Law Society Of Northern Ireland

The Law Society of Northern Ireland has welcomed 86 newly-qualified solicitors to the legal profession. The new lawyers were presented to president Rowan White and the Lord Chief Justice for Northern Ireland, Sir Declan Morgan, by the registrar of solicitors, David A. Lavery CB.

The Law Society of Northern Ireland's complaints system is open, accessible and timely, the Lay Observer for Northern Ireland has found. The watchdog's annual report for 2018/19 has identified a positive trend in how complaints are registered and handled by the Society.

A solicitor has been jailed for over two years after being found guilty of stealing nearly £1 million from his former law firm and its clients. Graham Keys, a former partner at Diamond Heron Solicitors, stole £856,714.89 from the client account and £83,931.01 from the company accou

Immigration lawyers in Northern Ireland have raised £1,000 for human trafficking charity Flourish NI. The funds were raised at a series of events hosted by the Law Society of Northern Ireland's Immigration Practitioner Group (IPG) last year.

Protecting the basic human right of liberty "must be a priority" in the roll-out of new capacity law reforms, a conference hosted by the Law Society of Northern Ireland has heard. The Elder Law and Capacity Conference in Belfast brought together representatives from the legal, health and voluntary/c

Senior officials from the Law Society of Northern Ireland joined colleagues from across Europe at a special reception hosted at the Law Societies Joint Brussels Office in Belgium.

Solicitors from Northern Ireland joined colleagues from across Britain and Ireland at a major family law conference at Malaga over the weekend. The Four Jurisdictions Family Law Conference included sessions on the thorny issues facing practitioners involved in child law and financial remedies, led b

Retired solicitor Roisin Doris (née McGrath) has passed away, the Law Society of Northern Ireland has confirmed. Ms Doris was a former principal in private practice (PPP) with E&L Kennedy Solicitors in Belfast city centre.

Trainees studying at the Institute of Professional Legal Studies (IPLS) have been congratulated after coming second at the UK Student Mediation Competition 2020 in Glasgow.

Alliance Party leader Naomi Long has been elected as Northern Ireland's justice minister after the five main political parties signed up to a deal to restore devolution. Independent unionist MLA Claire Sugden, who held the justice brief from 2016 to 2017, had expressed her interest in resuming the r

Over 100 new apprentice solicitors have been welcomed by the Law Society of Northern Ireland this week.

Stricter new anti-money laundering (AML) regulations have come into force across the UK with effect from today. The Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Amendment) Regulations 2019 update the UK's AML regime to incorporate international standards set by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) an

The Royal Courts of Justice was packed out for the Pro Bono Choir's annual Christmas concert.

Judges and lawyers attended Law Society House on Friday for the launch of a new book by barrister and former academic Katie Quinn and solicitor advocate Charlene Dempsey. Bail Law and Practice in Northern Ireland, published by the Law Society of Northern Ireland, outlines the many powers of the poli

Legal and medical practitioners have addressed a packed-out conference in Belfast on the subject of expert evidence in clinical negligence cases.