Northern Ireland

Clare Bailey A sharp increase in the number of women prisoners in Northern Ireland has been criticised as evidence of failing penal policies, the Belfast Telegraph reports.

Estate agents are expecting Northern Ireland house prices to continue to rise even if they are less optimistic about prices across the rest of the UK. A new report by RICS and Ulster Bank states: "Looking further ahead, Northern Ireland surveyors are also positive about the prospects for house price

Northern Ireland debt judgments and small claims have soared in total value on last year, the Belfast Telegraph reports. There were 2,186 judgments worth £5.9 million in Q3 2017, a 25 per cent increase in volume and 85 per cent increase in total value compared to Q3 2016, according to the Registry

The overwhelming majority of Northern Ireland Prison Service staff are Protestant, according to new figures from the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency. Of its 1,230 staff, 957 (77 per cent) identified themselves as Protestants and just 166 (13 per cent) identified themselves as Catholi

Mr Justice Seamus Treacy has been sworn in as a judge of Northern Ireland's Court of Appeal. He is the third of three new judges whose appointments were approved in February.

William Cross Cleaver Fulton Rankin director William Cross has retired from the Belfast firm after 33 years.

Pictured (l-r): Jude Copeland, Ciarán Moynagh, Jill Minne, Monye Anyadike-Danes QC and Conor McCormick Members of the legal profession celebrated sexual diversity at a special event for LGBT students hosted by Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF).

Alison Donaldson Donaldson Legal Consulting (DLC) has partnered with international law firm Fieldfisher to provide services worldwide, The Irish News reports.

Public health minister Aileen Campbell Women from Northern Ireland can now access abortion services free of charge through Scotland’s NHS.

Northern Ireland's Director of Public Prosecutions has confirmed that women who disclose a previously unreported rape to tax authorities risk prosecution, The Guardian reports. Charities raised concern this year that women could fall foul of section 5(1) of the Criminal Law Act (Northern Ireland) 19

The decision by the PSNI to not take further steps to investigate the question of identifying and prosecuting those responsible for criminal acts during the interrogation of the Hooded Men, has been quashed in the High Court in Belfast. Delivering the judgment, Mr Justice McGuire found that the deci

Conal McGarrity

Conal McGarrity Dungannon-based P.A. Duffy & Co. Solicitors has announced the appointment of Conal McGarrity as one of the firm's directors.

Patrick Brown Tughans is among 15 law firms providing pro bono legal advice to sports organisations in Northern Ireland through the Legal Panel Framework.

Lawyers representing the family of one of the Guildford Four have written to the senior coroner for Surrey to request the original inquest into the Guildford pub bombings is reopened. Belfast firm KRW Law is instructed by Ann McKearnan, the sister of Gerry Conlon, who was wrongly imprisoned for 15 y