Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland commercial law firm Tughans has announced four new hires and nine senior promotions, including the appointment of Fiona Kirkpatrick and Kevin Hegarty as partners. Ms Fitzpatrick has been promoted to partner in the estate planning department. Since joining the firm in 2020, she has b

Northern Ireland’s High Court has rejected a decision of the Department of Justice (DoJ) to refuse compensation for miscarriage of justice where the applicant, Gerry Adams, was improperly interned in 1973. The applicant challenged the 2021 DoJ decision which found that Adams was not eligible f

Cleaver Fulton Rankin has become the first law firm in Northern Ireland to complete the British Heart Foundation’s RevivR CPR training. The training was organised by the firm's responsible business group and delivered using the RevivR online training platform, with the assistance of Adele Harr

A discrimination disability case brought by a man against his former employer Home Bargains with support from the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland has been settled for £25,000 with no admission of liability. Ryan Walker, who lives with cerebral palsy, was employed in the chain's Armagh

Northern Ireland’s Court of Appeal has entirely dismissed Tesco’s challenge to an Antrim Council planning decision relating to a new store for its competitor Asda. The court found that the decision reached was a valid and informed one and, although it went against Tesco’s favour, i

Every household in Northern Ireland is to receive a leaflet outlining the support, services, and compensation available for victims and survivors of historical institutional abuse. The leaflet, which will be distributed from this week, is the latest phase of an awareness campaign which started in Ma

Northern Ireland’s Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal which stemmed from a child residence order application request brought by a father in a long series of litigation with the child’s mother. The court refused the appeal, finding that it had been brought for improper purposes and w

Northern Ireland’s Court of Appeal has determined that there was procedural unfairness in refusing to allow witnesses to remain seated during a tribunal hearing while providing seats for pupil barristers. The court found that although pandemic restrictions were the cause of the occupancy limit

Just 14 applications for a legal aid eligibility waiver on the grounds of domestic abuse have been issued since they became available in Northern Ireland over a year ago, new figures show. The Domestic Abuse and Civil Proceedings Act (Northern Ireland) 2021, which came into force in February 2022,&n

The Probation Board for Northern Ireland has delivered a new restorative project in partnership with Quaker Service to give victims and survivors a platform to share their experiences. The RESTORE project, facilitated by Voicing the Void, aims to amplify the voices of victims and survivors of seriou

Amnesty International has raised concerns about the disproportionate use of stop and search by the PSNI on people from minoritised ethnic communities and on children. In total, 23,650 people were stopped and searched in Northern Ireland by police in the year to the end of March 2023, according to ne

The Children's Law Centre (CLC) has called for urgent action after an independent review of special educational needs (SEN) services in Northern Ireland found that early intervention for children is almost impossible under the current system and processes. The Ipsos review, published yesterday, was

Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons has appointed two partners, a legal director and three senior associates in Belfast. Private equity lawyer Lisa Early and construction law specialist Ciaran McNamara have been made partners, while employment lawyer Craig Patterson has become a legal director. Sa

A survivor of the 1975 Miami Showband massacre is appealing a decision to reduce his award under the Troubles victims' payments scheme because he previously secured an out-of-court settlement in a civil court case. Stephen Travers was awarded a "paltry sum" by the Victims' Payments Board after it to

Lawyers from DWF's Belfast office will join an event in Westminster today to celebrate the economic success of Northern Ireland over the last 25 years and highlight the opportunities for further growth. The flagship trade NI House of Commons reception will bring together more than 300 business leade