Northern Ireland

A man who violently assaulted a two-year-old child by punching her in the head "with extreme force", has lost an appeal against the severity of his sentence. Finding that the starting-point of 16 years was "stiff but not manifestly excessive", Lord Chief Justice Morgan noted that the appellant had a

Pictured (l-r): Special guests Una Rodden and Sinead Smith, with Adele O'Grady QC and Jill Lindsay The Bar of Northern Ireland's charity committee hosted its first ever frock swap at the Inn of Court in Belfast on Friday night.

Pictured (l-r): Mr Justice McCloskey; IPGNI Chair Maria McCloskey; and John Mackell, Law Society of Northern Ireland Representatives from the legal, business and community/voluntary sectors were in attendance at Law Society House in Belfast yesterday for the launch of the Immigration Practitionersâ€

Dr Rachel Killean Staff and students at Queen's University Belfast School of Law have launched a new weekly legal podcast called LawPod.

Pictured (l-r): Philip Clarke (Brightwater), Mark Lawther (Chair, YPG), Shona Mulholland (Brightwater), Cathy Mehaffy (Marie Curie), Rachael Gamble (Chair, NIYSA), and Stephen Turkington (Brightwater) The Northern Ireland Young Solicitors' Association (NIYSA) has handed more than £750 to Marie Curi

Sixteen law firms are among the UK's top 100 LGBT-inclusive employers, according to Stonewall. The LGBT charity's annual list includes UK and international firms with offices in Belfast, such as Pinsent Masons, Baker McKenzie, Herbert Smith Freehills, Eversheds Sutherland and Allen & Overy.

Stephen McKinney Stephen McKinney, director at GCS Armagh Solicitors, has been named secretary of Armagh Solicitors' Association (ASA).

Chief Constable George Hamilton The PSNI Chief Constable has warned there is a lack of clarity about post-Brexit policing and justice arrangements, the Irish Independent reports.

Mrs Justice Keegan The PSNI has not been fulfilling its obligation to provide full disclosure of intelligence material in legacy inquests, presiding coroner Mrs Justice Siobhan Keegan has revealed.

Prisoners and prison officers at Maghaberry Prison have taken part in a five-hour Duathlon alonsgide a double amputee war veteran. Duncan Slater, the first double amputee to complete the 156-mile Marathon Des Sables across the Sahara, visited the prison last June to speak to prisoners about overcomi

Kieran McGarrigle Arthur Cox has welcomed new figures showing a nearly 30 per cent decline in company insolvencies in Northern Ireland in the last quarter of 2017.

Kevin McVeigh A partner at Elliott Duffy Garrett Solicitors in Belfast is running the London Marathon to raise cash for the Cancer Fund for Children.

Pictured (l-r): Aine McGillie, John Tougher and Sara McGaughey Commercial law firm Mills Selig has announced the appointment of solicitors Aine McGillie, John Tougher and Sara McGaughey.

Dr Julian Lewis A parliamentary debate on introducing a statute of limitations to protect soldiers and other security personnel from prosecution for wrongdoing during the Troubles in Northern Ireland has provoked a backlash from human rights organisations.

A legal challenge to the Police Ombudsman's report on collusion in the 1994 Loughinisland massacre will be reheard before a new judge. Mr Justice McCloskey was due to make a ruling on remedy and costs today following his finding last year that the Ombudsman's 2016 report was unlawful and procedurall