Northern Ireland

A law student who left school with no qualifications and underwent treatment for cancer during his studies has graduated with a first-class honours degree from Ulster University.

Michael O'Neill, manager of the Northern Ireland football team, has been confirmed as a special guest at the seventh annual Sports and Law Conference in Belfast. He will attend alongside a number of speakers presenting on the overarching themes of "Legal and Contract Issues in Sport".

The Department of Infrastructure has lost an appeal against the ruling that a senior civil servant did not have the power to grant planning permission for a major waste treatment centre and incinerator in Mallusk. The decision had been made in the absence of a Minister due to the political impasse a

A diabetic student has been awarded £2,000 in compensation after winning a discrimination case against a company that provided security staff at the music festival Tennent's Vital in 2016. Kayla Hanna from south Belfast had her bottle of Lucozade confiscated by bouncers as she made her way to see

The Department of Justice has announced the launch of a public consultation on a proposed model for the introduction of Domestic Homicide Reviews (DHRs) in Northern Ireland. The DHR process was introduced in England and Wales in 2011 under section 9 of the Domestic Violence, Crimes and Victims Act 2

Belfast firm Tughans acted for defendant Piney Rentals in the first part of a case which may have a significant impact on the lettings industry. The judgment by District Judge Gilpin was the final part of his decision in a test case brought by ex-student and housing rights activist Paul Loughran in

Belfast firm Mackenzie & Dorman has congratulated bookkeeper Margaret Harris on her fifty years of service at the firm.

A letting agent that charged a tenant £36 for “online services” provided when the tenant was applying to rent a property in 2015, has been ordered by Belfast County Court to return the administration fee. Finding that if the agent had not been involved that the service paid for would have been

Belfast solicitor Eoghan McKenna, managing director of MSM Law, has been recognised with multiple awards from wellbeing charity Inspire. Mr McKenna's firm resisted stiff competition from other nominees in the business and professional community to receive the Excellence in Small Private Sector Workp

The Court of Appeal has found that the current law enables legally valid humanist weddings to be performed in Northern Ireland. Overturning the High Court’s declaration that the lack of equal recognition discriminated against humanists pursuant to Articles 9 and 14 ECHR by not protecting a manifes

The Law Centre (NI) has called for an urgent review of the "mandatory reconsideration" process following a new report on the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessment process. The Department of Communities yesterday published the final report of Walter Rader's independent review of the assessme

The Department of Justice has confirmed that convictions for abolished homosexual offences can now be disregarded and pardoned. The Northern Ireland Assembly agreed in November 2016 to bring the law in Northern Ireland in line with England and Wales, where disregards have been available since 2012.

Staff at Belfast solicitor firm Carson McDowell joined competitors from businesses across Northern Ireland to take part in the Grant Thornton Runway Run at Belfast City Airport this week.

Derry solicitors have criticised plans to close their courthouse this summer as not "workable". The Law Society of Northern Ireland and members of the local association of Derry solicitors had an emergency meeting with the Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service (NICTS) earlier this week.

Newtownwards and Belfast-based Worthingtons Solicitors have named Action Cancer as their charity of the year for 2018/19.