Northern Ireland

A key UN committee has again urged the UK Government to decriminalise abortion in Northern Ireland in order to satisfy the UK's international human rights obligations. The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women yesterday published its concluding observations on the UK's eigh

A dissident republican who was caught planting a bomb under a police officer’s car in 2015 has been sentenced to 25 years for the attempted murder of two police officers, together with a concurrent sentence of 20 years for possession of explosives with intent to endanger life. Sitting in Belfa

Any law brought in to protect British security forces from prosecution for crimes committed during the Troubles would be too late for the Bloody Sunday soldiers, Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has said. The Public Prosecution Service (PPS) is due to announce this Thursday whether it will prosecu

Belfast firm MSM Law has announced the appointment of James Lannon as a solicitor in the firm's criminal department.

The Law Society of Northern Ireland has published a new video celebrating the achievements and accomplishments of its past female presidents to mark International Women's Day 2019.

Fees for basic and standard criminal record checks in Northern Ireland are set to be reduced from the start of April. The Department of Justice announced that the current fee of £26 for record checks through AccessNI will be reduced to £18 from 1 April 2019.

Solicitor Fiona Hunter has been appointed to the position of legal and investigations officer for the Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children & Young People (NICCY). The role supports the Commissioner to fulfil her statutory function of keeping under review law, practice and services which re

Northern Ireland Secretary Karen Bradley has been accused of a "direct attack on the rule of law" after telling MPs that killings by military and police during the Troubles "were not crimes". Solicitor Darragh Mackin of Belfast firm Phoenix Law told Irish Legal News that the comments were "morally a

Students from Queen's University Belfast were welcomed to the UK Supreme Court this week for the court's fourth moot of the year.

A Northern Ireland human rights lawyer has admitted spitting in the face of a cabin crew member following a racist rant after she was refused alcohol on a flight from India to London. Simone Burns, 50, known as Simone O'Broin, was at first served three bottles of wine, at which she declared: “

Women’s rights are increasingly more likely to be incorporated into peace processes, research carried out at Edinburgh University shows. Researchers from the Political Settlement Research Project (PSRP) developed an online tool that charts the progress of peace agreements since the end of the

Northern Ireland solicitors were briefed on issues arising from Brexit at a special meeting hosted by the Law Society of Northern Ireland this week.

Freedom of the press in Northern Ireland is “at risk”, Amnesty International has warned, as two investigative journalists face further police questioning related to their award-winning film about state collusion in the killing of civilians. Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey were arrested

The Department of Justice has released £55 million in funding to allow the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, Sir Declan Morgan, to implement his plan to deal with legacy inquests. The announcement comes more than three years after Sir Declan first proposed plans to deal with all 56 outst

The Law Society of Northern Ireland welcomed 84 newly-admitted solicitors to the legal profession yesterday. The new solicitors joined masters, family and friends for the admission ceremony at Whitla Hall at Queen's University Belfast on Wednesday night.