Retiral

O'Reilly Stewart Solicitors has paid tribute to property lawyer Imelda McMillan on her retirement after 35 years with the Belfast-based firm. The former Law Society of Northern Ireland president has been succeeded as head of the firm's property department by director Janet Williamson.

The law is as much for the poor as it is for the rich, Mr Justice John MacMenamin said upon his retirement last week. The Supreme Court judge also said that without access to justice there is no democracy, The Irish Times reports.