Northern Ireland

Belfast-based MKB Law has welcomed Tonya Gregg, Chloe Stewart and Laura McGuckin as trainee solicitors. Ms Gregg, who graduated with a law degree from Queen's University Belfast in 2019, joined the residential property department at MKB Law in January 2021 as a paralegal.

Patricia Kerr, a solicitor and well-known legal costs consultant in Belfast, has passed away. The Law Society of Northern Ireland said Mrs Kerr died on Sunday 11 September 2022.

Belfast-based MKB Law has announced the appointment of Emma Jamison to the position of associate director within the family law department. Ms Jamison joins Anne Marie Kelly, head of the department and one of the founding partners of the firm, alongside colleagues Aine Toner, associate director, and

Our regular round-up of deals involving Northern Ireland law firms. Submit your deals to newsdesk@irishlegal.com. Tughans has advised the shareholders of healthcare software provider Blue Zinc on its acquisition by ClearCourse, a group of innovative technology brands providing software solutions and

Solicitor Paul Mageean has been reappointed as chief parole commissioner for Northern Ireland for a further three-year term. Parole commissioners help to make decisions on the release or otherwise of those serving extended or indeterminate sentences and in relation to the revocation of licences and

Most business in the Northern Ireland courts will be adjourned on Monday as a mark of respect for the late Queen Elizabeth II. The state funeral is taking place on Monday 19 September 2022, which has been declared a bank holiday across the UK.

Northern Ireland prosecutors have said they will decide within weeks whether or not to support the quashing of convictions of two people claimed to be victims of the Post Office scandal. The appeals by Alan McLaughlin and Lee Williamson were heard before the Lady Chief Justice, Dame Siobhan Keegan,

The Bar of Northern Ireland has welcomed the shelving of UK government plans to reform human rights legislation. The proposed Bill of Rights was due to be debated in Parliament next week, but government officials have said it is now "unlikely to progress in its current form" under new prime minister

Northern Ireland’s High Court has refused judicial review to an applicant who was charged under terrorism legislation in 2020. The court found that the applicant’s attempts to rely on the royal prerogative of mercy to reduce his time in prison was based on a flawed interpretation of the

The Lady Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, Dame Siobhan Keegan, has paid tribute to Queen Elizabeth II, who died yesterday at the age of 96. In a statement, Northern Ireland's top judge said: "I am very saddened this evening by the news of the death of Her Majesty the Queen.

Northern Ireland’s High Court has refused an application for judicial review where a police constable argued that any misconduct that he committed in previous employment should not have come under the scrutiny of the PSNI or its code of ethics. The court found that the code applied to any serv

Carson McDowell has appointed seven more trainee solicitors, bringing the total number engaged in the firm's solicitor training programme to 15. The successful recruits who joined the firm this week are Anna Haughian, Kerrie Emerson, Aoife McConnell, Dylan Toner and Eilis Maguire, graduates of Queen

The UK government's proposed Bill of Rights has been abandoned. The bill was due to have a second reading in Parliament next week. The government is now, however, "reviewing the most effective means to deliver objectives through our legislative agenda" and the Bill of Rights is "unlikely to progress

Darren Toombs, partner at Carson McDowell, provides an update on the Bankruptcy Court as it reopens its doors to creditor bankruptcy petitions — albeit at additional cost to business and trade creditors — while corporate winding up petitions remain in limbo. As we start a new court term

Belfast solicitor Owen Beattie has announced the launch of his own firm, specialising in the areas of personal injury litigation, medical negligence, criminal defence and judicial review. Owen Beattie & Co Solicitors is based in Belfast city centre and will represent clients throughout Northern