Law Society Of Northern Ireland

Stricter new anti-money laundering (AML) regulations have come into force across the UK with effect from today. The Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Amendment) Regulations 2019 update the UK's AML regime to incorporate international standards set by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) an

The Royal Courts of Justice was packed out for the Pro Bono Choir's annual Christmas concert.

Judges and lawyers attended Law Society House on Friday for the launch of a new book by barrister and former academic Katie Quinn and solicitor advocate Charlene Dempsey. Bail Law and Practice in Northern Ireland, published by the Law Society of Northern Ireland, outlines the many powers of the poli

Legal and medical practitioners have addressed a packed-out conference in Belfast on the subject of expert evidence in clinical negligence cases.

Rowan White has been elected president of the Law Society of Northern Ireland, succeeding Suzanne Rice. Ms Rice will continue as senior vice-president, working alongside Brigid Napier as junior vice president; David Lavery CB, who continues as chief executive following his appointment earlier this y

Keynote speakers at the Law Society of Nothern Ireland's Immigration Conference 2019.

One of the world's leading sports law specialists, Michael Beloff QC, addressed Northern Ireland lawyers at the eighth annual sports law conference at Law Society House.

Lawyers and campaigners discussed the human rights of refugees and asylum seekers last night after a series of film screenings jointly hosted by the Immigration Practitioners' Group (IPG) and Queen's University Belfast (QUB). Solicitor Sinead Marmion, secretary of the IPG, introduced the "Silent Cri

Claire Edgar, family and divorce partner at Francis Hanna & Co Solicitors, has been appointed to the Law Society of Northern Ireland's International Children Law Panel of Solicitors. The Panel is made up of solicitors experienced in international children cases, and specifically child abduction

More than 550 solicitors have completed the Law Society of Northern Ireland's advanced advocacy course since it started two decades ago. The course, organised by the Law Society through the Advocacy Working Party and in conjunction with the National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA), provides soli

Belfast firm MKB Law has announced that two of its family lawyers have been appointed to the Children Order Panel by the Law Society of Northern Ireland. Solicitors Karen Edwards and Ainé Toner have been appointed to the Panel of family lawyers who have undertaken specialist training and exam

The implications of Brexit for legal practices is one of the issues being explored at a series of events taking place throughout Northern Ireland this week. The events, organised by the Law Society of Northern Ireland, aim to provide local solicitors with up-to-date information on Brexit and a platf

Over 300 solicitors from across Northern Ireland attended the Law Society's annual conveyancing conference.

The Law Society of Northern Ireland hosted an early morning pilates class yesterday to mark World Mental Health Day.

A new consent form to improve the process by which solicitors seek a client's GP notes and records has been launched by the Law Society of Northern Ireland and the British Medical Association (BMA). The pilot represents the first in a series of joint initiatives from the two professional bodies and