Law Society Of Northern Ireland

Lawyers and campaigners discussed the human rights of refugees and asylum seekers last night after a series of film screenings jointly hosted by the Immigration Practitioners' Group (IPG) and Queen's University Belfast (QUB). Solicitor Sinead Marmion, secretary of the IPG, introduced the "Silent Cri

Claire Edgar, family and divorce partner at Francis Hanna & Co Solicitors, has been appointed to the Law Society of Northern Ireland's International Children Law Panel of Solicitors. The Panel is made up of solicitors experienced in international children cases, and specifically child abduction

More than 550 solicitors have completed the Law Society of Northern Ireland's advanced advocacy course since it started two decades ago. The course, organised by the Law Society through the Advocacy Working Party and in conjunction with the National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA), provides soli

Belfast firm MKB Law has announced that two of its family lawyers have been appointed to the Children Order Panel by the Law Society of Northern Ireland. Solicitors Karen Edwards and Ainé Toner have been appointed to the Panel of family lawyers who have undertaken specialist training and exam

The implications of Brexit for legal practices is one of the issues being explored at a series of events taking place throughout Northern Ireland this week. The events, organised by the Law Society of Northern Ireland, aim to provide local solicitors with up-to-date information on Brexit and a platf

Over 300 solicitors from across Northern Ireland attended the Law Society's annual conveyancing conference.

The Law Society of Northern Ireland hosted an early morning pilates class yesterday to mark World Mental Health Day.

A new consent form to improve the process by which solicitors seek a client's GP notes and records has been launched by the Law Society of Northern Ireland and the British Medical Association (BMA). The pilot represents the first in a series of joint initiatives from the two professional bodies and

Senior officials from the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) briefed Northern Ireland lawyers on how to prepare for Brexit at an event hosted in partnership with the Law Society of Northern Ireland. The event at Law Society House heard from Jenny Pickrell, head of EU exit and trade legal services policy, and

Retired solicitor John H. Cavan has passed away, the Law Society of Northern Ireland has announced. Mr Cavan was admitted to the roll of solicitors in 1976 and practised with Fisher & Fisher Solicitors before his retirement.

The management board of the new Law Society Mediation Services (LSMS) has met for the first time.

Lawyers from Britain, Jersey, the Isle of Man and Cyprus were welcomed to Belfast for the second meeting of the European Hub of the Commonwealth Lawyers Association (CLA).

Northern Ireland's top legal figures attended a prayer service to mark the start of the new legal year yesterday.

The Pro Bono Choir, made up of solicitors, barristers and judges, raised £8,000 for charities Flourish NI and Helping Hand at its annual summer concert.

Suzanne Rice, president of the Law Society of Northern Ireland, has addressed an American Bar Association (ABA) conference in Oxford on the themes of good government and the rule of law.