Northern Ireland

The Law Society of Northern Ireland has named Roisin Devlin and Hannah McGrath from the Institute of Professional Legal Studies in Belfast as winners of the Client Consultation Competition 2017.

Irish Foreign affairs minister Charlie Flanagan TD is to deliver the annual Pat Finucane Memorial Lecture in Belfast on Thursday 23 February, Mark Thompson, director of the human rights group Relatives for Justice, has announced. Thompson revealed the Irish Government speaker on Sunday at a vigil at

Police in Northern Ireland are to name and shame suspects who fail to turn up to court by posting ''Wanted" posters on their Facebook page. PSNI Craigavon has even mocked up a wanted poster with one of their own follicly-challenged officers, jokingly claiming he is charged with the grievous crime of

Northern Ireland Secretary James Brokenshire (pictured) has said that legacy investigations should be carried out in chronological order. Mr Brokenshire has been critical of what he calls "the imbalance of the current system of legacy investigations" - words which drew ire from ex-Justice Minister D

Last November, Law Centre (NI) secured a repayment of wages for a Filipino fisherman who was trafficked into Northern Ireland. HMRC found that the client had been underpaid by just over £3,000 during a 10 week period. The client was recruited in the Philippines by a Filipino shipping agency to work

Pictured (l-r): Eamonn Cunningham, IPLS coach Barbara Jemphrey, Joshua McKee, Meghan Kirk and Robyn Butler Trainee solicitors at the Institute of Professional Legal Studies (IPLS) at Queen's University Belfast ranked third in this year's UK Universities Mediation Competition at Jersey Law Institute.

The mother of a pupil attending an all-girls school in north Belfast has been unsuccessful in challenging the Department of Education decision to amalgamate her daughter’s school with an adjacent all-boys school. In the High Court in Belfast, the woman brought an application for judicial review ar

Retired Bangor solicitor Laura Gilbert has passed away, according to the Law Society of Northern Ireland. Mrs Gilbert was formerly a partner at Carnson Gilbert and Neill in Bangor, before that firm amalgamated with Morrow Graham. The firm now practises as CMG Cunningham Dickey in Bangor and Belfast.

Law Centre (NI)’s independent advice, support and mediation unit has acted for an older carer who needed advice and assistance about her needs as a carer and those of her son who lived with her. Her son has complex physical and mental health needs following a road traffic accident as a child. The

Attorney General John Larkin Northern Ireland's Attorney General John Larkin has said he could bring a case against the Department of the Economy over the RHI scheme, the BBC reports.

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) paid out nearly £2 million to informers over the past five years, more than any other UK police service bar the Metropolitan Police. The figures were released to BBC Radio 5 Live following a Freedom of Information (FOI) request.

The High Court in Belfast will tomorrow hear a judicial review against the Northern Ireland Executive over its failure to adopt an Irish language strategy. Conradh na Gaeilge was granted leave in May 2016 to challenge the Executive over what they say is a failure to live up to commitments made in th

Barristers Kathy Downey and Peter Canavan have been named as winners of the Family Bar Association essay competition, now re-titled in memory of Her Honour Judge Corinne Philpott QC.

Michael Graham Michael Graham, head of the private client team at Belfast firm Cleaver Fulton Rankin Solicitors, has been elected to a STEP committee on legal capacity.

David Sturgess Belfast firm Edwards & Co. Solicitors has announced the appointment of David Sturgess as a partner and head of the firm's property team.