Northern Ireland

The Ministry of Defence has lost an appeal against the award of £15,000 compensatory damages and aggravated damages to the widow of Bernard McGuigan, who was shot dead on Bloody Sunday. Dismissing the appeal, Lord Justice Bernard McCloskey said that Mr McGuigan was capable of being a victim of

Personal injury and road traffic accident specialist firm JMK Solicitors has named Cancer Fund for Children as its charity partner for 2020. The charity provides practical and emotional support to young people up to 24 years old who have been diagnosed with cancer, as well as young people who have a

Derry-based McCay Solicitors has announced the appointment of Marie-Claire Logue as an associate solicitor in the firm's commercial department. Ms Logue was was previously employed with Pinsent Masons in Belfast and has also worked with major law firms in Sydney and London.

Homelessness is directly linked to reoffending, delegates heard at a lunchtime seminar hosted by the Probation Board for Northern Ireland.

Senior officials from the Law Society of Northern Ireland joined colleagues from across Europe at a special reception hosted at the Law Societies Joint Brussels Office in Belgium.

The UK Supreme Court has refused to accept an application from the Attorney General for Northern Ireland to refer what he said was a “devolution issue” under the Northern Ireland Act 1998. The Attorney General submitted that, by providing postcode lists to the Secretary of State, Norther

The use of court houses for benefit appeal hearings in Northern Ireland has delivered reduced waiting times and costs, Justice Minister Naomi Long has said. Although recognising that the matter is "a source of debate", Ms Long defended the practice in response to a written Assembly question from Sin

Former SDLP councillor Máiría Cahill has been granted leave by the High Court in Belfast to challenge the requirement for local election candidates to disclose their home address. Ms Cahill, who is supported in her case by the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC), withdrew

Law students at Ulster University bested their opponents from Queen's University Belfast to win the Northern Ireland knock-out round of the ESU-Essex Court Chambers National Mooting Competition. Ben Lowry and Cerys Kennedy led their university to its first victory over QUB in the competition "for mo

Solicitors from Northern Ireland joined colleagues from across Britain and Ireland at a major family law conference at Malaga over the weekend. The Four Jurisdictions Family Law Conference included sessions on the thorny issues facing practitioners involved in child law and financial remedies, led b

Northern Ireland's Attorney General John Larkin QC has been sworn in as a temporary High Court judge. The appointment follows that of six other barristers who have taken up positions on the bench while continuing their work at the Bar.

The full implementation of Sir John Gillen's recommendations for improving serious sexual offence trials in Northern Ireland "will take time", Justice Minister Naomi Long has said. The retired Court of Appeal judge issued his final report almost a year ago, making over 250 recommendations including

Court clerks and court assistants at the Laganside, Antrim, Ballymena and Coleraine courthouses are on strike today. Public sector trade union NIPSA said selective action in certain areas of the Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service is taking place as part of its broader dispute over civil s

Dr Catherine O'Rourke will take over as director of Ulster University's Transitional Justice Institute later this month. The senior lecturer in human rights and international law succeeds Professor Rory O'Connell at the head of the law-led multidisciplinary research centre, which focuses on "transit

Corporate law firm A&L Goodbody's Belfast office advised on deals worth £1.1 billion last year, greater in value than any other law firm in Northern Ireland for a sixth consecutive year. From 2014 to 2019, the Belfast office has advised on deals totalling over £6 billion, according t