Northern Ireland

Jonathan Forrester Belfast-based firm Cleaver Fulton Rankin has excelled in the rankings of the latest edition of the prestigious legal directory, Legal 500.

Neil Cahill Tughans has announced its sponsorship of the Insurance Institute of Northern Ireland’s (IINI) Premium Masterclass series.

MKB Law is sponsoring Vespa World Days as it comes to Belfast for the first time since the yearly global event started in 1954.

Ian Huddleston The president of the Law Society of Northern Ireland has broken with a long tradition of political non-intervention to share concerns about what Brexit means for lawyers and the wider public.

Pictured (l-r): Alan Reid, Gilbert Nesbitt, Madam Justice Denise McBride, Brian Speers and Darren Rainey Over 250 solicitors attended the Law Society of Northern Ireland's annual conveyancing conference at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Belfast.

Applications to join all-Ireland firm Arthur Cox's trainee programme in Belfast are open now until 10 November, the firm has announced. The firm is hosting a trainee open night on Wednesday 25 October, 6.30pm, with recruiters on hand to offer insights on CVs and interview skills.

The refusal of a UK visa to a Japanese woman coming to Belfast to marry a Northern Ireland man who carries an Irish passport has been overturned. Lawyers for Ciaran Doole went to the High Court to apply for judicial review in a bid to overturn the Home Office decision and allow his marriage to Makik

Three men, accused of being connected to a gun attack on the Police Service of Northern Ireland in 2013, have had their application for an order compelling the Sunday World to reveal the name or status of the journalistic source who disclosed evidence to the newspaper refused in the High Court in Be

Brendan McGuigan The Public Prosecution Service (PPS) has made progress on its investigation of rape allegations two years after it mishandled an allegation from Maíria Cahill and two others.

Pictured (l-r): Allyson McIlhatton, Patrick O’Reilly, Rachel Kelly, Emma Hunt, Paul Spring, Chris Guy, Glenn Watterson, Patrick McIlroy and Mark Thompson Belfast-based firm Mills Selig has raised over £5,000 for NI Children’s Hospice by abseiling down the Europa Hotel.

A third of young offenders reoffend within a year of their release from custody, according to new figures from Northern Ireland's Department of Justice. A new report compares reoffending rates of under-17s and adults who have been given a non-custodial disposal at court, a diversionary disposal or w

A man who says his Japanese fiancée has been refused a UK visa because he holds an Irish passport is bringing an application for judicial review to the Northern Ireland courts, the Belfast Telegraph reports. Lawyers for Ciaran Doole want to overturn the Home Office decision so he can go ahead with

Brendan McGuigan Prison authorities in Northern Ireland are at odds over whether a substance abuse strategy has been commenced, The Detail reports.

Belfast firm KRW Law has written to the Attorney General for England and Wales, Jeremy Wright QC, to request a refresh investigation into the prosecution of the Guildford Four. The law firm is instructed by Ann McKearnan, the sister of Gerry Conlon, one of the Guildford Four who were wrongfully impr

Pictured: Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, Sir Declan Morgan Northern Ireland's judiciary must provide leadership to overcome the political stalemate that has paralysed devolution, leading legal figures heard in the Royal Courts of Justice in Belfast yesterday.