Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland's personal injury discount rate has been set at +0.5 per cent following a review. The new rate is welcome news for insurers and bad news for personal injury claimants, being a significant increase from the -1.5 per cent rate set in March 2022.

Children and young people affected by sexual crime will be offered free legal advice under a new scheme in Northern Ireland. A new domestic and sexual abuse strategy and three-year action plan was jointly launched by justice minster Naomi Long and health minister Mike Nesbitt yesterday.

The Bar of Northern Ireland has launched a new series of explainer videos to promote the meaning and value of legal aid in civil matters. The video series follows the commencement of a review of civil legal aid by the Department of Justice, with the Bar submitting a detailed advocating for a positiv

Northern Ireland's Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal by the Law Society of Northern Ireland against a decision of the Solicitors' Disciplinary Tribunal concerning allegations including the non-production of documents on behalf of a legal firm. Delivering judgment for the Court of Appeal, Lady

A lawyer representing thousands of officers involved in the PSNI data breach has welcomed proposed mediation in the case. The unprecedented PSNI data breach last year saw the names, roles and other personal details of all serving police officers and civilian staff inadvertently published on its webs

Lewis Silkin's joint managing partners Jo Farmer and Richard Miskella joined colleagues in running the Belfast City Half Marathon on Sunday in support of The Sutton Trust.

Belfast firm KRW Law LLP has appointed Gary Duffy as an associate solicitor. Mr Duffy holds master's degrees in history and politics as well as human rights law.

Judicial review proceedings have been brought against the Law Society of Northern Ireland in relation to the disclosure of orders of the Solicitors' Disciplinary Tribunal for Northern Ireland. Granite Legal Services is challenging a decision by the Law Society's registrar not to hand over copies of

Belfast firm MKB Law has appointed two new solicitors and a legal executive. Chris Quinn joins the firm as a solicitor in its private client team, advising clients on matters including wills and estate planning and administration. He also offers guidance on enduring powers of attorney and controller

Research by a law professor at University College Dublin has highlighted significant links between intimate partner violence and paramilitary coercive control in Northern Ireland.

The UK government has been urged to scrap the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery (ICRIR) following a court defeat. Northern Ireland's Court of Appeal ruled on Friday that the controversial Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023 breaches human r

Northern Ireland's Department of Justice has issued letters to former sub-postmasters whose convictions have been quashed through legislation. Madden & Finucane Solicitors said four of its clients have now received letters confirming their convictions have been quashed under the Post Office (Hor

The Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service (NICTS) is to receive major IT upgrades through a 20-year contract valued at £85 million. Independent IT and business consulting firm CGI will deliver the long-term support contract and a five-year programme of work to improve the experiences o

A minister in the Northern Ireland Executive has taken the remarkable step of writing to the Lady Chief Justice to challenge sentencing remarks made by a district court judge. The Department for Infrastructure yesterday announced that minister John O'Dowd had written to Dame Siobhan Keegan in relati

Thousands of errors have been made in the administration of Northern Ireland's criminal courts in the past few years, a report has found. Criminal Justice Inspection Northern Ireland today published the findings of a new inspection of criminal court administration.