Northern Ireland

The UK Supreme Court has provided a date for a parole decision appeal by prisoner Michael Stone. Mr Stone was previously convicted of killing six people in 1988 during the Troubles and was sentenced to 30 years in prison. However, he was released under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement in 2000.

Over £2,000 raised by immigration solicitors in Northern Ireland has been presented to children's charity Barnardo's.

A show garden created by prisoners in Maghaberry Prison has won a National Trust Gold Award. Using a range of recycled materials and bedding plants grown in the maximum security facility, 14 prisoners built the garden which features a train – the Maghaberry Flyer – and track, reflecting

Millar McCall Wylie has promoted personal injury and commercial litigation specialist William McSorley to partner. Mr McSorley will work alongside department head Caroline Prunty with responsibility for the ongoing expansion of the litigation department, as well as the wider development of the firm'

Proposals to prevent domestic abusers from cross-examining their victims in the family courts have been put out to consultation by the Department of Justice. The consultation paper, published yesterday, sets out options for legislation including applying a statutory prohibition on cross-examination

Unexplained wealth orders are likely to be used more frequently in Northern Ireland, particularly in relation to paramilitary matters, a white collar crime lawyer has said. The National Crime Agency (NCA) announced yesterday that it had served an unexplained wealth order on a Northern Ireland woman

BT has lost an appeal against the finding that it was liable for disability discrimination for failing to make reasonable adjustments in its recruitment process for a man with Asperger’s Syndrome. Finding that there was no error in the reasoning or in the fact finding of the Industrial Tribuna

Solicitor John Wadham has been appointed as human rights advisor to the Northern Ireland Policing Board. Mr Wadham met the Board's chair Anne Connolly and vice chair Deborah Watters for the first time yesterday.

A full obituary of Northern Ireland barrister Charles Quin QC, who became a senior judge in the Caribbean, has been published by The Times. Mr Quin, who was born in Co Down in 1950 and began his legal career by being called to The Bar of Northern Ireland in 1978, passed away last month.

Human rights expert Professor Colin Harvey has called for a national conversation on Irish unity as a "way back to the EU". Professor Harvey, professor of human rights law at Queen's University Belfast, said it would be "irresponsible not to talk about this".

The new Northern Ireland Secretary, Julian Smith, has been urged to introduce legislation to compensate victims of historical institutional abuse. The UK Government recently said legislation to implement the recommendations of Sir Anthony Hart's 2017 report would not be introduced until after the su

Belfast solicitor Peter McGettrick has appealed to colleagues to help him raise money for a pilot mediation service in Uganda. Mr McGettrick and his partner, Nicki Clarke, have launched a JustGiving page aiming to raise £2,500 to support the work of the Justice and Peace Commission.

New figures revealing that the number of women prisoners in Northern Ireland has reached a five-year high have sparked calls for the establishment of a dedicated women's prison. As of this month, there are 84 women prisoners in Northern Ireland, most of them accommodated in Ash House at Hydebank Woo

A Zimbabwean woman who was refused permission to visit the UK for a friend's wedding in Northern Ireland has been granted a visa following an emergency application for judicial review. Lettywin Satichi, 44, was originally refused a visitor visa on the basis that her circumstances in Zimbabwe were no

Republicans in Maghaberry Prison have launched a legal challenge for access to the prison library. Prisoners on the Roe House wing of the facility are currently not allowed to visit the library or withdraw books.