Northern Ireland

Belfast city centre practices C&J Black Solicitors and Culbert & Martin Solicitors have announced a merger. The deal between the two long-established firms, now in effect, sees Culbert & Martin integrated into C&J Black, with C&M partner David Gray joining as a consultant.

TLT has appointed Andrew Webber to leads its UK corporate team, which includes Belfast lawyers Andrew Jennings and Grant Edwards. Mr Webber replaces partner John Wood, who led the corporate team for 16 years before being elected to serve as the firm's new managing partner from April 2020.

Legislation to establish a redress scheme for victims and survivors of historical institutional abuse in Northern Ireland has cleared Parliament shortly before its dissolution for next month's election. The Historical Institutional Abuse (Northern Ireland) Bill was fast-tracked through the House of

A public consultation on the introduction of stalking legislation in Northern Ireland has found strong support from the majority of respondents. The Department of Justice has published a report of responses to its consultation, which followed a review of the law commissioned by former justice minist

Retired Belfast solicitor Robert Watts has passed away at the age of 96. Mr Watts joined C&J Black Solicitors in the 1940s after serving in World War II, eventually becoming a senior partner.

The Northern Ireland Prison Service has launched a new strategy for strengthening prisoners' family relationships to support the rehabilitation process. Director general Ronnie Armour launched the Strengthening Family Relations Strategy as he attended the official opening of the "Big Visit" area at

The Northern Ireland Court of Appeal has found that the Executive Office can exercise the prerogative power to set up an ex gratia redress scheme for the victims of historical institutional abuse, and that the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland should consider giving a direction to the Executiv

Belfast firm MKB Law has announced that two of its family lawyers have been appointed to the Children Order Panel by the Law Society of Northern Ireland. Solicitors Karen Edwards and Ainé Toner have been appointed to the Panel of family lawyers who have undertaken specialist training and exam

Belfast solicitor Laura Banks has welcomed a report by MPs criticising the UK government's failure to act following a landmark UK Supreme Court decision on Widowed Parent's Allowance. Ms Banks, of Francis Hanna & Co Solicitors, acted for Siobhan McLaughlin in her successful challenge to the rule

Human rights law expert Professor Colin Harvey has called for dialogue about Irish unity to continue in the "spirit of generosity" after speaking out about political pressure over his work. Professor Harvey, of QUB School of Law, told an event at Derry's Guildhall that he felt "under siege from poli

Lawyers from Shanghai and Shenzhen addressed Northern Ireland firms on doing business in China at a seminar hosted by A&L Goodbody (ALG). Guests at the firm's ‘Understanding China’s Economic Drivers and Practices’ event heard from Chinese lawyers Chris Zhang and Teresa Yang, wh

Wilson Nesbitt has become the first law firm in Northern Ireland to achieve a certification in GDPR from compliance specialists Briefed. The certification process involved an in-depth audit of the firm's information governance and accountability, and the policies, procedures and controls in place to

Pinsent Masons has announced the appointment of Danielle McKeefry, Hannah Megarry, Lisa McGrady and Rory Copeland as solicitors following the end of their training contracts in Belfast. Ms McKeefry has joined the corporate team, while Mr Megarry has joined the property team and Ms McGrady has joined

Human rights firm KRW Law has announced the appointment of Chris Fox as an assistant solicitor. Mr Fox, from Donegal, is the latest addition to the growing practice, which now extends beyond Belfast to Dublin and London.

Prominent human rights lawyer Patrick Fahy has passed away at the age of 75. Mr Fahy, who founded Patrick Fahy & Co Solicitors in 1970, acted for the families of Troubles victims in a series of high-profile cases.