Northern Ireland

The Franco-British Lawyers Society will host a colloquium called Investigating Suspicious Deaths: Inquests and Inquiries in the Inn of Court in Northern Ireland on 27 November 2015. The conference will be opened by the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland and its speakers and chairs will include:

Maurice Morrow MLA The Law Society of Northern Ireland has hit back at an MLA who complained about a "bottomless pit" of legal aid funding being made available to convicted criminals.

DUP MLA Alastair Ross An online dispute resolution system, which is currently being used to settle legal cases in Holland and British Columbia in Canada, could be introduced in Northern Ireland.

Emma Pengelly MLA A qualified barrister and former law lecturer who was co-opted as an MLA a mere month ago has been elevated to the rank of junior minister.

Douglas Bain The Northern Ireland Assembly's standards commissioner has firmly denied accusations that he relied on Wikipedia while conducting an inquiry into an MLA's conduct.

The legal safeguards governing covert surveillance of an Irish man's consultations with his lawyer were insufficient at the time of his custody the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled. The applicant in the case of R.E. v. the United Kingdom was arrested and detained in Northern Ireland

Paul Tweed The Sunday Post, a Scottish newspaper, has been forced to issue a retraction after Belfast solicitor Paul Tweed threatened legal proceedings on behalf of Harrison Ford.

Mark Mullen and Dawn McCambley Mark Mullen and Dawn McCambley have been admitted to the degree of barrister-at-law and called to the Bar of Northern Ireland.

A man who challenged the admission in evidence of material that revealed his membership of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) and meant he was convicted of being a member of a proscribed organisation has failed in his appeal to the UK Supreme Court that the material should have been excluded at trial.

Northern Ireland secretary Theresa Villiers All of the main paramilitary groups operating in Northern Ireland during the Troubles continue to exist, according to a UK government-commissioned assessment.

Andrew Walker, founder and managing director of Walker Legal Northern Ireland law firm Walker Legal has announced it is hiring six trainee solicitors, furthering its growth from 10 to 24 lawyers in the past 18 months.

David Buchanan-Cook, head of oversight at the SLCC The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) will be among those giving evidence to the Northern Ireland Assembly's committee for finance and personnel today.

Pictured (l-r): Denise McBride QC and Siobhan Keegan QC Two women have been appointed as High Court judges in Northern Ireland, making them the first-ever women to hold the senior judicial posts.

Julia Unwin The chief executive of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation has called for concerted action to combat poverty at a lecture hosted by the Law Centre (NI).

A man appeared at Craigavon Magistrates Court today charged with terror offences after allegedly being found with a list of names of members of the judiciary. Connor Hughes, 23, was charged under section 58 of the Terrorism Act 2000.