Northern Ireland

Belfast City Council has approved plans to convert the former Crumlin Road Courthouse into a £10 million hotel, the Belfast Telegraph reports. The 77-bed hotel, to be named Lanyon Hotel, could open as early as autumn 2019.

Belfast-based commercial firm Tughans has announced the expansion of its legal team with the appointment of 13 new members of staff.

Former Advocate General Dominic Grieve QC is set to discuss human rights, Brexit and the Irish border at Belfast International Arts Festival next month. Mr Grieve served as Attorney General for England and Wales and Advocate General for Northern Ireland between 2010-14.

An inquest into the Ballymurphy massacre is due to start on November 12. In August 1971, 11 people were killed over three days when the army moved into Ballymurphy in West Belfast with the intention of arresting IRA suspects.

A woman who was mocked because of her west Belfast accent has been awarded damages by an employment tribunal, Independent.ie reports. Caroline Curran said she was verbally abused and mocked because of her background and gender while working as an assistant manager at the Four Winds bar in Castlereag

A 41-year-old man from Belfast who groomed a 14-year-old girl in 2012 has lost an appeal against his conviction. The man was found guilty of a total of nine counts of ‘sexual touching of a person under 16’, seven of which involved penetration, and was sentenced to three-and-a-half years'

A dramatic outdoors re-enactment of the 1615 trial of 17 Irishmen accused of being involved in the "Great Northern Plot" captivated passers-by in Derry on Saturday.

Belfast firm MKB Law has welcomed William Muir and Conor McCann as trainee solicitors for 2018.

The High Court in Belfast has held its first hearing to consider the legality of a search and arrest operation targeting Northern Ireland journalists Barry McCaffrey and Trevor Birney. The legal challenge is being taken by Fine Point Films, the filmmakers behind No Stone Unturned, a recent documenta

The judge presiding over the inquest into the Ballymurphy massacre has hit out at the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for delays in disclosure of documents. Mrs Justice Siobhan Keegan told a preliminary hearing in the High Court yesterday that she would not allow "checking and filtering" of documents to s

Antrim & Newtownabbey Council has abandoned its "English-only" street signs policy following a legal challenge brought by KRW Law on behalf of a local resident. A representative of the council told the High Court yesterday that it has withdrawn its policy, by which any language other than Englis

A&L Goodbody has been announced as the official sponsor of the world première production of the stage musical version of popular movie Good Vibrations.

The UK government has extended the deadline on a public consultation on proposals to address the legacy of the Troubles. The consultation - Addressing the legacy of Northern Ireland’s past - includes proposals to implement the four new legacy institutions set out in the 2014 Stormont House Agr

Northern Ireland Secretary Karen Bradley has announced plans to introduce new legislation next month to help facilitate cross-party talks aimed at restoring the Northern Ireland Executive. The bill will also address a landmark Court of Appeal ruling which found that a senior civil servant did not ha

People in Northern Ireland are the least likely in the UK to have made a will, according to a new study carried out by Will Aid, the charity will-writing campaign. More than 74 per cent of those questioned in Northern Ireland said they had no will, up by 10 per cent on last year's survey.