Northern Ireland

A private members' bill to decriminalise abortion in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will introduced in the House of Commons later this month. The bill will be introduced by Diana Johnson, Labour MP for Hull North, and is co-sponsored by a coalition of MPs from five different parties.

The Belfast office of A&L Goodbody (ALG) recently hosted the third annual Northern Ireland Top 100 Companies Banquet, in partnership with Ulster Business magazine. The Banquet at Belfast's Ulster Museum celebrated the outstanding achievements of the Top 100 Companies in the past year, recognisin

Belfast firm Cleaver Fulton Rankin has welcomed the recognition of its director and chairman Karen Blair and directors Stephen Cross and Kathryn Collie in The Legal 500 Hall of Fame. The Legal 500 Hall of Fame recognises lawyers on a global basis for their continued excellence.

Four former Secretaries of State for Northern Ireland have endorsed a call for the UK government to abandon its legacy inquest plans in favour of prioritising victim compensation. In a letter responding to the consultation on legacy matters, they said the £150 million earmarked for the Histori

Co Down solicitor Elaine Mary Early has admitted defrauding former clients to the tune of up to £400,000, the Belfast Telegraph reports. Ms Early yesterday pleaded guilty to 12 counts of fraud by abusing her position as a solicitor and five counts of transferring criminal property.

Derry solicitor Damien McDaid has denied defrauding the Legal Services Agency (LSA) at the outset of his trial before Londonderry Crown Court. He is alleged to have submitted fraudulent legal aid claim forms for his personal benefit while working as a sole practitioner between July 2010 and December

A 63-year-old man who was told by a company in Northern Ireland that they were ‘looking for a younger person’ to fill an employment vacancy, has been awarded £3,155.18 after it was found that the company discriminated against him on the grounds of his age. Finding that the company

The Law Society of Northern Ireland has launched a new awareness campaign aimed at reducing the threat posed by cybercriminals targeting homebuyers, sellers, lenders and solicitors. The "Call, Check and Confirm" campaign provides guidance, information and recommended actions to all parties involved

Six teams of Northern Ireland barristers raised over £21,000 for mental health charity AWARE by hiking over Slieve Donard in County Down on the weekend.

More than half a dozen law firms have been shortlisted for awards from the LGBT+ magazine GNI MAG. International law firms Pinsent Masons and Allen and Overy have been shortlisted in the Business Contribution to the Community category.

Personal injury and road traffic specialists JMK Solicitors have reported record levels of business in their 15th year of practice. The Belfast- and Newry-based firm has grown its staff by 20 per cent since January to a headcount of nearly 60.

The UK Supreme Court will rule next Wednesday on whether a bakery discriminated against a man on grounds of sexual orientation by refusing to fulfil an order for a cake that read "Support Gay Marriage". In October 2016, the Court of Appeal in Belfast found that Ashers Baking Company had directly dis

Sinn Féin has called on the UK government to "immediately release adequate funding to resource the Lord Chief Justice's Legacy Inquest Plan". The party made the demand as its launched its submission to the public consultation on planned legislation to address the legacy of the conflict.

A woman who contended that the Flags (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2000 breached the Good Friday Agreement 1998, has had her application for judicial review dismissed in the High Court in Belfast. Finding that in introducing the Regulations, the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland had fulfille

The processing time for criminal cases before the Northern Ireland courts has slowly begun to decline from its 2016/17 peak, new figures reveal. The latest figures published by the Department of Justice show that the median time for a case to be disposed at all courts was 162 days in 2017/18.