Law Society Of Northern Ireland

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Retired Belfast solicitor Ted Jones has passed away, the Law Society of Northern Ireland has said. Mr Jones qualified as a solicitor in September 1973. He founded corporate law firm Jones & Company Solicitors in 1998 and served as its principal partner until his retirement in 2012.

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The presidents of the law societies of Northern Ireland, Ireland and Scotland have condemned the military coup in Myanmar. The Tatmadaw, the armed forces of Myanmar, seized power at the start of February, detaining government leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other prominent members of her party.

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Northern Ireland solicitors Fiona Chamberlain and Alastair Rankin have been recognised by the UK government in the New Year's honours list. Mrs Chamberlain, until recently the Crown Solicitor for Northern Ireland, has been made a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in recognition of her contribu

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Harry Nelson, the former Crown Solicitor for Northern Ireland, has passed away. Mr Nelson qualified as a solicitor in 1957 and was the Crown Solicitor for decades until 1992.

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Northern Ireland's solicitor and barrister professions have rebuked Prime Minister Boris Johnson for his disparaging remarks about "lefty human rights lawyers". In a party conference speech, Mr Johnson said his government is "stopping the whole criminal justice system from being hamstrung by what th

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Retired Belfast solicitor Gerald Harrison, whose legal career spanned over four decades, has passed away. Mr Harrison was admitted to the roll of solicitors in 1954 and later became principal of Belfast-based Harrison Leitch & Logan.

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Solicitors in Northern Ireland have been invited to join online classes part of an initiative to promote their health and wellbeing. The Law Society of Northern Ireland has organised the Well-being Day on Friday 9 October 2020, which includes online fitnesses classes and mental health advice.

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Belfast city centre firm Robert G Sinclair & Co Ltd has been taken over by the Law Society of Northern Ireland as part of an ongoing investigation. In a statement provided to Irish Legal News, the Law Society said: "The Law Society of Northern Ireland has intervened, pursuant to its statutory po

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A new online complaints portal has been launched by the Law Society of Northern Ireland to support clients seeking to make a complaint about their solicitor. The portal aims to provide clients with access to an online platform on which to submit their complaint, underscoring the Society’s comm

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Solicitors have been invited to apply for membership of the Law Society of Northern Ireland's new human rights and equality group. Belfast solicitor Maria McCloskey was named last month as the chair of the new group, set up in response to international protests against racism and police violence.

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The Law Society of Northern Ireland has written to solicitors to urge them to apply for two vacant positions on the High Court. Rowan White, president of the Law Society, said the appointment of Mr Justice Ian Huddleston in January 2019 "clearly demonstrates" that court advocacy "is not an essential

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The Law Society of Northern Ireland has donated £10,000 to the Access to Justice Foundation's Community Justice Fund. The fund was set up to make grants of up to £100,000 available to specialist social welfare law advice agencies dealing with the immediate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic

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