Northern Ireland

Representatives from the Bar Council of Northern Ireland and the Bar Council of Ireland will convene in Belfast next week alongside their Scottish and English counterparts.

Pictured (l-r): QUB Vice-Chancellor Professor Patrick Johnston and Lisa McLaughlin of Herbert Smith Freehills International law firm Herbert Smith Freehills has announced it will sponsor the Student Hub at Queen's University Belfast's new School of Law as part of a five-year partnership deal.

Belfast firm Cleaver Fulton Rankin has celebrated being recently named as a finalist for three major awards. The firm was shortlisted in the The Right Place to Work and Managing Talent categories at The Irish News Workplace and Employment Awards.

Two teams from Arthur Cox will take part in a late-night 5k run on the runway at George Best City Airport this month. Eight members of staff at the firm's 90-strong Belfast office have signed up to the Grant Thornton Runway Run, which is organised by Athletics NI and takes place on Thursday 23 June.

Justice Minister Claire Sugden Northern Ireland's Justice Minister Claire Sugden yesterday began a tour of Northern Ireland's prisons by meeting prison officers and staff at Magilligan Prison.

, as did the National Governing Body for Ireland. In addition to those international and national publications the defendant relied on the 2008 7th Edition of a publication entitled "Safe Practice in Physical Education and School Sport" published by the Association for Physical Education, which stat

Caroline Maguire, employment legal adviser at the Law Centre Law Centre (NI) has welcomed a recent English court decision in favour of six Lithuanian men who had been severely exploited by the company that employed them as chicken catchers.

Northern Ireland's Court of Appeal has determined that the Lands Tribunal was correct in its interpretation of Article 55 of the Water and Sewerage Services (NI) Order 1973, in finding that it allowed for compensation for reductions in land values, not was not limited to damage caused directly by wo

Corporate partner John McGuckian The £80 million acquisition of a Belfast manufacturing company has been named Deal of the Month by Insider magazine.

Steven Agnew The Green Party in Northern Ireland has called for the introduction of a mechanism whereby public funding can be withdrawn from community organisations whose members engage in illegal activity.

Dr Evelyn Collins CBE Age discrimination protections should be extended to cover the provision of goods, facilities and services, according to the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland.

Gordon McElroy, director of Belfast firm MKB Law Gordon McElroy, director of Belfast firm MKB Law, has been appointed president of the Belfast Chamber of Trade and Commerce.

Members of The Bar of Northern Ireland and volunteers with The Boom Foundation have launched their new charity partnership for 2016-17 at an event in the Bar Library.

Justice Minister Claire Sugden Northern Ireland's Justice Minister Claire Sugden has announced a major review of the legislative framework for sentencing.

Ciara Lagan, partner at Tughans Specialist solicitors at Belfast firm Tughans gave advice to Northern Ireland entrepreneurs and investors at the INVENT Mentor Day yesterday.