Northern Ireland

Patrick Corrigan Amnesty International has called on the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to provide "full transparency" over a fire which may have destroyed Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR) records.

The UK Supreme Court sat in Belfast for the first time this morning to hear Siobhan McLaughlin's challenge to the rules governing the payment of a Widowed Parent's Allowance.

Over 70 property and financial professionals attended a breakfast seminar hosted by law firm Davidson McDonnell in Belfast.

Belfast-based Johnsons Solicitors have presented a £400 cheque to the Alzheimer's Society as part of the firm's year-round fundraising.

Pictured (l-r): Rosanne Brennan, associate; Richard Gray, joint head of the corporate team; Neasa Quigley, joint head of the corporate team; Paul McGuickin, senior associate; and Helen Boyle, solicitor. Belfast-based Carson McDowell has announced a series of appointments to its corporate team in res

Anna Vangrove Law firm TLT has promoted Belfast banking and restructuring lawyer Anna Vangrove to partner as part of its 2018 promotion round.

Grainne Teggart Amnesty International has welcomed the publication of a delayed report recommending the relaxation of Northern Ireland's abortion laws in cases of fatal foetal abnormality.

Fergal Maguire Fergal Maguire, director at Cleaver Fulton Rankin, has been recognised in the Business First Northern Ireland Top 40 Under 40 List.

The Departments of Health and Justice have published a significantly delayed report which recommends a change in the law to allow abortion in cases of fatal foetal abnormality (FFA). The report was commissioned in summer 2016 and completed by October that year, but its publication was delayed indefi

Pictured (l-r): Seamus McGranaghan, director at O'Reilly Stewart Solicitors; Hannah McGrath, solicitor at O’Reilly Stewart Solicitors; and Scott Alexander, head of learning and development at Legal-Island. Belfast firm O'Reilly Stewart Solicitors partnered with Legal-Island this week to deliver an

The retired Court of Appeal judge Sir John Gillen has been appointed to lead an independent review of the arrangements to deliver justice in serious sexual offence cases. Sir Gillen previously carried out the judge-led review of Northern Ireland's civil and family justice systems.

Charlene Dempsey HHD Solicitors secured the release of an EU national who was unlawfully detained at Belfast Ferry Port and transferred to Dungavel Immigration Removal Centre in Scotland.

The overwhelming majority of people in Northern Ireland believe that organised crime is "widespread" and linked to paramilitary activity. The Department of Justice has published the findings of a recent survey on perceptions of organised crime.

The Home Office has apologised for advertising Border Force jobs in Northern Ireland with a British passport listed as a requirement. A spokesperson for the Home Office said the adverts "should instead have read ‘a full and valid passport’", and added: "We apologise for this error and are now in