Northern Ireland

Westminster will legislate to introduce a new offence of coercive control in Northern Ireland, former Justice Minister Claire Sugden has announced. In a statement this morning, Ms Sugden said she had been informed by Northern Ireland's Department of Justice that the UK Government's Domestic Abuse Bi

Kerri Bradley, HR director at Belfast firm Cleaver Fulton Rankin, was recognised with a special accolade at a networking lunch to honour the Business First Top 40 Under 40. Ms Bradley, who was named in the list in April, won the public vote for "The People's Choice" award after 10,951 votes were tal

UK law firm TLT has announced the appointment of Caitriona Morgan as a legal director in Belfast. Ms Morgan, who joins from Cleaver Fulton Rankin, specialises in insolvency and business restructuring and brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to further enhance TLT's insolvency offering.

John Dugdale, associate at A&L Goodbody in Belfast, writes on the latest legal developments concerning "smash & grab" adjudications. So-called "smash & grab" adjudications have been the subject of much debate in the construction industry in the last 18 months. This follows the case of S&

Northern Ireland lawyers are preparing to join Lawyers with Pride at Belfast Pride for a fourth year running. Lawyers with Pride was set up in 2016 to “ensure that the LGBT community know that they can access justice without fear or bias”.

Human rights activist Ellen Murray will deliver Amnesty International's annual Belfast Pride lecture this year on the theme of transgender rights. Ms Murray is executive director of not-for-profit organisation TransgenderNI and an international trans human rights consultant focusing on healthcare an

The Public Prosecution Service (PPS) has launched a public consultation on its updated policy covering the prosecution of road traffic offences. The policy document explains the approach of the PPS in taking prosecutorial decisions in respect of road traffic offences.

Amnesty International has welcomed a recommendation from the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee that compensation for victims of Historical Institutional Abuse (HIA) should progress as quickly as possible through Parliament. A redress scheme was one of the key recommendations of the Historical Insti

The routine fast-tracking of legislation relating to Northern Ireland is "constitutionally unacceptable", a key Westminster committee has said. The House of Lords select committee on the constitution said the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill could have been "introduced earlier and proceed

Abortion access and same-sex marriage will be extended to Northern Ireland through secondary UK legislation if a Northern Ireland Executive is not formed by October under plans approved by MPs yesterday. In a free vote, MPs voted by 332-99 and 383-73 to support amendments to the Northern Ireland (Ex

Belfast-based Carson McDowell has announced a year-long partnership with local charity Cancer Fund for Children.

Sir Anthony Hart, the retired High Court judge who chaired the Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry, has passed away. His 2017 report on abuse at 22 residential homes for children between 1922–95 recommended a redress scheme for abuse survivors, which has still yet to be implemented.

The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC) has settled a case against the Department for Communities to back-pay state pension entitlements to a transgender woman. Frances Shields, who received her Gender Recognition Certificate in February 2015 and applied for her State pension in April 2

A student librarian has received a prestigious Ulster University award supported by international law firm Allen & Overy. Geraldine Colgan from Ballyduff, Ashford has become the second recipient of the award, presented annually to the student who achieves the highest marks on the library and inf

The Chief Constable of the PSNI has lost an appeal against the decision that the brother of a 13-year-old boy who was murdered in 1976 had a legitimate expectation that an overarching investigation into collusion would be carried out by an independent police team. Stating that it was the Chief Const