Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland prosecutors have withdrawn their case against a Palestine solidarity activist who took part in a protest inside a Belfast supermarket. Eoin Rua Davey was arrested and subsequently charged with aggravated trespass after taking part in the action, organised by the Boycott, Divestment

Arthur Cox will join Olympic athlete Sally Gunnell OBE and local business leaders and sports professionals at the upcoming Ulster Hockey Club 1896 gala lunch. The law firm is sponsoring the event at Titanic Belfast on 20 September, which will include a panel discussion on the challenges and opportun

Global law firm Eversheds Sutherland has launched two new resources to help clients working across borders comply with sanctions and global freezing orders. The Eversheds Sutherland sanctions tool aims to assist clients in keeping pace with the ever-evolving world of geopolitics and subsequent chang

A woman who overdosed on anti-seizure medication she was prescribed following brain surgery has reached an £80,000 settlement with a Northern Ireland health trust. O'Reilly Stewart Solicitors acted on behalf of the woman, who had two surgeries in February 2017 to treat a brain tumour and subse

Arthur Cox NI partner William Curry considers a recent English court ruling highlighting the importance of precise legal drafting in ensuring there is no scope for ambiguity.  For anyone involved in the drafting, negotiation and implementation of contracts, it is vitally important that all part

MI5 has been sharply criticised over its late disclosure of materials to Operation Kenova, the long-running investigation into the alleged Provisional IRA informer codenamed “Stakeknife”. In a statement yesterday, PSNI chief constable Jon Boutcher said it was "unacceptable that MI5 conti

A special team of Northern Ireland prosecutors has been established to build cases against those who have taken part in anti-immigrant riots. In a statement yesterday, Stephen Herron, the director of public prosecutions, condemned the "recent violent disorder, which is having a devastating impact on

O'Reilly Stewart Solicitors has paid tribute to property lawyer Imelda McMillan on her retirement after 35 years with the Belfast-based firm. The former Law Society of Northern Ireland president has been succeeded as head of the firm's property department by director Janet Williamson.

Shoosmiths has increased salaries for newly-qualified (NQ) lawyers in Northern Ireland by nearly six per cent to £37,500. The UK firm has upped NQ pay by eight per cent — from £90,000 to £97,000 — in London, by five per cent regionally in England to £63,000 and by

A postgraduate student at Queen's University Belfast School of Law has participated in the prestigious 12th Law Schools Global League (LSGL) Summer School in Colombia.

Gateley Legal NI legal director Jonathan Jackson discusses the key insights of a review of Northern Ireland's defamation laws. Published earlier this summer, the Department of Finance’s review of the Defamation Act (NI) 2022 analyses the 2022 Act’s implementation to date and identifies c

Legal action has been commenced against Northern Ireland's Department of Education following a data breach. Personal information relating to hundreds of people was inadvertently disclosed after a spreadsheet was wrongly attached to a mass email.

Solicitor Andrew Magowan has been appointed to the board of the Middletown Centre for Autism (MCA) in Northern Ireland. Mr Magowan is from Northern Ireland but now lives and practises as a solicitor in London.

Tughans has retained its ranking as Northern Ireland's most prolific M&A adviser in the first half of 2024. According to the latest Experian M&A report, there were 112 transactions with a total disclosed value of just under £900 million in the first half of 2024.

Lawyers for the UK government have asked Northern Ireland's Court of Appeal for more time to decide how it will deliver a human rights compliant investigation of the 1998 murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane. Lord Justice Horner last month gave the government a three-week deadline to agree a way