Northern Ireland

The Electoral Commission has fined the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV) for failing to comply with the financial reporting laws for registered political parties. The DUP was slapped with two £500 fines for filing inaccurate quarterly loans reports, which it

A woman has won a £25,000 pay-out without admission from liability from Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council after alleging sex discrimination. Sharon Douglas, assisted by the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland, was the only female employed in the technical services section of the co

Six brave staff members from Worthingtons Solicitors zip lined across the Lagan River in aid of Action Cancer at the weekend.

The Bishop of Down and Connor has visited Maghaberry Prison ahead of the Pope's visit to Ireland to see first-hand a programme aimed at supporting fathers in custody.

Former prisoner and now Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) actor Michael Balogun has visited Maghaberry Prison to talk to prisoners about his life experiences.

Pinsent Masons has announced a range of appointments and promotions across its Belfast office, bringing its all-Ireland headcount to over 100. In a high-profile move, partner Richard Masters, the firm's chair across Scotland and Northern Ireland, will also head up its corporate team in Belfast.

European law firm Fieldfisher has announced plans to open its first Northern Ireland office, which will provide key services including document negotiation and legal support for its international office network. Fieldfisher has also established a strategic partnership with Donaldson Legal Consulting

Brexit has led to a spike in demand for immigration advice in Northern Ireland, according to a new investigation by The Detail. Citizens Advice Northern Ireland confirmed that it had seen an 80 per cent year-on-year rise in immigration queries from 873 in 2015/16 to 1,580 in 2016/17.

Offenders being managed through Public Protection Arrangements Northern Ireland (PPANI) have a significantly lower reoffending rate than offenders as a whole, a new report reveals. Around 9.7 per cent of offenders subject to PPANI reoffended within the first year, compared with an overall reoffendin

A law professor at Ulster University is spending ten days in El Salvador to support the establishment of a new State office to search for those disappeared during the country's civil war. Professor Cath Collins, professor of transitional justice in the Transitional Justice Institute at Ulster Univer

Global law firm Baker McKenzie has credited its global services centre in Belfast with helping to deliver "significant efficiencies and savings" worth over $50 million in annual revenue. Paul Rawlinson, chair of the firm, made the remarks as he welcomed figures showing global revenues up 10 per cent

Belfast firm Davidson McDonnell has announced the appointment of Lynsey Elliott as a senior solicitor, extending the firm's offering to include a full range of finance legal services. Ms Elliott qualified as a solicitor in 2011 and joined the finance department of a major Irish law firm as an associ

Ibrahim Halawa, the Irish citizen who was detained in Egypt for four years during an international campaign for his release, will speak at this year's Belfast International Arts Festival. The full festival programme is set to be launched tomorrow, organisers say, but Patrick Corrigan let Mr Halawa's

A professor of human rights law has warned that a controversial counter-terrorism bill could undermine freedom of expression, The Irish News reports. Professor Colin Harvey of QUB School of Law told the newspaper that the Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Bill is "deeply problematic".

A moment of silence was held at Coleraine Magistrates Court yesterday to show respect to late photographer Mark Jamieson, the Belfast Telegraph reports. Mr Jamieson, who frequently photographed the courts in Coleraine, Ballymena and Antrim for the Belfast Telegraph and other newspapers, passed away