Northern Ireland

TLT has appointed Fergal Maguire, former director at Cleaver Fulton Rankin Solicitors, as a partner in its Belfast office. The appointment follows a period of sustained growth for the UK-based law firm's Northern Ireland office. This year saw TLT NI expand into employment law in July and corporate l

Belfast firm MKB Law has announced the appointment of Aine Toner as a family law and litigation solicitor. Ms Toner studied at Ulster University School of Law and the Institute of Professional Legal Studies (IPLS), qualifying as a solicitor in 2016.

A major judge-led review of the administration of justice in serious sexual offence cases in Northern Ireland has issued 220 draft recommendations for consultation, including the provision of publicly-funded legal advice to complainants and restricted public access to trials. Sir John Gillen, a reti

Draft legislation to provide redress to victims and survivors of historical institutional abuse has been published for consultation. A redress scheme was one of the key recommendations of the Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry conducted by Sir Anthony Hart.

Belfast solicitor Pauline Morgan, partner at Haugheys Solicitors, has passed away. Mrs Brown, née Morgan, was a trained mediator and became partner at Haugheys on the Upper Lisburn Road in 2003.

A woman who was unfairly dismissed from her job in a food production company has been awarded nearly £12,000 in compensation. Finding that the company had failed to make reasonable adjustments for the woman who suffered with glaucoma and chronic uveitis, and could therefore not peel onions bec

Belfast solicitor Lizzie Colvin, who balances a career in law with the demands of international hockey, has encouraged other women to follow her lead. Ms Colin, an employment law specialist with DWF Belfast, was part of an "Inspiring Women" panel event aimed at promoting and supporting inclusion in

A professor of human rights law has warned that concerns over the impact of Brexit on human rights in Northern Ireland "will persist" after the publication of the draft Withdrawal Agreement. Professor Colin Harvey of Queen's University Belfast, who leads the BrexitLawNI project, gave his initial tho

Belfast firm Cleaver Fulton Rankin celebrated 125 years in business with a birthday celebration event at the Titanic Hotel Belfast.

Post-mortem examinations of infants in Northern Ireland will be conducted in England from 2019 onwards, a BBC investigation has revealed. The bodies of babies who require a post-mortem examination, either on the request of the parents or the instruction of a coroner, will have to be transported to L

Northern Ireland's criminal justice watchdog has warned that the justice system is "struggling" to deliver acceptable outcomes for victims of sexual violence and abuse in spite of over a decade of warnings. Brendan McGuigan, the Chief Inspector of Criminal Justice in Northern Ireland, said the polic

Critical questions around decision-making in Northern Ireland in the absence of a functioning Northern Ireland Executive will be examined at an event hosted by The Bar of Northern Ireland later this month. The first event in The Bar's new Leaders in Legal Excellence Series will bring together Peter

The PSNI has a backlog of nearly 300 Freedom of Information (FOI) requests which have not been answered within the statutory time limit, The Irish News reports. The backlog currently totals 273 requests, more than a fifth of the 1,270 requests received by the service this year so far.

Lawyers at Belfast firm Davidson McDonnell have celebrated a period of expansion for the firm with an office warming party at its new headquarters.

An inquest into the 1971 Ballymurphy massacre has opened before presiding coroner Ms Justice Siobhan Keegan in Belfast. The next two weeks of hearings will hear evidence regarding the killing of nine men and one woman over three days in August 1971.