Northern Ireland

Barrister Peter Magill and solicitor Steven Keown have been sworn in as Northern Ireland's newest district judges, The Irish News reports. Mr Magill called to The Bar of Northern Ireland in 1978 and has worked in civil, family and criminal law as both a defence and prosecution lawyer.

Aaron Moore, director at Belfast-based Cleaver Fulton Rankin Solicitors, has been recognised as Student of the Year 2018 at the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators's (CIArb) annual awards.

Personal injury and road traffic accident specialists JMK Solicitors have presented cheques totalling £23,000 to their 2018 charity partners following a year-long staff fundraising programme. The first charity to benefit was Children’s Heartbeat Trust, who have been supporting families o

New drink-driving legislation introduced in 2016 is not being fully enforced in Northern Ireland because the PSNI do not have the necessary equipment, BBC News reports. The Road Traffic (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 lowered the drink-driving limit and allowed for police officers to conduct

Lisa Bryson, head of employment and immigration at Eversheds Sutherland in Belfast, has welcomed the UK government's white paper on immigration as evidence that the voice of Northern Ireland businesses has "not been ignored". However, she said proposals regarding lower-skilled workers were concernin

The UK Supreme Court is once again holding its essay competition, open to Northern Ireland's Year 13 and 14 pupils, with a top prize that includes tea with a justice. Have you recently been on a tour of the Supreme Court with your school? Did your visit spark an interest in the law? Are you consider

The former CEO of the Ulster Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (USPCA) has been sentenced to nine months imprisonment, suspended for two years, after he pleaded guilty to fraud earlier this year. The former CEO had taken approximately £40,000 from the charity over a seven-year p

Delays in Northern Ireland's criminal justice system are leading complainants to withdraw from the justice process altogether, a senior PSNI officer has warned. DCS Paula Hilman, head of the PSNI's public protection branch, told BBC News that it takes "significantly longer" for a case to go to court

The Belfast Solicitors Association (BSA) has launched its 2018/19 charity partnership with Northern Ireland Chest Heart and Stroke (NICHS). Enda Lavery, solicitor at MTB Solicitors, announced the association's support for the local health charity at the BSA AGM in October, where he was elected as ch

Northern Ireland solicitor Norville Connolly has taken up a new post in Afghanistan as deputy executive director of an anti-corruption NGO. Mr Connolly, a dual-qualified solicitor who has practised north and south of the Irish border since the 1970s, has taken up the leading role with Integrity Watc

Rugby players Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding, who were acquitted on counts of rape earlier this year, have had their applications for costs of their defence dismissed in Belfast Crown Court. Emphasising that the myriad of conclusions were for the jury to reach rather than the prosecution, Her Honou

Co Down solicitor Elaine Mary Early has been spared jail after admitting a series of fraud and money-laundering offences linked to client accounts, the Belfast Telegraph reports. Ms Early, formerly of Elaine Early and Co Solicitors in Comber, transferred thousands of pounds from client accounts to h

Judge Harry McKibbin has retired after more than two decades on the Magistrates' Court bench. The Law Society of Northern Ireland wished the judge, who was appointed in March 1995, "all the best in his retirement on behalf of all the solicitors' profession".

The Law Society of Northern Ireland has congratulated its two research interns following their graduation and award of Master's degrees from Ulster University.

MKB Law has announced Action Mental Health as the Belfast-based firm's charity partner for 2019 and 2020. The law firm - the first to be supporting Action Mental Health through a charity partnership - said it was "determined" to do its part in eliminating stigma and ensuring adults and children rece