Northern Ireland

A house in Newtownabbey has become the first property seized by the National Crime Agency (NCA) under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002. NCA officers working as part of the Paramilitary Crime Task Force (PCTF) in Northern Ireland obtained a civil recovery order by consent.

Brendan McGuigan The interim Prisoner Ombudsman for Northern Ireland, Brendan McGuigan, has made 11 recommendations following an investigation into the death of David O'Driscoll.

Victims' groups have called for a review of how Northern Ireland's criminal justice system deals with sexual violence cases. A letter from Victim Support NI, the Women's Aid Federation, Nexus NI and the Men's Advisory Project was published in the Belfast Telegraph and The Irish News today.

Gerard Armstrong High-achieving law students at Queen's University Belfast will have the chance to secure prestigious scholarships as part of a multi-year arrangement with law firm Carson McDowell.

Pictured (l-r): Ciaran McGlone and Michael Black The Law Centre (NI) has announced the appointment of solicitors Ciaran McGlone and Michael Black as legal officers, heading up the centre's employment and social security teams respectively.

Pictured (l-r): Peter O'Brien, deputy CEO of the Law Society; Clare Bates of Carson McDowell; Fiona Donnelly, EU project co-ordinator; and Eoin O'Dell, academic and lawyer The Law Society of Northern Ireland has said the first of two TRADATA training events on the EU General Data Protection Regulati

The employment rights team at Thompsons NI have secured compensation for a UNISON member, following an Industrial Tribunal regarding unauthorised deduction to wages. Darren McGavigan is a receptionist and porter for Western Urgent Care. In his role he is contractually required to work a certain numb

Claire McKeegan The High Court has granted permission for judicial review to victims of institutional abuse in Northern Ireland, who are challenging the Northern Ireland Secretary and The Executive Office for failing to compensate them.

John S. Kiernan The New York City Bar Association (NYCBA) has called on the UK government to allocate funding for legacy inquests in Northern Ireland in a letter sent to British leaders on the twentieth anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement.

Northern Ireland saw amongst the strongest pick-ups in house prices across the UK in the first quarter of the year, according to the latest RICS and Ulster Bank UK Residential Market Survey. However, newly agreed sales and demand for property in the form of new buyer enquiries are both easing, with

A renowned judge of the Constitutional Court of South Africa will address a major conference on public litigation in Belfast this summer. Mr Edwin Cameron is widely recognised for his HIV/AIDS and gay rights activism, and has received many awards — including from The Bar of England and Wales — f

A Ukrainian man who had his application for a residence card refused by the Secretary of State, has succeeded in his application for judicial review of the impugned decision. Making an order quashing the decision, Justice McCloskey found that the Secretary of State had made no attempt to engage with

Three of Northern Ireland's leading loyalist paramilitary groups have issued a joint statement backing "the rule of law". A statement was read out this morning on behalf of the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), Ulster Defence Association (UDA) and Red Hand Commando (RHC) to mark nearly 20 years since th

New analysis of the Good Friday Agreement has revealed its impact on peace deals worldwide. Researchers at the University of Edinburgh's Global Justice Academy found that key elements of the settlement, struck in April 1998, have become a common feature of other peace negotiations.

The Public Prosecution Service (PPS) has said it is aiming to make a decision on whether to prosecute ex-soldiers in connection to the Bloody Sunday killings in 1972 by the end of summer. The PSNI sent a report to the PPS in December 2016 after completing interviews under caution of a number of ex-s