Northern Ireland

Belfast's fifth annual Sports Law Conference, themed around Good Governance and Equality, has taken place in Law Society House.

Chris Hazzard The number of parking tickets issued annually in Northern Ireland is declining, the Assembly has heard.

Neil Anderson In the past five years the number of police recorded offences for viewing child pornography has increased by 292 per cent to 231 offences in Northern Ireland.

Ciaran O’Hare Raymond McCord’s Brexit case has been listed before Belfast High Court to determine the method of appeal and could result in it being heard directly by the UK Supreme Court.

Five drug amnesties at Northern Ireland prisons this year have only led to one recovery of drugs, The Irish News reports. A small amount of cannabis was given up during a 72-hour amnesty at Maghaberry Prison in September.

Fearghál Shiels The parents of IRA man Pearse Jordan, killed in 1992, have said they are considering further legal action after a coroner ruled it was "impossible" to say what happened.

Justice Minister Claire Sugden Nearly £20 million in court fines remain unpaid in Northern Ireland, Justice Minister Claire Sugden has revealed.

David Ford Northern Ireland's former Justice Minister David Ford has denied that political interference from the DUP prevented him easing the use of strip-searches in NI prisons.

Managing partner Michael Johnston Belfast-based firm Carson McDowell has again emerged as the leading Northern Irish firm in the 2017 edition of the Chambers UK Guide.

The High Court of England and Wales has today decided that the UK government does not have the legal authority to trigger Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union (by which a member state gives notice of its intention to leave the EU) without first getting the approval of Parliament. The governmen

Sir Declan Morgan Thursday 10 November

Assistant Chief Constable Will Kerr Assistant Chief Constable Will Kerr of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has announced he will leave the job to join the National Crime Agency.

Mark Orr QC Northern Ireland's Justice Minister Claire Sugden has appointed Mark Orr QC as Presiding Member to the Civil Legal Services Appeal Panels.

At the Royal Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow last week, President of the Supreme Court, Lord Neuberger, reflected on constitutional changes across the UK over the last twenty years, and the role of the UK Supreme Court in relation to devolution cases in particular. Read the full lecture here.

The Probation Board for Northern Ireland (PBNI) has opened a new office in Downpatrick, where it shares the same building as the Youth Justice Agency (YJA).