Northern Ireland

The Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, Sir Declan Morgan, spoke of his "intense frustration" with the collapse of devolved government in Northern Ireland as he made his opening of term address today. He referred back to previous remarks about members of the judiciary taking the lead in developi

Roseanne McCormick QC has been sworn into office as a County Court judge in Northern Ireland. Judge McCormick was sworn in before Sir Declan Morgan, the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, this morning.

Professor Louise Mallinder has this week taken up her new role as a professor of law at Queen's University Belfast. She will teach human rights, constitutional law and research methodologies, while continuing to research amnesties, transitional justice and human rights.

A late disclosure by the Ministry of Defence to an inquest into the Ballymurphy massacre has prompted anger from the families of those killed, the Belfast Telegraph reports. Pádraig Ó Muirigh, solicitor for the families, said that the last minute discovery of a database with details of

A prisoner from Co Down who died in custody has been named as 22-year-old Daniel McConville. Mr McConville, of Mobrief Walk in Lurgan, was due to appear at Craigavon Magistrates Court by video-link on Friday morning, the Belfast Telegraph reports.

A student who won a gold medal for badminton at the Irish Special Olympics has won compensation after he was refused funding for the final year of a catering skills programme. Adam Smyth, from Lisburn, who has a learning disability, received £2,000 compensation in a settlement made by the Depa

The Northern Ireland Prison Service has announced the death in custody of a 22-year-old prisoner at Maghaberry Prison. The prisoner died yesterday morning, Thursday 30 August. His next of kin have been informed.

Martin Hanna, of Francis Hanna & Co Solicitors reflects on the firm founded by his grandfather in light of its victory today at the UK Supreme Court. Today is another historic day in the long history of Francis Hanna & Company Solicitors. Earlier today, the Supreme Court handed down its

Belfast solicitors Rachael Gamble and Jade Gabriel of Cleaver Fulton Rankin Solicitors have received their Advanced Certificate in Administration of Trusts. The completion of this module as part of the STEP Diploma adds to the specialist expertise of the firm's private client department, which alrea

Normal service will resume at Derry's courthouse in the first week of September, the Derry Journal reports. The city's 200-year-old courthouse was temporarily shut for maintenance of the ventilation system, with family and youth business relocated to Coleraine Courthouse and other cases to Omagh Cou

Emily Paisley, a solicitor specialising in debt recovery for businesses at Worthingtons Solicitors in Belfast, writes on debt recovery in Northern Ireland. The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) recent survey (Financial Lives 2017) found that personal debt levels in Northern Ireland are the h

Belfast firm Francis Hanna & Co Solicitors has published a two-and-a-half-minute video sharing the story of their client Siobhan McLaughlin, whose UK Supreme Court challenge to the rules governing the payment of a Widowed Parent’s Allowance will conclude tomorrow.

The UK Supreme Court will hand down its judgment this week on Belfast woman Siobhan McLaughlin's challenge to the rules governing the payment of a Widowed Parent's Allowance. The case was heard by Supreme Court justices in May during its historic first-ever sitting in Belfast.

Amnesty International has restated its support for abortion law reform in Northern Ireland after new plans to loosen abortion pill rules in England were announced just weeks ahead of a judicial review brought by a Belfast woman who illegally accessed abortion pills online. Grainne Teggart, Amnesty's

A Romanian man has been jailed after being convicted of gangmaster offences in Northern Ireland. Laurentiu Ciurar, 29, was sentenced to three months in prison when he appeared before Craigavon Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday.