Northern Ireland

The families of victims of the Omagh bombing have launched a lawsuit against the PSNI's chief constable. A writ has been issued against Chief Constable George Hamilton (pictured), who has responsibility for both the PSNI and its predecessor, the RUC.

Belfast lawyer Paul Tweed has secured an apology for the Duchess of York over false news stories claiming that she would swap personal details about Princess Diana for cash, The Irish News reports. Mr Tweed (pictured) said his client appreciated the "comprehensive and categoric" retraction and apolo

A director at Belfast firm Cleaver Fulton Rankin (CFR) is raising cash for charity Barnardo's by taking part in the Great North Run 2017. Michael Graham has already raised almost £600 on JustGiving ahead of taking part in the famous Manchester half marathon next month.

Malcolm Hurlston The number and value of debt judgments in Northern Ireland has increased substantially in the first half of 2017, the Registry Trust has said.

Pictured (l-r): Hannah Megarry, Rory Copeland, Lisa McGrady and Danielle McKeefry The four trainees who joined Pinsent Masons in Belfast last year have all been retained as newly-qualified solicitors, the firm announced as it welcomed four new recruits to its training programme.

The Equality Commission of Northern Ireland helped a woman who was made redundant during her maternity leave settle her sex discrimination case against her employers for £9,000. Áine Magorrian took a case against her employers SALIIS Ltd alleging sex discrimination, unlawful discrimination on grou

Families of the victims of the Birmingham pub bombings have raised over £10,000 for a planned judicial review over the naming of suspects. The families have been crowdfunding for their legal bid to overturn a coroner's ban on naming suspects at forthcoming inquests into the deaths of 21 people in t

A child abuse survivors' group has spoken of hope that interim payments for historical child abuse victims could be agreed this week with David Sterling, head of the Northern Ireland Civil Service. Margaret McGuckin of Survivors and Victims of Institutional Abuse (SAVIA) is on the expert panel meeti

People in Northern Ireland could face a fine of up to £1,000 for riding an electric bicycle without a motorcycle license, it has been revealed. The Department of Infrastructure has confirmed that NI laws have not yet been brought in line with the rest of the UK, where a license is not required to r

A woman who admitted liability and agreed damages at £200,000 for knocking down a school employee while collecting a child on school grounds has failed to prove in the High Court that the South-Eastern Education and Library Board was negligent in its failure to make the road safe for pedestrians. B

Uniformed police officers are set to take part in the Belfast Pride Parade for the first time, sparking political controversy. Human rights lawyer Ciáran Moynagh, organiser of the Lawyers with Pride bloc, told Irish Legal News that he welcomed the PSNI's participation.

Paul Doran A community sentence developed by the Probation Board of Northern Ireland has slashed re-offending rates by 40 per cent.

An MLA has raised concerns about two loyalist paramilitary flags which have been erected outside Newtownards Courthouse. Kellie Armstrong, Alliance MLA for Strangford, said the Ulster Freedom Fighters flags should be removed immediately as they could intimidate courthouse users.

Darragh Mackin The High Court has found the PSNI breached its human rights obligations by failing to produce an overarching thematic report on the linkage between a 1976 pub bombing and other murders by a UVF unit blamed for 130 murders in the 1970s–80s.