Northern Ireland

Commercial law firm Tughans has announced the appointment of Michael McCord as senior partner, taking over from John-George Willis. Mr Willis will remain with the firm as a consultant in the corporate team, which will now be led by partner James Donnelly.

Judge Desmond Marrinan has been appointed by the Department of Justice to lead an independent review of Northern Ireland's hate crime laws. The review will examine issues such as a workable and agreed definition of a hate crime; whether the current enhanced sentence approach is appropriate for North

Northern Ireland lawyers have been given a rare insight into the important and changing role of mediation in dispute resolution in Commonwealth countries. The Commonwealth Lawyers Association (CLA) event, taking place in Law Society House, heard from Mr Justice Vasheist Kokaram from the High Court o

Belfast firm Carson McDowell has announced the renewal of its partnership with Ulster University for the annual Belfast School of Art degree show. The annual degree show, from 7-15 June, celebrates the creative talents of students in art, design and architecture.

A five-person team from Belfast firm MKB Law raised over £900 through a night-into-dawn walk up Belfast's Cave Hill.

Belfast firm Edwards & Co. Solicitors has announced the appointment of Julie Tierney and Paul Lenehan as partners. Ms Tierney, a family law specialist, joined the firm in May 2014 after heading up a busy family department in North Down since 2007.

A criminal investigation into two Northern Ireland journalists who won a judicial review in connection with police raids on their homes and office has been dropped. Journalists Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey were arrested and questioned by police in August 2018, shortly after the release of their

All PSNI custody suites are set to have on-site nurses by next September, bringing Northern Ireland in line with most UK police forces. The first phase of the new embedded service, costing around £500,000, was implemented at Musgrave Station in Belfast in October.

Three men who were charged with the murder of a man in Carrickfergus have been found not guilty of all charges against them. Concluding that he could not find the men guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, Mr Justice Gerry McAlinden described the self-styled paramilitary organisations to which the men we

Matt Higgins, founding principal of HHD Solicitors, has been appointed to join the Board of Members of Belfast Charitable Society. Mr Higgins, a lawyer for over 30 years, is already actively engaged in the local community outside of the law.

The Law Society of Northern Ireland hosted a special event this week to discuss key issues around the Children Order. The Children Order Panel Day 2019, organised by the Children Order Panel Accreditation Board (COPAB), was held on the theme of "Vulnerability".

Belfast firm Wilson Nesbitt is donating nearly £1,500 to road safety charity Brake following fundraising efforts around the Belfast Marathon. Three Wilson Nesbitt relay teams took part in the marathon, raising £730 on their JustGiving page.

The Home Office has been granted a six-month adjournment in the First-tier Tribunal in a high-profile dispute over an Irish woman's access to a UK immigration scheme for EU nationals. Immigration rights campaigner Emma DeSouza is currently fighting to bring her husband to Northern Ireland

The Lord Chief Justice, Sir Declan Morgan, has indicated he is "minded to quash" the search warrants linked to the raids on the homes and office of two Northern Ireland journalists. Journalists Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey brought judicial review proceedings to the High Court in Belfast earlier

The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC) welcomed a Welsh Government minster to Belfast yesterday to highlight the case for banning child smacking. Julie Morgan, deputy minister for health and social services in Wales, updated stakeholders on the progress of the Children (Abolition of De