Northern Ireland

The Belfast Health and Social Care Trust has apologised to a young woman with mental ill health for the injury to her feelings, upset and distress she suffered as a result of its service provision. The Trust has paid £5,500 to the woman who, with the assistance of the Equality Commission for Northe

Claire Sugden Former Justice Minister Claire Sugden has warned against allowing the Northern Ireland Executive's Justice Minister to be elected in the same manner as other ministerial offices.

Three self-styled "paedophile hunters" have been ordered by Belfast Magistrates' Court to desist from further such activities while on bail, the Belfast Telegraph reports. George Keenan, 34, Richard Curtin, 32, and Tim Heron, 28, are facing charges of assault, false imprisonment and attempted intimi

https://twitter.com/AmnestyNI/status/965923708907999233 Representatives from Amnesty International NI and the Belfast-based NGO Committee on the Administration of Justice (CAJ) today met Max Hill QC, the independent reviewer of terrorism legislation.

A fourth man is facing hate crime charges in relation to a far-right rally in Belfast last year. John Richard Banks, a 60-year-old man from Yorkshire, appeared before Belfast Magistrates' Court on two counts of using threatening, abusive or insulting language at the "Northern Ireland Against Terrori

Gerry Adams has lost an appeal against his convictions in the 1970s, which he claimed were invalid due to the fact that they had been signed by the Minister of State for the Northern Ireland Office, and not the Secretary of State – which he contended was required by the legislation. Dismissing the

Mary Lou McDonald The UK government would have released funding to the Lord Chief Justice, Sir Declan Morgan, for legacy inquests under a draft deal that Sinn Féin says was scuppered by the DUP.

A convicted sex offender has been refused permission to appeal to the UK Supreme Court over a claim for damages against Facebook. The Court of Appeal in Belfast had concluded in December 2016 that Facebook is entitled to the protection of the e-Commerce Regulations against claims for damages under t

The Law Society of Northern Ireland has launched its Mentoring Programme for 2018 with a call for mentors and mentees. The programme for legal professionals, now in its fifth year, sees "mentors" sharing knowledge, skills, information and perspective to foster the personal and professional growth of

Pictured (left-right, top-bottom): Richard Craig, Maeve Fisher, Glenn Watterson, Fiona McFall and Caroline Glover Mills Selig has announced the promotion of five of its solicitors to the firm's newly-created position of senior associate.

Lord Justice Stephens One of Northern Ireland's top judges will give a rare level of judicial insight into the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) at a seminar hosted by Carson McDowell tomorrow.

Mark Mulholland QC A former chairman of The Bar Council of Northern Ireland has warned that citizens' arrests by controversial "paedophile hunter" groups may be found to be unlawful.

Gerry Adams Former Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams has failed in his bid to overturn his 1975 criminal convictions for attempting prison escape.

The Public Prosecution Service (PPS) has confirmed it will not prosecute a 25-year-old woman who held a placard reading "f*** the DUP" at Belfast Pride last August. Ellie Evans was questioned by PSNI officers after two complaints were made, including one from Jim Wells, DUP MLA for South Down, who w

Pictured (l-r): Maurece Hutchinson, Managing Director; Jonathan McKeown, Chairman; and Olivia Meehan, Legal Services Director JMK Solicitors handled more personal injury cases than any other firm in Northern Ireland for a fourth consecutive year in 2017.