Northern Ireland

The Home Office has been granted a six-month adjournment in the First-tier Tribunal in a high-profile dispute over an Irish woman's access to a UK immigration scheme for EU nationals. Immigration rights campaigner Emma DeSouza is currently fighting to bring her husband to Northern Ireland

The Lord Chief Justice, Sir Declan Morgan, has indicated he is "minded to quash" the search warrants linked to the raids on the homes and office of two Northern Ireland journalists. Journalists Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey brought judicial review proceedings to the High Court in Belfast earlier

The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC) welcomed a Welsh Government minster to Belfast yesterday to highlight the case for banning child smacking. Julie Morgan, deputy minister for health and social services in Wales, updated stakeholders on the progress of the Children (Abolition of De

A new art installation at Queen's University Belfast School of Law celebrates women working in all aspects of the law in Northern Ireland, including the future generation of legal professionals.

The High Court in Belfast has begun hearing a judicial review brought by two Northern Ireland journalists whose homes and offices were raided by police following the release of their documentary, No Stone Unturned. Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey were arrested and questioned by police in August 20

Simon Byrne, former chief constable of Cheshire Police, has been selected to take over as head of the PSNI following the retirement of incumbent chief constable George Hamilton at the end of June 2019. Mr Byrne's appointment has been unanimously ratified by the Northern Ireland Policing Board and ap

Sir Donnell Deeny, Lord Justice of Appeal, is set to retire from the bench this autumn. Lord Justice Deeny, who was appointed to the Court of Appeal bench in 2017, will turn 70 next April.

Three teams from JMK Solicitors raised a combined £3,400 for local charities by taking part in the 2019 Deep RiverRock Belfast Marathon.

A rapist was given a suspended sentence in Newry Crown Court after his victim said she did not want his family to suffer. Eugene Gallagher, 44, admitted charges of rape and indecent assault between October 1990 and March 1991, when he was 16 and the anonymous victim was 15, BBC News reports.

Newtownards and Belfast firm Worthingtons Solicitors raised more for Will Aid than any other law firm in Northern Ireland last year. The firm raised a total of £2,390 for the Will Aid scheme in its 30th anniversary year last November.

The next PSNI chief constable is set to be chosen by the Northern Ireland Policing Board tomorrow. The four candidates for the post are PSNI officers Steve Martin and Mark Hamilton and two police officers from Great Britain, Jon Boutcher and Simon Byrne, BBC News reports.

Residential property prices in Northern Ireland fell slightly in the first quarter of the year, according to new figures from the Northern Ireland Statistics & Research Agency. The NI House Price Index decreased by one per cent from Q4 2018 to Q1 2019, though it was up by 3.5 per cent on a year-

Belfast solicitor John Finucane, son of murdered human rights lawyer Pat Finucane, will put his legal career on hold for a year as he serves as Lord Mayor of Belfast, according to reports. Mr Finucane, a partner at Finucane Toner Solicitors, will continue to be involved in a small number of cases, i

A team of four students at the Institute of Professional Legal Studies (IPLS) at Queen's University Belfast triumphed in the inaugural All-Ireland Mediation Competition, sponsored by A&L Goodbody. Students Eimear Cathcart, Allison Weir, Hayley Cummings and Amanda Gilliland triumphed over three r

Belfast-based Carson McDowell presented a cheque for more than £2,800 to PIPS Charity after a year of fundraising for the charity.