Northern Ireland

The UK government has announced plans to develop an official history of the Troubles, with up to five historians to be granted privileged access to UK state archives. Lord Bew, from a northern unionist background, and Dr Caoimhe Nic Dháibhéid, from Cork, have been picked by ministers t

A new report on "state impunity" for human rights violations during the Troubles is to be launched in Dublin next week. The Norwegian Centre for Human Rights at the University of Oslo convened an international expert panel on impunity in response to the announcement of the UK government's controvers

A new all-party group on access to justice has been established in the Northern Ireland Assembly to provide an opportunity for the legal professions to engage with and inform MLAs on key issues. The Law Society of Northern Ireland and the Bar of Northern Ireland briefed MLAs at its inaugural meeting

Northern Ireland firm Mills Selig has appointed Richard Houliston as a banking and finance partner. Mr Houliston brings a wealth of experience and expertise in corporate and commercial banking, real estate finance, social housing finance, as well as clean energy and renewables finance.

The PSNI has been urged to join more than a dozen UK police forces in issuing an apology for historic discrimination against LGBT+ people. Northumbria Police chief constable Vanessa Jardine has become the 16th UK police chief to issue a formal apology to the LGBT+ community in response to a campaign

A&L Goodbody has appointed three newly-qualified solicitors to its 130-strong team of lawyers and business support professionals in Northern Ireland. Adam Magill, Andrew McClintock and Matthew Nesbitt have been appointed as solicitors in the firm's corporate department, in which they have comple

Northern Ireland's new Green Book will provide "more clarity and consistency" in personal injury awards, Clyde & Co has said. The global law firm recently welcomed senior insurance leaders to its Belfast office to consider the likely impact of the changes published in the sixth edition of the Gr

A public consultation has been launched as part of a review of civil legal services in Northern Ireland. The Department of Justice is seeking views from people who have needed to get legal advice or help in court for issues including family courts, non-molestation order, faulty goods, exclusion from

Northern Ireland's Court of Appeal has quashed a conviction for murder in relation to the 1975 Forkhill landmine attack following a referral by the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC). Patrick Thompson received a life sentence with a 30-year minimum term for the murder of four British Army offic

UK legislation to automatically quash convictions linked to the Post Office Horizon scandal will be extended to Northern Ireland, the UK government has confirmed. A total of 26 convictions in Northern Ireland will now be quashed through the Post Office (Horizon System) Offences Bill, which is expect

The Attorney General for Northern Ireland has ordered a fresh inquest into the killing of Official IRA man Joe McCann, which is unlikely to take place due to the UK government's controversial new legacy law. Mr McCann was shot and killed at the age of 24 in the Markets area of Belfast on 15 April 19

Northern Ireland's director of public prosecutions has publicly called for more funding in order to allow for the urgent appointment of additional prosecutors. Stephen Herron told BBC News NI that the annual budget of the Public Prosecution Service (PPS) "has not kept pace with things", having been

Northern Ireland lawyers Jude Copeland and William Wilson have become 'champions' of legal wellbeing charity LawCare. Champions support LawCare's vision of a legal sector that values good mental health and where people thrive, by committing to work with the charity to raise awareness and generate op

Further legal action could be brought by victims and survivors of the 1972 Bloody Sunday massacre following a decision not to prosecute any former British soldiers for perjury in relation to evidence they gave to successive inquiries, a lawyer has warned. Only one former British soldier, known as &l

A key Stormont committee was denied the opportunity to meaningfully review new EU legislation because the UK government took too long to notify MLAs about it, it has emerged. Members of the Windsor Framework democratic scrutiny committee were told they had missed their chance to hold an inquiry into