Northern Ireland

Claire McKeegan The High Court has granted permission for judicial review to victims of institutional abuse in Northern Ireland, who are challenging the Northern Ireland Secretary and The Executive Office for failing to compensate them.

John S. Kiernan The New York City Bar Association (NYCBA) has called on the UK government to allocate funding for legacy inquests in Northern Ireland in a letter sent to British leaders on the twentieth anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement.

Northern Ireland saw amongst the strongest pick-ups in house prices across the UK in the first quarter of the year, according to the latest RICS and Ulster Bank UK Residential Market Survey. However, newly agreed sales and demand for property in the form of new buyer enquiries are both easing, with

A renowned judge of the Constitutional Court of South Africa will address a major conference on public litigation in Belfast this summer. Mr Edwin Cameron is widely recognised for his HIV/AIDS and gay rights activism, and has received many awards — including from The Bar of England and Wales — f

A Ukrainian man who had his application for a residence card refused by the Secretary of State, has succeeded in his application for judicial review of the impugned decision. Making an order quashing the decision, Justice McCloskey found that the Secretary of State had made no attempt to engage with

Three of Northern Ireland's leading loyalist paramilitary groups have issued a joint statement backing "the rule of law". A statement was read out this morning on behalf of the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), Ulster Defence Association (UDA) and Red Hand Commando (RHC) to mark nearly 20 years since th

New analysis of the Good Friday Agreement has revealed its impact on peace deals worldwide. Researchers at the University of Edinburgh's Global Justice Academy found that key elements of the settlement, struck in April 1998, have become a common feature of other peace negotiations.

The Public Prosecution Service (PPS) has said it is aiming to make a decision on whether to prosecute ex-soldiers in connection to the Bloody Sunday killings in 1972 by the end of summer. The PSNI sent a report to the PPS in December 2016 after completing interviews under caution of a number of ex-s

Pictured (l-r): Sarah Burrows, Head of Charity at Cleaver Fulton Rankin; Anne Hannan, Partnerships Manager at Marie Curie; and Jenny Brattle, Hospice Nurse at Marie Curie Belfast-based Cleaver Fulton Rankin has announced a new charity partnership with Marie Curie, its 2018 Charity of the Year.

Pictured (l-r): Zara Duffy and Pamela McCreedy from Chartered Accountants Ulster Society, and Michael Neill from A&L Goodbody A&L Goodbody has announced a new partnership with Chartered Accountants Ulster Society which will see the law firm support a series of key events and provide webcasts

Marie Hans Lawyers acting for Paddy Jackson, acquitted of rape after a high-profile nine-week trial, have announced the launch of defamation proceedings against Senator Aodhán Ó Ríordáin in connection to a tweet.

Pictured (l-r): Triumphant team members Neil McDonagh, Belinda Widocka, Rebecca-Jane Kelly and Ben Lowry A team of first-year undergraduates at Ulster University (UU) have become the first from the university to win an external moot.

Patrick Corrigan, Amnesty's Northern Ireland programme director Amnesty International and the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) have condemned a death threat against an unnamed Belfast journalist.

Lawyers acting for Paddy Jackson, yesterday acquitted after a nine-week rape trial, have invited senior justice officials to discuss proposals to clamp down on social media commentary during trials. In a statement issued after the trial, solicitor Joe McVeigh of Belfast-based KRW Law said "vile comm

The nine-week trial of Ireland and Ulster rugby players Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding on rape charges has ended in acquittal. The verdict was reached unanimously by a jury of eight men and three women this afternoon.