Northern Ireland

Criminal barristers in Northern Ireland have begun a month-long boycott of legally aided Crown Court cases in an escalation of their campaign for fee increases. The Criminal Bar Association (CBA) announced the boycott last month following disappointment over the Department of Justice's response

A newly-released document reveals that Northern Ireland's lord chief justice for most of the 1970s and 1980s was described to the Irish government as a sectarian antisemite. Mr Justice Robert Lowry, later Baron Lowry, "dislikes Jews as much as he dislikes Catholics", an official in the Department of

The Law Society of Northern Ireland is now formally represented within the Law Society of Ireland for the first time in its century-long history. Since 1921, five seats have been reserved on the Council of the Law Society of Ireland for representatives from its northern counterpart — but have

Northern Ireland firm McKees has reported a 20 per cent growth in business over the course of 2024. The firm this year welcomed eight new team members and moved to a new 7,500 sq ft office in Belfast's Linenhall Building.

Northern Ireland personal injury firm JMK Solicitors has helped to raise over £46,000 for NI Hospice and Children’s Hospice. JMK Solicitors and CRASH Services together raised a total of £46,024.48 for the charity, which provides specialist palliative care to babies, children and ad

Northern Ireland’s Crown Court last week jailed a paedophile who admitted to coercing and ‘catfishing’ children online and sexually abusing a woman suffering with intellectual disability and severe autism. Delivering judgment for the Crown Court, His Honour Judge Geoffrey Miller KC

New guidance for the instruction of experts in civil claims in Northern Ireland's High Court has been published. The 16-page document aims to assist litigants, those instructing experts and experts to understand best practice in dealing with cases justly.

The biggest miscarriage of justice in UK history is "even wider than first thought", a solicitor in Northern Ireland has said. Hundreds of postmasters and subpostmasters across the UK, including in Northern Ireland, were wrongly accused of theft based on data provided by the faulty Horizon accountin

Northern Ireland firm Cleaver Fulton Rankin has promoted eight of its solicitors across five legal practice areas. Dispute resolution lawyer Maria McNally, private client lawyer Brid McColgan and commercial real estate lawyer Michael Boyce have been promoted to director, raising the firm's total num

Northern Ireland's criminal courts will grind to a halt in January after criminal barristers announced a significant escalation of their industrial action over legal aid fees. Members of the Criminal Bar Association (CBA) are to withdraw from appearing in all legally aided Crown Court cases listed b

The PSNI and the Metropolitan Police unlawfully spied on investigative journalists Barry McCaffrey and Trevor Birney, the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) ruled today.

Northern Ireland's High Court has rejected an application for judicial review of the Muckamore Abbey Hospital Inquiry's decision not to call any former health ministers to give evidence. Mr Justice Humphreys ruled on Friday that the decision was procedurally fair, adding that it was not the role of

Solicitors, barristers and judges in the Pro Bono Choir have raised cash for two vital Northern Ireland charities at a sold-out Christmas carol concert.

More than 90 per cent of stalking convictions in Northern Ireland were achieved less than a year after the defendants were reported to police, according to new figures. Stalking became a standalone offence under the Protection from Stalking Act (NI) 2022, which came into force in April 2022.

Northern Ireland's High Court is to hear claims for compensation from residents of Belfast's defective Victoria Square apartments. The High Court actions, previously struck out on the grounds of limitation, were reinstated by consent order this week.