Northern Ireland

Our regular round-up of deals involving Northern Ireland law firms. Submit your deals to newsdesk@irishlegal.com. Belfast-based cancer diagnostics company GenoME Diagnostics has closed a £1.4 million funding round which will be used to further develop its lead product OvaME, a novel blood test

US-headquartered Haynes and Boone LLP has appointed 11 lawyers based in London and Belfast to its investment management practice. Ronan McCann, a graduate of Queen's University Belfast who trained as a solicitor in Belfast and now lives in London, is one of three new partners, along with Karma Samdu

A newly-qualified solicitor from Derry has completed a one-week internship with a Serbian law firm as part of an international initiative organised by AVRIO Advocati. Enya Hood, a solicitor with Caldwell & Robinson Solicitors, recently spent a week with Živković Samardžić in Belgrade.

Taxi drivers are set to take legal action after delegates at a Belfast conference were told to avoid black cabs "because they are run by the IRA". The claim was made in a security document sent to delegates attending the 2023 CYBERUK conference organised by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC),

Warrenpoint-based Rosemary Connolly Employment & Equality Solicitors has promoted Rachel Rice, Leanne Murphy and Emma Sheppard to directors in the firm. Rosemary Connolly, principal solicitor, said: "With the firm celebrating 28 years of continuous growth and progression, I am very happy that Ra

Northern Ireland’s High Court has determined that a decision to quash a 2008 conviction for indecent assault in light of a legislative error and subsequently re-prosecute the case was unlawful. Mr Justice O'Hara ruled that the original conviction should not have been quashed in 2020 after it e

Belfast-based Cleaver Fulton Rankin has been shortlisted for two awards at the Belfast Telegraph Business Awards 2023. The firm has made the final shortlist for Outstanding Commitment to ESG, a category that shines a light on businesses who have shown a commitment to sustainable business practices a

Northern Ireland’s High Court has quashed a decision by Belfast City Council to subject a consignment of Halloween costumes to a detention. The court found that the products could not be classified as children’s toys and the respondent therefore acted ultra vires.

The death of a man accused of being a Provisional IRA informer codenamed "Stakeknife" before the publication of a long-awaited investigation into his alleged activities may rob victims of justice, a lawyer has said. Kevin Winters, of Belfast-based KRW LAW, is representing a number of families of peo

Northern Ireland’s Court of Appeal has increased a child murderer's sentence from 13 to 16 years, despite fears of double jeopardy and failures by the prosecution, as the interests of justice demanded it. This was a reference brought by the Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland

Human rights campaigners have called on Rishi Sunak to abandon controversial plans to end investigations into killings during the Troubles as US leader Joe Biden makes a flying visit to Northern Ireland. Mr Biden was welcomed by Mr Sunak as he arrived in Belfast late last night. The president is due

Northern Ireland’s High Court has dismissed an application for judicial review brought by the owner of a trout hatchery who claimed that the Department of Agriculture failed in its statutory duty to conserve waterways. The court found that the respondent took extensive steps to comply with its

Cleaver Fulton Rankin’s HR director Kerri Bradley has received Chartered Fellow recognition from the CIPD Northern Ireland. This recognition is awarded to people professionals who combine strategic insight and people expertise with commercial acumen to change the way organisations think about

Northern Ireland’s Court of Appeal has rescinded two orders rejecting the right to trial by jury in defamation cases between Sir Van Morrison and former health minister Robin Swann. The court found that the trial judge erred in considering the facts and issues in the two cases together to deny

Children should be taught about domestic violence at school to cut offending, a Northern Ireland judge has said. Judge Barney McElholm, of Londonderry Magistrates' Court, told BBC News NI that there has been an increase in the number of domestic abuse cases coming before him.