Northern Ireland

Former Attorney General Dominic Grieve QC MP An independent report concluding that the repeal of the Human Rights Act is likely to breach the Good Friday Agreement was launched in Westminster yesterday.

Amnesty International has said figures showing over 800 women from Northern Ireland travelled to Britain for abortions in 2015 prove the law is failing women. Figures published by the UK's Department of Health show that 833 women from Northern Ireland travelled to England and Wales for the procedure

The standard property price in Northern Ireland has fallen for the first time in six years, according to the Department of Finance. The standard property price now stands at £117,500, which is still around 6 per cent higher than at the same time last year.

Patrick Corrigan, Northern Ireland programme director at Amnesty Amnesty International has reissued a call for the Northern Ireland Executive to deliver a Sexual Orientation Strategy and legislate to allow same-sex marriage.

Innovation and entrepreneurship are being stifled by "unfair" employment covenants which prevent professionals and skilled workers taking up new jobs, according to employment specialist Katie Williams. Ms Williams, a partner at Pinsent Masons in Aberdeen believes overly restrictive contracts could a

Staff at Worthingtons Solicitors in Belfast have abseiled down the Europa Hotel in support of a local sarcoma cancer charity.

Survivors of historical child abuse will today issue a demand for the Northern Ireland Executive to establish a redress scheme. A group of survivors has put together plans for a compensation scheme that they will urge the Executive to take up in its programme for government.

The Northern Ireland High Court of Justice Family Division has determined that it may hear an appeal against a decision not to revoke a freeing order on its merits, finding that such an approach is in line with a European Convention on Human Rights compatible interpretation of the Adoption (Northern

Over 120 legal professionals and academics discussed a prospective British exit from the European Union (EU) at an event hosted by the Law Society of Northern Ireland.

Law Centre (NI) resolved a delay in setting up direct payments for a man with complex physical needs to receive care from his son.

Pictured (l-r): Sharon Gorman of NI Hospice and David Kernaghan of Reavey & Co Solicitors Reavey & Co Solicitors in Carrickfergus have raised almost £2,500 for NI Hospice by participating in the Make A Will campaign.

Claire Edgar, partner at Francis Hanna & Co Solicitors Belfast firm Francis Hanna & Co Solicitors is the only Northern Ireland law firm shortlisted for Customer Service Excellence in Professional Services in this year’s Belfast Business Awards.

Worthingtons Solicitors has sponsored a Newtownards teenager who has been selected to compete in the World Karate Federation Championships in Italy. Lucy Oldfield, 14, a pupil at Regent House Grammar School, is one of seven representing Northern Ireland at the championships.

The Bar of Northern Ireland has urged the Department of Justice (DOJ) to examine evidence from England and Wales before creating a specific offence of domestic abuse. In a consultation response, the Bar said it would be "advantageous for the Department to monitor the operation of the new offence in

The Law Society of Northern Ireland has warned its members to be vigilant of phone hacking. The Society said it has received reports that some local solicitor firms have been the victim of phone hacking.