Northern Ireland

Solicitor and former resident magistrate Wishart Mills has passed away at the age of 95, the Law Society of Northern Ireland has said. Mr Mills, who passed away on Saturday, graduated from Queens University Belfast in the 1940s and completed his apprenticeship at Macintosh & Bradley in Newtownar

Pamela Irvine Mackenzie & Dorman Solicitors has welcomed solicitor Pamela Irvine to the practice.

Sinn Féin and the SDLP have urged the return of 50:50 recruitment to the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI), The Irish Times reports. Figures show that just 31 per cent of the 7,700 applicants for 300 new officer posts are Catholic.

A trainee solicitor has pleaded guilty to seriously assaulting his girlfriend during a drunken argument, the Derry Journal reports. Kevin McDaid, 31, admitted a charge of assault occasioning actual bodily harm on 2 December 2017, but denied an additional charge of causing damage to a police car.

Brexit poses inherent risks to the enjoyment of existing human rights in Northern Ireland, according to a new report published by the Human Rights Consortium. The RIGHTS AT RISK – Brexit, Human Rights and Northern Ireland report is the product of extensive research by the Consortium with its membe

Social media giant Facebook has reached a confidential settlement with a 14-year-old girl who sued the company after a nude photograph of her was posted on the platform, the High Court in Belfast has heard. As well as suing the man alleged to have posted the photo, she sued the social media company,

Patrick Connolly Insurance lawyer Patrick Connolly has warned that Northern Ireland motorists are being targeted by fraudulent online ads for "ghost brokers".

The lack of a functioning Northern Ireland Executive is having an impact on long-term justice policy development and on legal practitioners, The Bar of Northern Ireland has said. In a submission to Westminster's Northern Ireland Affairs Committee, the Bar said it was "vitally important that the poli

Over 100 trainee solicitors were welcomed to Law Society House in Belfast this week. The new trainees were formally welcomed by the Law Society of Northern Ireland's chief executive and Registrar of Solicitors, Alan Hunter, and members of the Society's senior member team.

The Bar of Northern Ireland's charity committee is accepting nominations for its Charity of the Year. The selected charity will be supported by barristers' fundraising efforts between April 2018 and April 2019.

Karen Bradley Former Culture Secretary Karen Bradley has been named as James Brokenshire's successor as Northern Ireland Secretary.

Prisoners at Magilligan have become the first in Northern Ireland to take part in a parkrun event. The prisoners were joined by prison staff in the first of their weekly parkrun events on Saturday as part of a collabortion between parkrun UK and Magilligan Prison.

Hugh Sally Belfast-based McLernon Moynagh Solicitors has appointed Hugh Sally to lead the firm's immigration and asylum law department.

James Brokenshire Northern Ireland Secretary James Brokenshire has announced his resignation from the Cabinet for medical reasons.

Jonathan Forrester Belfast-based Cleaver Fulton Rankin Solicitors is celebrating its 125th birthday this year.