Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland’s High Court has rejected an appeal against a contact order where the applicant was refusing to accept her son’s guilt in relation to the death of a child in his care. The court found that the applicant was prioritising her relationship with her son over her relationship

Eversheds Sutherland was among organisations which came together to tackle "skyrocketing" scams at the Northern Ireland Fraud Forum's first-ever annual conference in Belfast yesterday. The NI Fraud Forum was launched in April by organisations including Eversheds Sutherland, Grant Thornton, and FPM-A

Scotland's justice secretary, Keith Brown, is to be quizzed this week on why he wants the Scottish Parliament to refuse consent to a bill about the Troubles in Northern Ireland. The Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill would create an Independent Commission for Reconciliation a

Coleraine-based Turley Legal has been recognised at the inaugural Causeway Coast and Glens People Awards hosted by the Causeway Chamber of Commerce.

The Law Society of Northern Ireland has been recognised with an award for hosting the three-day Commonwealth Mediation Conference in Belfast earlier this year. The Society won in the Best Business and Professional Services Event category at the Belfast Ambassador Awards held at the Crown Plaza Hotel

Belfast-based MKB Law has appointed Gavin Coyle as a solicitor in the firm's litigation and dispute resolution department. Mr Coyle has 10 years of experience in both High Court and County Court matters and is dual qualified in England and Wales and Northern Ireland.

Arthur Cox has been named as a sponsor of Belfast-based women's hockey club Pegasus. The club is one of the most successful in the history of Ulster and Irish hockey and was one of only eight teams to compete in the Women's Euro Hockey League earlier this year.

The Irish government should commit to bringing the UK government to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) if it presses on with controversial legislation to address the legacy of the Troubles, Amnesty International has said. The Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation Bill) propose

Northern Ireland’s High Court has refused an application for judicial review where it found that the applicant’s probation release had been delayed by factors such as the Covid-19 pandemic and his own failed drug tests. In considering this application, the court found that one of the rel

Law students Emilia Lye and Chong Zheng Yang have won the Queen's University Belfast Law Society's annual novice moot for 2022.

Northern Ireland solicitors have been urged to ensure their compliance with anti-money laundering rules as the Law Society steps up its enforcement efforts. More than a third (34 per cent) of relevant firms were subject to a desk-based review or on-site inspection in the year to April 2022, up from

International law firm Pinsent Masons has welcomed four new trainee solicitors and four newly-qualified solicitors in Belfast.

The Irish Football Association (IFA) has been urged to raise human rights concerns with FIFA and the Qatari authorities when officials travel to the country for the opening ceremony of the World Cup later this month. Amnesty International has written to the president, chief executive and chairman of

A health and social care trust is set to pay out £20 million to the family of a nine-year-old girl who suffered a serious brain injury at birth in one of Northern Ireland's largest-ever medical negligence settlements. The High Court in Belfast has approved the settlement, which follows legal a

Nathan Campbell and Laura Gooding of Cleaver Fulton Rankin consider a recent court ruling on nationality. In a previous article, we covered the case of Re Ní Chuinneagain where the High Court did not accept that the conferral of British citizenship on the applicant, who was born in Northern I