Northern Ireland

Amnesty International and sexual health charity the Family Planning Association are today hosting a delegation of Labour MPs in Belfast, led by Shadow Northern Ireland Secretary Owen Smith.

Carla Lockhart An MLA has called for the creation of a "central register of people who are not allowed near pets".

Newry-based McKeowns Solicitors has expanded into Belfast by acquiring 3,500 sq ft of office space in Law Society House. The firm practices in various areas of law, including personal injury, employment, conveyancing and civil litigation.

A total of £834,000 was returned to law enforcement agencies, the Public Prosecution Service (PPS) and the Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service last year out of £1.7 million recovered from organised crime groups. The Organised Crime Task Force (OCTF) dismantled 23 organised crime groups (

Alastair Todd Arthur Cox has responded to the publication of the latest Northern Ireland housing bulletin.

Judge Ian Forrester QC Judge Ian Forrester QC has been elected president of the Franco-British Lawyers’ Society.

The families of four soldiers who were killed in the IRA Hyde Park bombings in 1982 have been granted legal aid for their civil case against one of the alleged bombers, the BBC reports. John Downey, 68, is accused of murdering the soldiers.

Pictured: James Donnelly, Partner, Tughans (centre), welcomes newly qualified solicitors (from left) Jack Palmer, Grainne Lee, Christine Quigley and Maria Walsh, along with trainee solicitors Sarah Matthews, David McClelland and Caoimhe Lowe.

A man who violently assaulted a two-year-old child by punching her in the head "with extreme force", has lost an appeal against the severity of his sentence. Finding that the starting-point of 16 years was "stiff but not manifestly excessive", Lord Chief Justice Morgan noted that the appellant had a

Pictured (l-r): Special guests Una Rodden and Sinead Smith, with Adele O'Grady QC and Jill Lindsay The Bar of Northern Ireland's charity committee hosted its first ever frock swap at the Inn of Court in Belfast on Friday night.

Pictured (l-r): Mr Justice McCloskey; IPGNI Chair Maria McCloskey; and John Mackell, Law Society of Northern Ireland Representatives from the legal, business and community/voluntary sectors were in attendance at Law Society House in Belfast yesterday for the launch of the Immigration Practitionersâ€

Dr Rachel Killean Staff and students at Queen's University Belfast School of Law have launched a new weekly legal podcast called LawPod.

Pictured (l-r): Philip Clarke (Brightwater), Mark Lawther (Chair, YPG), Shona Mulholland (Brightwater), Cathy Mehaffy (Marie Curie), Rachael Gamble (Chair, NIYSA), and Stephen Turkington (Brightwater) The Northern Ireland Young Solicitors' Association (NIYSA) has handed more than £750 to Marie Curi

Sixteen law firms are among the UK's top 100 LGBT-inclusive employers, according to Stonewall. The LGBT charity's annual list includes UK and international firms with offices in Belfast, such as Pinsent Masons, Baker McKenzie, Herbert Smith Freehills, Eversheds Sutherland and Allen & Overy.

Stephen McKinney Stephen McKinney, director at GCS Armagh Solicitors, has been named secretary of Armagh Solicitors' Association (ASA).