appointed as Northern Ireland's first independent autism reviewer. The role will include monitoring the implementation and effectiveness of Northern Ireland's autism strategy and reviewing the adequacy of services provided to autistic people, their families and carers a

Belfast law firm Millar McCall Wylie has acted for the owners of two shopping centres on deals that will see Spanish fashion chain Mango open two new concept stores in Northern Ireland. Mango will come to Derry's Foyleside shopping centre and Craigavon's Rushmere shopping centre this year.

Belfast-based Edwards & Co Solicitors has appointed Kellie Morwood as the firm's youngest ever partner. Ms Morwood, 28 years old, graduated from Queen's University Belfast School of Law with a first-class honours degree in 2017 and achieved a distinction at the Institute of Professional Legal St

Law student Olivia Feron is attending the One Young World 2024 Summit in Montreal, Canada this September as a returning One Young World Global Ambassador. Ms Feron, a third year student at Queen's University Belfast School of Law and co-chair of the Women in Law Society, is heading to Montreal after

Solicitors John McDaid and Paul Mageean have been appointed to the management board of the Legal Services Agency Northern Ireland. Mr McDaid was chief executive of the Legal Aid Board south of the border from 2014 to 2023.

Despite Labour's promise to repeal the Northern Ireland Legacy Act, truth, justice, acknowledgement and reparation for victims and survivors of conflict-related sexual violence remains elusive, writes Professor Cheryl Lawther. The Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023 has ge

Global law firm Clyde & Co is to close its Derry office later this year, with staff to be given the option of either working remotely or from Belfast. The firm, which specialises in insurance law, has had two offices in Northern Ireland since its merger with BLM in July 2022.

Belfast firm MKB Law has refreshed its website with a new collection of photographs taken at Whitehead in Country Antrim.

The Probation Board for Northern Ireland has made significant improvements to organisational culture and probation practice over the past three years, an inspection has found. Criminal Justice Inspection Northern Ireland (CJI) made five strategic and six operational recommendations in 2020 to delive

Northern Ireland prosecutors have withdrawn their case against a Palestine solidarity activist who took part in a protest inside a Belfast supermarket. Eoin Rua Davey was arrested and subsequently charged with aggravated trespass after taking part in the action, organised by the Boycott, Divestment