Northern Ireland

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.

Cases of harassment have risen by almost 1,000 per cent in the past 19 years, following the emergence of social media and smartphones, a police source has told the Belfast Telegraph. Almost seven people a day are victims of harassment in Northern Ireland and the current power-sharing stalemate at St

A member of the Green Party has taken the first step in a legal challenge against the deal between the UK government and the DUP, the Belfast Telegraph reports. Lawyers for Ciaran McClean (pictured) issued an application for judicial review of the agreement, claiming it will frustrate the peace proc

A legal expert has claimed Sinn Féin’s demand for a standalone Irish language act could fall foul of the Good Friday agreement, The Guardian reports. Austen Morgan (pictured) said such an act would breach a clause in the Good Friday agreement that promotes parity of esteem between all cultures in

The son of murdered solicitor Pat Finucane has contacted police after discovering his campaign posters had been stuck to a bonfire in Northern Ireland, RTÉ reports. John Finucane (pictured), a Sinn Féin candidate in the general election and himself a solicitor, tweeted a photo of the bonfire.

Chloe Smith MPs have approved a further two-year extension to rules allowing criminal trials without a jury to take place in Northern Ireland.

The former executive director of a company linked to the Law Society of Northern Ireland has been jailed for a year for stealing £50,000 from two clients. Appearing in Belfast Crown Court yesterday, Denis William Mackie was jailed by Judge David McFarland after he admitted defrauding clients of Law

Nine out of ten children who serve a custodial sentence in Northern Ireland reoffend within a year of their release, the Audit Office has said. Kieran Donnelly, the Comptroller and Auditor General, today presented the Audit Office's report on Managing children who offend to the Northern Ireland Asse

Iryna Kennedy A prominent Belfast-based barrister is due to be released from hospital after falling unwell during a race, The Irish News reports.

Northern Ireland Secretary James Brokenshire Northern Ireland Secretary James Brokenshire has confirmed that legislation will be brought forward to allow for the publication of political donations made to Northern Ireland parties after 1 July 2017.

Keystone Law has announced two significant senior hires to its Belfast office, just four months after the UK firm expanded into Northern Ireland through its merger with McMahon McKay.

Pinsent Masons today revealed its unaudited results for 2016-17, which shows global turnover increased by 11 per cent to £423.1m. Almost 85 per cent of revenues were generated from clients operating in the firms' five global sectors, with the largest contributors advanced manufacturing & techno

MSM Law has joined with the Belfast Solicitors Association’s (BSA) charity partner – Inspire - to become an ‘Inspiration Point’ for mental health and wellbeing. The campaign is part of Inspire’s work to break down mental illness stigma and ensure that individuals have access to information

A former NAMA adviser who was the subject of several BBC Spotlight broadcasts in 2016, has had his application for an interlocutory injunction to prevent further broadcasts declined in the High Court in Belfast.The application was based on assertions that, inter alia, further broadcasts would amount

Dublin-based Arthur Cox has announced the appointment of Lizanne Jones as partner in its Northern Ireland property practice.