Northern Ireland

A shortage of "judicial manpower" has led to a backlog of 30 legacy judicial review cases pending in the High Court, a judge has said. Lord Justice McCloskey, speaking in the court yesterday, said legacy cases awaiting determination currently make up a fifth of all pending judicial reviews in Northe

Legislative proposals to end the early release of people convicted of terror offences will not be extended to Northern Ireland. The Terrorist Offenders (Restriction of Early Release) Bill, introduced in response to a terror incident in Streatham earlier this month, was approved by MPs yesterday.

The PSNI breached a man's privacy rights by indefinitely retaining his personal data after his drink driving conviction was spent, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled. Fergus Gaughran, from Newry, was arrested on suspicion of drink driving in October 2008. He provided a breath sampl

Christopher Stanley, litigation consultant at KRW LAW LLP, examines the new Troubles-related incident victims' payments scheme. The Northern Ireland Office, following a public consultation in 2019, has published its Northern Ireland Troubles-related incident victims payments scheme. The scheme will

Bar trainees at the Institute of Professional Legal Studies (IPLS) at Queen's University Belfast have won this year's Eoin Higgins Memorial Moot. The annual competition, held in memory of the late judge Sir Eoin Higgins, sees IPLS trainees face off against their counterparts at the King's Inns.

The first same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland took place yesterday afternoon. Belfast couple Robyn Peoples, 26, and Sharni Edwards, 27, made their wedding vows at 2pm in a hotel in Carrickfergus after same-sex marriage became legal on Monday.

A former British soldier charged with the attempted murder of a 27-year-old man in 1974 has launched a legal campaign to end the prosecution of former soldiers for Troubles-related offences. Dennis Hutchings, who served in the British Army for 26 years, is being prosecuted for the attempted murder o

Carson McDowell has become the first law firm in Northern Ireland to employ 100 lawyers with the appointment of Lynsay Black to the firm's banking team. The firm, with offices in Belfast and Dublin, expects to have nearly 110 solicitors by the end of March, placing it in the top 10 largest firms on

Domestic abuse legislation will be introduced at Stormont by April or May this year, Justice Minister Naomi Long has said. Department of Justice officials "are currently working with legislative counsel to finalise a Domestic Abuse Bill for introduction locally", she said.

Law students at Queen's University Belfast have been named winners of the 2019/20 Philpot Curran Moot Court Competition. Yi Kang Choo and Shazana Binti Husaini bested six other university law school teams in the annual competition hosted by Maynooth University Law Society.

Immigration lawyers in Northern Ireland have raised £1,000 for human trafficking charity Flourish NI. The funds were raised at a series of events hosted by the Law Society of Northern Ireland's Immigration Practitioner Group (IPG) last year.

A new portrait of barrister John P.B. Maxwell has been unveiled in the Inn of Court in tribute of his exceptional contribution to life at the Bar.

Over two dozen Northern Ireland barristers have been named as Queen's Counsel in the first round of appointments in over five years.

Financial services company FinTrU has announced the appointment of Roli Shaw as general counsel and head of legal. Mr Shaw, previously head of the legal department at Citi's Belfast office, has over 17 years' experience in legal and financial services.

Protecting the basic human right of liberty "must be a priority" in the roll-out of new capacity law reforms, a conference hosted by the Law Society of Northern Ireland has heard. The Elder Law and Capacity Conference in Belfast brought together representatives from the legal, health and voluntary/c