Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland barrister Moira Smyth QC reflected on 100 years of women in the law in the latest lecture in the Legal History Project series, which is now available to watch on YouTube. The lecture followed a photographic exhibition hosted by The Bar of Northern Ireland, which celebrated and promo

New members have been appointed to the Probation Board for Northern Ireland (PBNI) for a three-year term. Max Murray CBE, who previously spent 37 years working for the Northern Ireland Prison Service and consults for the Council of Europe on criminal justice and prison reform in the Western Balkans,

Northern Ireland’s Health and Safety Tribunal has upheld a decision to withhold a petroleum license where the risk to pedestrians and local residents was deemed to be too great, despite the appellant’s clean record. The appellant, Anita Byrne, trading as DAY TODAY, appealed against an Or

The Law Society of Northern Ireland has unreservedly condemned the invasion of Ukraine by Russia and calls for an immediate cessation of hostilities and the withdrawal of Russian forces from the territory of Ukraine. In a statement issued yesterday, the society’s president, Brigid Napier, said

A barrister is raising money for Ukraine as she makes a return to the country after having spent 25 years in Northern Ireland.

A review of the 2007 protocol which governs the work of community-based restorative justice (CBRJ) organisations in Northern Ireland has been announced by justice minister Naomi Long. The three-month review will be taken forward by an independent three-person panel consisting of Professor Tim Chapma

The Northern Ireland Young Solicitors Association (NIYSA) has donated £2,000 towards a grassroots humanitarian emergency appeal organised by Belfast-based solicitor Joanna Tobolska-Walczuk. Ms Tobolska-Walczuk and her sister are organising an emergency collection of the most needed items for t

Global legal business DWF has announced 27 new appointments in Belfast, ranging from trainee to director level.

Northern Ireland barrister Eamonn Rea examines a recent case involving the admissibility of confessions. The 2020 Northern Ireland Court of Appeal case of R v Kevin Barry Artt [2020] NICA 28, and my own two-year professional involvement in that case, highlighted for me a question surrounding police

Banbridge solicitor Paul Downey will face trial on charges of fraud and false accounting following a number of adjournments due to ill health, a judge has ruled. The alleged offences, which include nine counts of fraud by abuse of position, four of false accounting and a single count of theft, are s

Belfast-based McCartan Turkington Breen Solicitors (MTB) has announced a new charity partnership with Action Mental Health (AMH). AMH, Northern Ireland's leading mental health charity, changes the lives of people living with mental health issues and promotes resilience and wellbeing to all sections

Northern Ireland’s Court of Appeal has rejected a challenge to the decision to refuse to set aside a subpoena ad testificandum issued by the High Court pursuant to section 67(1) of the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978, in the context of an ongoing coroner inquest. The court found that th

Northern Ireland commercial law firm Tughans has announced the appointment of Julie Huddleston as a partner in the firm's finance and restructuring team. Ms Huddleston advises banks and insolvency practitioners on secured lending and corporate recovery matters.

The legal aid financial eligibility test has been waived in Northern Ireland for victims of domestic abuse who need to respond to an application by their abuser. Justice minister Naomi Long yesterday commenced section 28 of the Domestic Abuse and Civil Proceedings Act (Northern Ireland) 2021, which

Northern Ireland should adopt a 'Barnahus' system to avoid re-traumatising children who have been sexually abused through the criminal justice process, Northern Ireland's commissioner for children and young people has said. A new report published yesterday explores the benefit of adopting the "one-d