Northern Ireland

Arlene Foster The Scottish Government has confirmed that it received correspondence about same-sex marriage legislation from then-Finance Minister Arlene Foster in September 2015.

The Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry panel has called for the urgent implementation of its recommendations now that talks between Northern Ireland's political parties have resumed. The panel has written to the leaders of Northern Ireland's political parties, who are currently locked in negotia

Women who were forced to give birth in Mother and Baby Homes in Northern Ireland, and children born in the homes, have renewed their call for a public inquiry into abuses they say they suffered there. The call comes following an investigation by Detail Data into allegations of removal and forced ado

New figures have revealed more than 700 women from Northern Ireland travelled to England for an abortion last year. According to the Department of Health in England and Wales, 742 women from Northern Ireland travelled to England for an abortion in 2016, down from 833 in 2015.

Grainne Teggart Amnesty International has warned that negotiations between Prime Minister Theresa May and DUP leader Arlene Foster must not undermine abortion law reform in Northern Ireland.

A member of the British Humanist Association (BHA) has been granted an order compelling the General Register Office to take all necessary steps to authorise a legally valid and binding humanist wedding ceremony. Sitting in the High Court in Belfast, Mr Justice Colton quashed the decision of the Gene

Attorney General John Larkin Northern Ireland's Attorney General John Larkin will appeal the landmark High Court ruling allowing a legally-binding humanist wedding ceremony to go ahead.

Matthew Jury A law firm representing some victims of terrorism in Northern Ireland have called on the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) to advance their interests in negotiations with the Conservative Party.

The High Court in Belfast has ruled in favour of a couple who sought permission for a legally-binding humanist wedding ceremony. Mr Justice Colton quashed the General Register Office’s decision to refuse an application for authorisation for a humanist marriage on the grounds that it breached the a

Solicitor Antoinette Curran, a former president of the Law Society of Northern Ireland, has passed away. Ms Curran was admitted as a solicitor in 1979 and became president of the Law Society in 1998.

Maria McCloskey Maria McCloskey, an associate solicitor at Napier & Sons in Belfast, has been appointed to co-ordinate a new legal project in partnership with the Northern Ireland Community of Refugees and Asylum Seekers (NICRAS).

John Finucane Belfast solicitor John Finucane has failed in his bid to be elected as Sinn Féin's MP for North Belfast.

Pictured: Michael Johnston, managing partner at Carson McDowell, with newly appointed partners Mary-Kim Doherty, Kerry Teahan, Peter Guzhar, Grant McBurney and Olivia O’Kane Northern Ireland's largest independent law firm, Carson McDowell, has today announced the appointment of five new partners.

The UK Supreme Court will rule next week on a challenge to the Secretary of State for Health over his failure to make abortion available on the NHS in England to women from Northern Ireland. Judgment in R (on the application of A and B) (Appellants) v Secretary of State for Health (Respondent) will

Ian Gordon A standards commissioner from Scotland was brought in to mediate in a dispute between two Northern Ireland councillors, The Irish News reports.