Northern Ireland

Up to 1,000 police officers from England and Scotland are being trained for possible deployment to Northern Ireland in the event of a no-deal Brexit, The Guardian reports. The move was requested by the PSNI in anticipation of potential unrest about border arrangements that could be put in place if t

An adhesive company has failed to appeal a finding of liability against it in a claim for damages brought by a kitchen door manufacturer based in Cookstown. It was found by an independent expert in the High Court that the glue supplied by the adhesive company was not suitable for use with the MDF us

The Chief Inspector of Criminal Justice in Northern Ireland, Brendan McGuigan, has been appointed to review pre-release testing arrangements for Northern Ireland prisoners. Mr McGuigan said the review, requested by the Northern Ireland Prison Service (NIPS), would be a priority for him.

Tourism NI has warned that that unlicensed landlords advertising their properties on Airbnb could face court action, after figures revealed a sharp rise in Northern Ireland properties listed on the service. Market research group AirDNA said there were 2,516 Airbnb listings in Northern Ireland in Dec

Barrister Peter Magill and solicitor Steven Keown have been sworn in as Northern Ireland's newest district judges, The Irish News reports. Mr Magill called to The Bar of Northern Ireland in 1978 and has worked in civil, family and criminal law as both a defence and prosecution lawyer.

Aaron Moore, director at Belfast-based Cleaver Fulton Rankin Solicitors, has been recognised as Student of the Year 2018 at the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators's (CIArb) annual awards.

Personal injury and road traffic accident specialists JMK Solicitors have presented cheques totalling £23,000 to their 2018 charity partners following a year-long staff fundraising programme. The first charity to benefit was Children’s Heartbeat Trust, who have been supporting families o

New drink-driving legislation introduced in 2016 is not being fully enforced in Northern Ireland because the PSNI do not have the necessary equipment, BBC News reports. The Road Traffic (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 lowered the drink-driving limit and allowed for police officers to conduct

Lisa Bryson, head of employment and immigration at Eversheds Sutherland in Belfast, has welcomed the UK government's white paper on immigration as evidence that the voice of Northern Ireland businesses has "not been ignored". However, she said proposals regarding lower-skilled workers were concernin

The UK Supreme Court is once again holding its essay competition, open to Northern Ireland's Year 13 and 14 pupils, with a top prize that includes tea with a justice. Have you recently been on a tour of the Supreme Court with your school? Did your visit spark an interest in the law? Are you consider

The former CEO of the Ulster Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (USPCA) has been sentenced to nine months imprisonment, suspended for two years, after he pleaded guilty to fraud earlier this year. The former CEO had taken approximately £40,000 from the charity over a seven-year p

Delays in Northern Ireland's criminal justice system are leading complainants to withdraw from the justice process altogether, a senior PSNI officer has warned. DCS Paula Hilman, head of the PSNI's public protection branch, told BBC News that it takes "significantly longer" for a case to go to court

The Belfast Solicitors Association (BSA) has launched its 2018/19 charity partnership with Northern Ireland Chest Heart and Stroke (NICHS). Enda Lavery, solicitor at MTB Solicitors, announced the association's support for the local health charity at the BSA AGM in October, where he was elected as ch

Northern Ireland solicitor Norville Connolly has taken up a new post in Afghanistan as deputy executive director of an anti-corruption NGO. Mr Connolly, a dual-qualified solicitor who has practised north and south of the Irish border since the 1970s, has taken up the leading role with Integrity Watc

Rugby players Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding, who were acquitted on counts of rape earlier this year, have had their applications for costs of their defence dismissed in Belfast Crown Court. Emphasising that the myriad of conclusions were for the jury to reach rather than the prosecution, Her Honou