Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland's Coroner’s Court has found that a rubber baton round which killed Stephen Geddis, “an innocent child”, in 1975 was neither necessary nor justified in the circumstances. The danger posed by the use of this weapon near children had not been made apparent to the sold

A pop-up exhibition about the centenary of the first woman to be called to the bar is now on display at the UK Supreme Court.

UK law firm TLT is embarking on a new project to identify how climate-aligned contract clauses can be used in built environment projects to combat climate change throughout the entire lifecycle of a building. The commercial law firm has won a competitive brief to support The Chancery Lane Project (T

Belfast-based Tughans has announced the appointment of six new trainee solicitors, bringing its total trainee count to 13. Law graduates Adam Lynch, Anna Thompson, Leah Harvey, Lucy Dawson, Lucy Scott and Luke Scholfield have joined the firm and are now engaged in a comprehensive two-year legal trai

Lawyers for a group representing Northern Ireland families who lost loved ones during the pandemic are seeking core participant status in the next phase of the UK Covid-19 Inquiry. P.A. Duffy & Co Solicitors is representing NI Covid Bereaved Families for Justice (NICBFJ), whose members want to g

Global law firm Herbert Smith Freehills has opened applications for its alternative legal services (ALT) trainee solicitor programme in Belfast to external candidates for the first time. The Belfast office launched training contract opportunities to internal candidates in 2012 and, to date, has supp

Belfast-based MKB Law has welcomed Tonya Gregg, Chloe Stewart and Laura McGuckin as trainee solicitors. Ms Gregg, who graduated with a law degree from Queen's University Belfast in 2019, joined the residential property department at MKB Law in January 2021 as a paralegal.

Patricia Kerr, a solicitor and well-known legal costs consultant in Belfast, has passed away. The Law Society of Northern Ireland said Mrs Kerr died on Sunday 11 September 2022.

Belfast-based MKB Law has announced the appointment of Emma Jamison to the position of associate director within the family law department. Ms Jamison joins Anne Marie Kelly, head of the department and one of the founding partners of the firm, alongside colleagues Aine Toner, associate director, and

Our regular round-up of deals involving Northern Ireland law firms. Submit your deals to newsdesk@irishlegal.com. Tughans has advised the shareholders of healthcare software provider Blue Zinc on its acquisition by ClearCourse, a group of innovative technology brands providing software solutions and

Solicitor Paul Mageean has been reappointed as chief parole commissioner for Northern Ireland for a further three-year term. Parole commissioners help to make decisions on the release or otherwise of those serving extended or indeterminate sentences and in relation to the revocation of licences and

Most business in the Northern Ireland courts will be adjourned on Monday as a mark of respect for the late Queen Elizabeth II. The state funeral is taking place on Monday 19 September 2022, which has been declared a bank holiday across the UK.

Northern Ireland prosecutors have said they will decide within weeks whether or not to support the quashing of convictions of two people claimed to be victims of the Post Office scandal. The appeals by Alan McLaughlin and Lee Williamson were heard before the Lady Chief Justice, Dame Siobhan Keegan,

The Bar of Northern Ireland has welcomed the shelving of UK government plans to reform human rights legislation. The proposed Bill of Rights was due to be debated in Parliament next week, but government officials have said it is now "unlikely to progress in its current form" under new prime minister

Northern Ireland’s High Court has refused judicial review to an applicant who was charged under terrorism legislation in 2020. The court found that the applicant’s attempts to rely on the royal prerogative of mercy to reduce his time in prison was based on a flawed interpretation of the