Northern Ireland

Stuart Mansfield Arthur Cox has welcomed an "encouraging" report showing growth in the value of new loans approved for small and medium Northern Ireland enterprises.

The draft Brexit agreement between the EU and the UK contains strong commitments to the Good Friday Agreement, the Belfast-based Committee on the Administration of Justice (CAJ) has said. The human rights group has published its initial comments on the draft agreement, made public last week by the E

Chief Commissioner Les Allamby The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC) has today published the first major report into Travellers' accommodation in almost a decade.

A man who was convicted of committing grievous bodily harm with intent has lost an appeal against his conviction, which he contended was unsafe due to irregularity in the trial judge’s taking of the jury’s verdict. Finding that the conviction was safe, Lord Chief Justice Declan Morgan was satisf

A group of newly-admitted solicitors have received awards in recognition of their excellence in their studies.

The judge overseeing the specialist court listing arrangements for domestic violence cases in Derry has hit out at the lack of a functioning Executive. Judge Barney McElholm of Londonderry Magistrates' Court said the measures undertaken in his court had succeeded in persuading survivors of domestic

International students from Malaysia braved the snow to visit the Royal Courts of Justice with lecturers from QUB School of Law.

Newly-admitted solicitors have been warmly welcomed to the legal profession at the Law Society of Northern Ireland's admissions ceremony at Whitla Hall in Queen's University Belfast.

Dungannon Crown Court and Craigavon Crown Court are closed this morning due to the extreme weather of recent days. Lisburn Youth Court, due to sit at Lisburn Courthouse today, has also been adjourned.

Claire McKeegan Lawyers and human rights groups have called for a public inquiry into allegations of clerical child sex abuse in Northern Ireland.

Claire Edgar Claire Edgar, partner at Francis Hanna & Co Solicitors, facilitated the Justice Institute on Gender-Based Violence's first-ever UK training course in Belfast this week.

Grainne Teggart Amnesty International has called on the UK government to extend the Undercover Policing Inquiry (UCPI) to Northern Ireland.

Belfast firm Tughans recently teamed up with communications agency Ardmore Advertising to spearhead a breakfast briefing on the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

The Northern Ireland courts remain open today in spite of a complete shutdown south of the border, the Lord Chief Justice's office has confirmed. A spokesperson told Irish Legal News the courts were still running, although "business may be delayed in some areas".

Fisher & Fisher Solicitors is now delivering a specialist family law service from its newly-refurbished office in Sandy Row.