Northern Ireland

Pat Finucane The widow of solicitor Pat Finucane has been granted permission to appeal to the UK Supreme Court over her failed legal bid to overturn the UK government’s refusal to hold an inquiry into his 1989 murder.

Monye Anyadike-Danes Northern Ireland's first-ever chair of the British Irish Commercial Bar Association (BICBA) has said more international legal work could be attracted to Northern Ireland.

The Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland (PONI) has opened an investigation into tactics used by undercover PSNI officers in attempting to recruit someone as an informant. A complaint was lodged by Madden & Finucane Solicitors on behalf of a man who said police officers had promised him protect

Ronnie Armour The Northern Ireland Prison Service (NIPS) has launched a discussion paper examining how it can contribute to a reduction in offending.

Darragh Mackin A complaint has been made to the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland (PONI) by a Tamil widow whose relatives were massacred in 1986 by an elite Sri Lankan police unit which maintained a close relationship with the RUC.

James Anstey Daniell, a former director of criminal justice in the Northern Ireland Office (NIO), has died at the age of 67. The Belfast Telegraph has published a full obituary.

Paul Tweed Belfast lawyer Paul Tweed is leaving Johnsons Solicitors to set up his own practice focused on taking out defamation actions on behalf of north African and Middle Eastern clients.

Phill Shields and Aine McMahon Two legal assistants at Francis Hanna & Co. are set to zipline across the River Lagan to raise cash for a cancer charity.

The Law Society of Northern Ireland has announced its Legal Walk/Run in May raised over £10,000 for chosen charity Marie Curie.

Victims of child abuse have told Northern Ireland Secretary James Brokenshire that they expect him to set up a redress scheme if devolved government is not re-established within months.

Belfast City Council secured a court order restricting some Eleventh Night bonfires but failed to display public notices at the affected sites as per its requirements, The Irish News reports. The council has insisted that the injunction it sought from the High Court was still "active" in spite of no

The death of a senior partner's close friend inspired staff at Edwards & Co to raise over £60,000 for charity Bowel Cancer UK over the past two and a half years, the firm said. Dorcas Crawford, senior partner at Edwards & Co, said the death of her close friend from bowel cancer was "very mu

Moves towards the creation of a specific offence of stalking have been effectively put on hold by the deadlock between Northern Ireland political parties, according to support group Stalking NI. Former Justice Minister Claire Sugden asked Department of Justice officials last year to review the exist

The New York Bar has expressed its concern over the "climate of intimidation" that lawyers in Northern Ireland face. The Bar represents 24,000 attorneys as well as judges, government officials and legal academics in New York City.

The housing market in Northern Ireland is currently the strongest in the UK, according to new research. Surveyors and estate agents have reported a surge in business, the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and Ulster Bank residential market survey has found.