Northern Ireland

An international law enforcement operation has led to the seizure of 60,000 illegally imported and unauthorised medicines in Northern Ireland. Operation Pangea XI, which involved 116 countries, intercepted multiple packages of diazepam, pregabalin and zopiclone.

A man who provided interviews in the “Boston Tapes” project documenting paramilitary involvement in Northern Ireland during the Troubles has had his application for an injunction restraining their use by the PSNI dismissed by the Divisional Court. Background

A&L Goodbody has urged Northern Ireland businesses to "act now to start preparing for Brexit", in spite of uncertainty about the shape of the Brexit deal. The law firm issued the warning at a Brexit breakfast in Belfast this afternoon, hosted in partnership with the NI Chamber of Commerce &

The absence of political leadership in Northern Ireland is standing in the way of progress towards ending paramilitarism, the Independent Reporting Commission (IRC) has said. The body, set up under the Fresh Start Agreement in 2015, has published its first report, which notes that paramilitarism "re

Ulster University has launched a video briefing on Northern Ireland's abortion laws ahead of a Westminster debate on decriminalisation later today.

Staff at MKB Law in Belfast raised over £1,000 for Breast Cancer Now by taking part in a 'Wear It Pink' day on Friday.

The Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland has been asked to investigate after a video circulated on social media appeared to show a PSNI officer drop bullets on the street in Lurgan. The incident in the video reportedly took place on Thursday night when officers were called to a railway crossing whe

Prisoners at HMP Magilligan are being taught fabrication and welding skills to address a shortage in the number of qualified and skilled metal workers in Northern Ireland. Prisoners at the Limavady facility are being taught Fabrication and Welding NVQ courses by North West Regional College.

Belfast firm Cleaver Fulton Rankin has welcomed four new trainees on a two-year training programme with the firm. Hannah Bulmer, Jennifer Rankin, Shannon McClintock and Laura Toland will spend six months each in four different departments.

Legislation to help facilitate cross-party talks aimed at restoring the Northern Ireland Executive will be introduced in Parliament today. The Northern Ireland (Executive Formation and Exercise of Functions) Bill will also address a landmark Court of Appeal ruling which found that a senior civil ser

Professor Colin Harvey, professor of human rights law at QUB School of Law, writes on the impact that Brexit could have on human rights in Northern Ireland. The impact of Brexit on human rights and equality in Northern Ireland is gaining increased attention. This is welcome. The public conversation

A shift towards city centre living in Belfast will create new opportunities for property developers, according to law firm TLT. Michael Wilson, an associate in the real estate team at TLT, told the Belfast Telegraph that there are "a number of prominent residential development projects under constru

The latest edition of the Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly shines a special spotlight on the European Union after Brexit. The special issue, Vol 69 No 3, resulted from the "Brexit - 15 Months On" conference hosted at Queen's University Belfast last September.

Northern Ireland's Department of Justice has launched a new campaign aiming to raise awareness of paramilitary-style attacks and their impact on victims, families and wider society. Four videos broadcast on TV last night and now available on YouTube tell the story of a paramilitary-style shooting fr

The mother of Patrick Pearse Jordan, who was 22 years old when he was fatally shot by a member the RUC in Belfast in 1992, has lost an appeal against the refusal to grant leave to apply for judicial review of the latest inquest into his death. Dismissing all six grounds for judicial review which wer