Northern Ireland

Belfast solicitor Laura Banks has been named "Employee of the Year" at the 2019 Belfast Business Awards.

Northern Ireland's chief legal adviser, Attorney General John Larkin QC, will remain in the post until July 2020 following his reappointment by Northern Ireland Secretary Karen Bradley. Ms Bradley today announced Mr Larkin's reappointment for a 13-month period, commencing on 24 May 2019 until 3

Northern Ireland's justice system is increasingly being used as a service of last resort for people with mental health issues, according to a new report. The Comptroller and Auditor General, Kieran Donnelly, published his report on Mental Health in the Criminal Justice System to coincide with Mental

The head of the Northern Ireland Civil Service has written to Northern Ireland Secretary Karen Bradley to ask her to progress legislation to provide redress for survivors of institutional childhood abuse. The Executive Office (TEO), in the absence of a functioning Northern Ireland Executive, drafted

Keystone Northern Ireland has advised the first business to receive backing from a £30 million growth fund set up by the British Business Bank, Invest NI and the Northern Ireland Local Government Officers' Superannuation Committee. A team led by director and senior corporate lawyer John McMaho

A man who was convicted of rape and indecent assault in 1996 has lost a challenge to the mechanism for reviewing notification requirements. Rejecting the application, Mrs Justice Siobhan Keegan was satisfied that the review mechanism was compatible with the European Convention of Human Rights, and t

The family of a teenager who was murdered by loyalists in 1973 have launched a lawsuit against the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for alleged misfeasance in public office and negligence. Henry Cunningham, from Co Donegal, was shot dead at 16 years old following a UVF ambush in August 1973.

Family law expert Claire Edgar, partner at Francis Hanna & Co Solicitors, addressed a major Belfast conference about the legal remedies for victims of domestic abuse. Ms Edgar was invited to speak at a conference hosted by the Belfast Domestic and Sexual Violence Partnership (BDSVP), which was a

A district judge has questioned whether the Forensic Science Service treats murders in Belfast as a higher priority than murders in Derry. Judge Barney McElholm, sitting in Londonderry Magistrates' Court yesterday, criticised the service over a delay in receiving forensic reports relating to a trial

Restricted public access to rape trials and the provision of publicly-funded legal advice to complainants are among the final recommendations of the judge-led review into serious sexual offence trials.

The Department of Finance has announced a "full and comprehensive" review of the non-domestic rating system in Northern Ireland. The review will begin with the launch of a joint "Innovation Lab" with other government departments this July, bringing together experts in urban regeneration and taxation

Further research on the impact of Brexit on the Good Friday Agreement's citizenship provisions could be jointly commissioned by the human rights watchdogs on both sides of the border. The joint committee of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC) and Irish Human Rights and Equality Comm

The most senior lawyer in the Northern Ireland public sector will lead a working group on reform of the petition of concern in the latest round of talks aimed at restoring the Northern Ireland Executive. Hugh Widdis, head of the Government Legal Service for Northern Ireland, otherwise known as the D

The Arts Council of Northern Ireland has settled an age discrimination case brought by its chief executive Roisin McDonough for £12,000, without admission of liability. Ms McDonough, who has held the top post since October 2000, brought the case alleging age discrimination and victimisation, w

Four trainees and a consultant at Tughans took part in the Belfast City Marathon to raise money for charity.