Northern Ireland

A property developer from County Down has become the first person to be convicted for failing to comply with the Contractual Disclosure Facility (CDF) in Northern Ireland. Bartley Murphy, 53, stole more than £422,000 in tax after failing to declare that he built and sold 16 houses in the Racecourse

The ambitious reform programme set out by HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS) in 2016 is behind schedule and may be unachievable, the National Audit Office (NAO) has warned. In a new report published today, the NAO said the service - which completed the first stage of reforms in September - f

The average house price in Northern Ireland has rose by 6.6 per cent in the past year, according to new research by Ulster University. The university's latest quarterly house price index, produced in partnership with the Northern Ireland Housing Executive and Progressive Building Society, found that

The spring edition of the Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly contains new articles on human rights, disability, rape, pornography and state secrecy. The research journal is published four times a year by Queen's University Belfast School of Law.

The Libel Reform Campaign has said it hopes to see libel reform in Northern Ireland "in the next couple of years" following a conference in Belfast. Mike Nesbitt, former leader of the Ulster Unionist Party, has promised to bring forward a private member's bill in the Northern Ireland Assembly once a

Órfhlaith Begley Carrickmore solicitor Órfhlaith Begley has been elected the new Sinn Féin MP for West Tyrone in yesterday's by-election.

The Northern Ireland Office (NIO) has apparently survived a rebrand that saw the Scotland Office and Wales Office renamed. The UK government departments for Scotland and Wales will now be known as the Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland and Office of the Secretary of State for Wales.

Students from Queen's University Belfast bested Ulster University opponents at a moot held before UK Supreme Court justices.

Joshua Rozenberg Legal commentator and journalist Joshua Rozenberg tackled the relationship between judges, media and politicians at the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission's annual human rights lecture.

Pictured (l-r): Andrea Coscelli, Micaela Diver, and Alan Hunter, chief executive of the Law Society of Northern Ireland The Law Society of Northern Ireland yesterday hosted a seminar considering competition law now and after Brexit.

Members of the Belfast Solicitors' Association (BSA) are out in force for the Belfast City Marathon on Monday in support of Inspire.

Derry couple Michael Harkin and Donna McCool have lost their case in the first-ever UK Supreme Court judgment handed down in Northern Ireland. The five-judge appeal court, led by Deputy President Lord Mance, handed down a majority decision in their appeal against confiscation orders made by Derry Cr

UK law firm TLT has been ranked among the most active clean energy advisers in the world by Clean Energy Pipeline magazine. The global league tables put TLT at number four for the volume of M&A deals it completed in 2017, with the firm having advised on 25 deals valued at $770 million.

Pictured (l-r): Former Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland Lord Kerr, President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom Lady Hale, Deputy Chair for the Bar of NI Sarah Ramsey Lady Hale, president of the UK Supreme Court, has officially opened The Resolution Centre in Belfast.

Shari Holmes Belfast-based John F Gibbons & Co has announced the appointment of Shari Holmes as a senior associate at the firm.