Northern Ireland

Belfast solicitor Lizzie Colvin, who balances a career in law with the demands of international hockey, has encouraged other women to follow her lead. Ms Colin, an employment law specialist with DWF Belfast, was part of an "Inspiring Women" panel event aimed at promoting and supporting inclusion in

A professor of human rights law has warned that concerns over the impact of Brexit on human rights in Northern Ireland "will persist" after the publication of the draft Withdrawal Agreement. Professor Colin Harvey of Queen's University Belfast, who leads the BrexitLawNI project, gave his initial tho

Belfast firm Cleaver Fulton Rankin celebrated 125 years in business with a birthday celebration event at the Titanic Hotel Belfast.

Post-mortem examinations of infants in Northern Ireland will be conducted in England from 2019 onwards, a BBC investigation has revealed. The bodies of babies who require a post-mortem examination, either on the request of the parents or the instruction of a coroner, will have to be transported to L

Northern Ireland's criminal justice watchdog has warned that the justice system is "struggling" to deliver acceptable outcomes for victims of sexual violence and abuse in spite of over a decade of warnings. Brendan McGuigan, the Chief Inspector of Criminal Justice in Northern Ireland, said the polic

Critical questions around decision-making in Northern Ireland in the absence of a functioning Northern Ireland Executive will be examined at an event hosted by The Bar of Northern Ireland later this month. The first event in The Bar's new Leaders in Legal Excellence Series will bring together Peter

The PSNI has a backlog of nearly 300 Freedom of Information (FOI) requests which have not been answered within the statutory time limit, The Irish News reports. The backlog currently totals 273 requests, more than a fifth of the 1,270 requests received by the service this year so far.

Lawyers at Belfast firm Davidson McDonnell have celebrated a period of expansion for the firm with an office warming party at its new headquarters.

An inquest into the 1971 Ballymurphy massacre has opened before presiding coroner Ms Justice Siobhan Keegan in Belfast. The next two weeks of hearings will hear evidence regarding the killing of nine men and one woman over three days in August 1971.

Tracey Schofield, commercial property partner at A&L Goodbody, was named Best in Professional Services at the recent Women In Business Awards 2018.

McCay Solicitors has announced the appointment of solicitors Eleanor McFeeters and Aaron Mullen in the firm's Derry and Strabane offices.

The former Advocate General for Northern Ireland has warned that Brexit risks undermining the rule of law in Northern Ireland if the UK government doesn't change course. Dominic Grieve, Attorney General for England and Wales and Advocate General for Northern Ireland from May 2010 to July 2014, made

Lawyers for two Northern Ireland journalists arrested following the release of their documentary No Stone Unturned have questioned the legal basis of the arrest after it emerged the Police Ombudsman had not made a complaint of theft against them. Barry McCaffrey and Trevor Birney were arrested in Au

Belfast firm Francis Hanna & Co Solicitors have raised over £13,000 for cancer charities in memory of the firm's late partner, Gerry Daly.

Belfast solicitors Lynsey Watson, Helen Trimble and Noelle McKay have been appointed principal legal officers at Northern Ireland's Land Registry. The role will see them advise Land Registry examiners on the legal aspects of registration and adverse possession.