Northern Ireland

Órfhlaith Begley Carrickmore solicitor Órfhlaith Begley has been elected the new Sinn Féin MP for West Tyrone in yesterday's by-election.

The Northern Ireland Office (NIO) has apparently survived a rebrand that saw the Scotland Office and Wales Office renamed. The UK government departments for Scotland and Wales will now be known as the Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland and Office of the Secretary of State for Wales.

Students from Queen's University Belfast bested Ulster University opponents at a moot held before UK Supreme Court justices.

Joshua Rozenberg Legal commentator and journalist Joshua Rozenberg tackled the relationship between judges, media and politicians at the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission's annual human rights lecture.

Pictured (l-r): Andrea Coscelli, Micaela Diver, and Alan Hunter, chief executive of the Law Society of Northern Ireland The Law Society of Northern Ireland yesterday hosted a seminar considering competition law now and after Brexit.

Members of the Belfast Solicitors' Association (BSA) are out in force for the Belfast City Marathon on Monday in support of Inspire.

Derry couple Michael Harkin and Donna McCool have lost their case in the first-ever UK Supreme Court judgment handed down in Northern Ireland. The five-judge appeal court, led by Deputy President Lord Mance, handed down a majority decision in their appeal against confiscation orders made by Derry Cr

UK law firm TLT has been ranked among the most active clean energy advisers in the world by Clean Energy Pipeline magazine. The global league tables put TLT at number four for the volume of M&A deals it completed in 2017, with the firm having advised on 25 deals valued at $770 million.

Pictured (l-r): Former Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland Lord Kerr, President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom Lady Hale, Deputy Chair for the Bar of NI Sarah Ramsey Lady Hale, president of the UK Supreme Court, has officially opened The Resolution Centre in Belfast.

Shari Holmes Belfast-based John F Gibbons & Co has announced the appointment of Shari Holmes as a senior associate at the firm.

Patrick Corrigan Amnesty International has called on the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to provide "full transparency" over a fire which may have destroyed Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR) records.

The UK Supreme Court sat in Belfast for the first time this morning to hear Siobhan McLaughlin's challenge to the rules governing the payment of a Widowed Parent's Allowance.

Over 70 property and financial professionals attended a breakfast seminar hosted by law firm Davidson McDonnell in Belfast.

Belfast-based Johnsons Solicitors have presented a £400 cheque to the Alzheimer's Society as part of the firm's year-round fundraising.