Northern Ireland

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A lawyer representing thousands of officers involved in the PSNI data breach has welcomed proposed mediation in the case. The unprecedented PSNI data breach last year saw the names, roles and other personal details of all serving police officers and civilian staff inadvertently published on its webs

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Belfast firm KRW Law LLP has appointed Gary Duffy as an associate solicitor. Mr Duffy holds master's degrees in history and politics as well as human rights law.

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Belfast firm MKB Law has appointed two new solicitors and a legal executive. Chris Quinn joins the firm as a solicitor in its private client team, advising clients on matters including wills and estate planning and administration. He also offers guidance on enduring powers of attorney and controller

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The UK government has been urged to scrap the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery (ICRIR) following a court defeat. Northern Ireland's Court of Appeal ruled on Friday that the controversial Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023 breaches human r

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Northern Ireland's Department of Justice has issued letters to former sub-postmasters whose convictions have been quashed through legislation. Madden & Finucane Solicitors said four of its clients have now received letters confirming their convictions have been quashed under the Post Office (Hor

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The Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service (NICTS) is to receive major IT upgrades through a 20-year contract valued at £85 million. Independent IT and business consulting firm CGI will deliver the long-term support contract and a five-year programme of work to improve the experiences o

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A minister in the Northern Ireland Executive has taken the remarkable step of writing to the Lady Chief Justice to challenge sentencing remarks made by a district court judge. The Department for Infrastructure yesterday announced that minister John O'Dowd had written to Dame Siobhan Keegan in relati

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A&O Shearman's Belfast office has raised £45,800 for local charity Friends of the Cancer Centre through a two-year community fundraising and volunteering partnership. The charity, which is based at the heart of the Northern Ireland Cancer Centre at Belfast City Hospital, has been supportin

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Belfast-based Francis Hanna & Co Solicitors has welcomed newly-qualified solicitors Hannah Newburn and Sophie Jones. Ms Newburn graduated from Queen's University Belfast School of Law in 2018 and has worked as a paralegal in the firm since February 2021, before securing a place at the Institute

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Northern Ireland’s High Court has refused leave to challenge by way of judicial review s.4(5) of the Northern Ireland Act 1988, which contains the mechanism for cross-community voting. Delivering judgment for the High Court, Mr Justice David Scoffield stated: “The system adopted falls sq

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