Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland firm Cleaver Fulton Rankin has welcomed three new team members, including senior solicitor Clodagh Rafferty and solicitor Kaitlyn Berryman. Ms Rafferty has joined the firm's private client team, while Ms Berryman has joined the dispute resolution team following the completion of her

A legal challenge could be brought in the Northern Ireland courts over the exclusion of some victims and survivors of abuse from a new redress scheme. Legislation to establish a statutory public inquiry and a statutory redress scheme for victims and survivors of mother and baby institutions, Magdale

The chief executive of the body which investigates potential miscarriages of justice in England, Wales and Northern Ireland has resigned following mounting criticism. The Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) has faced intense scrutiny over the body's handling of the Andrew Malkinson and Oliver Ca

A&L Goodbody's Belfast office has announced a two-year extension to its partnership as an official patron of the Irish FA's education and heritage centre. The firm said extension reinforces its commitment to celebrating Northern Ireland’s sporting history and promoting community engagement

An obituary for the late Northern Ireland prosecutor Ronald Appleton KC has been published by The Telegraph. Mr Appleton was a senior Crown prosecutor for 22 years until 1999, overseeing a number of high-profile Troubles cases.

A Kurdish woman who came to Northern Ireland as a child fleeing the Syrian civil war has graduated with a law degree from Ulster University.

Fermanagh is in danger of becoming a "legal aid desert" as a result of cuts to courts, custody suits and legal aid, the Law Society of Northern Ireland has warned.

Northern Ireland personal injury law firm JMK Solicitors has raised £10,000 for Cancer Focus Northern Ireland in the first six months of the year in collaboration with CRASH Services and Granite Exchange. Between January and June, their teams took part in a variety of activities, with a signif

Northern Ireland’s High Court has quashed a decision by the Department of Infrastructure to proceed with the first phase of the A5 dual carriageway project. Delivering judgment for the High Court, Mr Justice Gerry McAlinden stated that he was aware that his decision would bring “fresh an

The Northern Ireland courts will be asked to rule on the definition of "sex" in equality law after the Equality Commission said there was "significant legal uncertainty" in the wake of a landmark UK Supreme Court ruling with implications for trans rights. The Supreme Court ruled unanimously in April

Belfast firm Davidson McDonnell has celebrated 10 years since its establishment. Established by Ross Davidson and David McDonnell in 2015, the firm now provides corporate/M&A, property, commercial litigation and banking advice to many of Northern Ireland's largest business names.

The UK's Ministry of Defence is to pay an undisclosed sum of damages to the family of a teenage victim of the Troubles following a settlement reached without admission of liability. The High Court in Northern Ireland yesterday heard that a settlement had been reached in the 15-year legal battle over

Spiking and other new criminal offences being set to be introduced in Northern Ireland as well as England and Wales. Naomi Long, the justice minister, has introduced legislative consent motions to allow some provisions of the UK government's Crime and Policing Bill to be extended to Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland's Department of Justice has said it is engaging with the UK government on the proposed ban in England and Wales of pornography depicting strangulation. The Ministry of Justice announced last week that it would bring forward a legislative amendment criminalising pornography which dep

Northern Ireland's High Court has granted leave for a judicial review focused on whether there is discrimination in the allocation of funding aimed at tackling educational disadvantage. Two schoolchildren from Belfast and Derry, anonymised as JR 338 and 339, are challenging the selection methodology