Northern Ireland

The Pro Bono Choir, made up of solicitors, barristers and judges, has presented a cheque for £3,500 to Alzheimer's Society NI. The funds are the proceeds of the choir's sell-out performance, "A Night in the Museum 2", at the Ulster Museum in Belfast in May.

The number of complaints to the Office of the Prisoner Ombudsman for Northern Ireland more than halved over the past year, according to its latest annual report. A total of 1,953 complaints were received from prisoners in 2017/18, a 55 per cent decrease on the previous year.

Mr Justice McCloskey is set to address Northern Ireland's first immigration law conference in Belfast this November. The judge joins Professor Colin Harvey from Queen's University Belfast on the platform at the event organised by the Immigration Practitioners' Group NI.

The High Court in Belfast has begun hearing three test cases for damages brought on behalf of people who were shot or wounded on Bloody Sunday. Three of 21 civil actions brought by Madden & Finucane Solicitors against the Ministry of Defence were selected as test writs and are being heard now.

Celia Worthington, consultant at Worthington Solicitors in Belfast, writes on a recent case in the Court of Appeal in England and Wales. An essential element to any contract is certainty of terms. A recent case in the Court of Appeal, Robert Bou-Simon –v – BGC Brokers LP, highlighted the

A boxer has won an £8,500 pay-out from the Ulster Boxing Council (UBC) after alleging that he faced discrimination on the basis of perceived religious belief/political opinion. Lewis Crocker, 21, was supported by the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland in taking the case after he was not

Arthur Cox has announced the appointment of five new trainee solicitors to its Belfast city centre office. The group, comprising of recent graduates James Mulligan, Sarah Swann, Maeve Williams, Lucy McKee, and Christopher Dickison, is the latest cohort to join the firm's training programme.

The solicitor who represented Siobhan McLaughlin in her successful UK Supreme Court challenge to rules governing the payment of a Widowed Parent's Allowance (WPA) has welcomed calls in the House of Commons for immediate reform. Laura Banks, solicitor at Francis Hanna & Co. in Belfast, said the r

Mid-Ulster District Council have successfully appealed a finding of the High Court that the correct approach to calculating domestic rates was a matter at the discretion of the Department of Environment (DoE). The DoE submitted that the conversion factor applied to the capital value in each council

Eversheds Sutherland has announced the appointment of Matthew Howse as partner in the firm's Belfast office. Mr Howse, a specialist in litigation and dispute resolution, will bring 13 years of legal experience in Birmingham and Belfast to the international firm's litigation department.

Law students at Queen's University Belfast (QUB) have been invited to join the LawPod team following the legal podcast's first successful year. The weekly podcast, launched in February, produced over 30 episodes and was downloaded more than 20,000 times in its first year.

A consumer body has said claims made by Ulster University about its rankings and reputation are unverifiable. Which? analysed comparative claims made by UK universities and found that at least six make unverifiable claims on their website, in likely breach of advertising standards.

Belfast-based Cleaver Fulton Rankin has announced the appointment of five new solicitors and a new marketing manager.

North Antrim MP Ian Paisley has narrowly survived the first ever recall petition held under the Recall of MPs Act 2015. The law, designed to allow voters to trigger a by-election in their constituency in certain circumstances, was introduced as part of the 2010 coalition agreement between the Conser

The UK Parliament's women and equalities committee has today launched a formal inquiry into Northern Ireland's abortion laws. The committee will seek evidence on the case for reform from legal professionals as well as the general public, women and medical professionals.