Law Society Of Northern Ireland

A new online complaints portal has been launched by the Law Society of Northern Ireland to support clients seeking to make a complaint about their solicitor. The portal aims to provide clients with access to an online platform on which to submit their complaint, underscoring the Society’s comm

Solicitors have been invited to apply for membership of the Law Society of Northern Ireland's new human rights and equality group. Belfast solicitor Maria McCloskey was named last month as the chair of the new group, set up in response to international protests against racism and police violence.

The Law Society of Northern Ireland has written to solicitors to urge them to apply for two vacant positions on the High Court. Rowan White, president of the Law Society, said the appointment of Mr Justice Ian Huddleston in January 2019 "clearly demonstrates" that court advocacy "is not an essential

The Law Society of Northern Ireland has donated £10,000 to the Access to Justice Foundation's Community Justice Fund. The fund was set up to make grants of up to £100,000 available to specialist social welfare law advice agencies dealing with the immediate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic

Retired solicitor John R. Sullivan has passed away, the Law Society of Northern Ireland has said. Mr Sullivan was admitted to the roll of solicitors in 1977, having previously pursued a career in teaching and youth employment.

Belfast solicitor Maria McCloskey has been selected to chair the Law Society of Northern Ireland's new human rights and equality group. Ms McCloskey, an experienced immigration solicitor with the Children's Law Centre and a prominent campaigner for the protection of refugees, will help the group to

Solicitors have welcomed the re-opening of the Northern Ireland housing market from today. Emergency coronavirus laws have been amended by the Northern Ireland Executive to allow activities relating to house moves to take place from today.

Castlerock solicitor Frances C. Buchanan, née O'Hara, has passed away following a short illness. Ms Buchanan, who qualified as a solicitor in Northern Ireland in 1982, is survived by her husband Clark.

The reconstitution of the Northern Ireland Guardian Ad Litem Agency's (NIGALA) solicitor panel has been postponed for at least six months. The current 95-solicitor panel, constituted in 2015, is approaching the end of its five-year term and a new panel was due to be constituted.

Belfast solicitor Eibhlínn McAleer (née Lynch) has suddenly passed away, the Law Society of Northern Ireland has announced. Ms McAleer qualified as a solicitor in 2007 and had worked in private practice as well as as a personal assistant to Judge Corinne Philpott QC.

A criminal defence lawyer has acted remotely for a client in a police interview in a Northern Ireland first. A digital mechanism was put in place after Ciarán Kerr-Johnston, solicitor at Belfast-based Brentnall Legal Ltd, issued pre-action proceedings against the PSNI on behalf of a client wh

Belfast City Council has put temporary measures in place to allow solicitors to continue to apply for property certificates via e-mail during the coronavirus pandemic. The move comes shortly after the Law Society of Northern Ireland raised concerns about the impact of the closure of the Land Registr

Retired Belfast solicitor Jacinta McCullough has passed away, the Law Society of Northern Ireland has said. Ms McCullough qualified as a solicitor in 1992 and worked in a number of practices, including Lennon Toner & O’Neill, Madden & Finucane and latterly McCullough and Co. on Upper N

The Law Society of Northern Ireland has raised concerns over the impact of the Land Registry's closure during the coronavirus pandemic. The Department of Finance has said that the Registry's offices and phone lines will be closed until Wednesday 15 April, with the closure "kept under regular review"

The Law Society of Northern Ireland has said its professional conduct department will carry out off-site "desk-top reviews" instead of full inspections until further notice. The professional body's regulation department has completed a review of how it will "avoid imposing unnecessary burdens on mem