Northern Ireland

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.

Brian Dooley Human rights lawyers in Northern Ireland are being "demonised" by the press and public officials, a new US report has claimed.

Pictured: Guests at the gala dinner, including KRW Law's Claire McKeegan (left) and BSA chair Eoghan McKenna (centre) Lawyers from Belfast, Dublin and Liverpool came together at a gala dinner hosted by the Belfast Solicitors Association (BSA).

Ciaran O’Hare Lawyers for Raymond McCord have issued judicial review proceedings against the PSNI over alleged delays in its investigation of the 1997 murder of his son, Raymond McCord Junior.

A legal challenge in the High Court against changes to Northern Ireland's controversial RHI scheme has been delayed until October. More than 500 members of the Renewable Heat Association NI (RHANI) are seeking to have the Department of the Economy's revised 2017 RHI regulations declared ultra vires,

Andrea McIlroy-Rose Pinsent Masons has appointed Andrea McIlroy-Rose as head of its Belfast office.

A man who was responsible for the death of a labourer, whom he contracted to work on the roof of an agricultural shed, must serve 12 months in custody after the Director of Public Prosecutions appealed the leniency of the original sentence. Delivering the judgment of the Court, Lord Justice Gillen e

John Finucane Belfast solicitor John Finucane has made a police complaint over three tweets mocking the murder of his father, solicitor Pat Finucane.

Staff at Belfast firm Carson McDowell have raised nearly £800 for the firm’s chosen charity of the year, the Child Brain Injury Trust.

Damien Harris A member of the Labour Party in Northern Ireland has threatened his party with legal action over its continued refusal to stand candidates in elections in Northern Ireland.

Julie Huddleston International law firm DWF has appointed partner Julie Huddleston to its banking team in Belfast.

The launch of a statutory registration scheme for providers of publicly-funded legal services must be pushed back further than September 2017, The Bar of Northern Ireland has said. In its response to the Department of Justice's consultation on the scheme, The Bar said the latest consultation documen

Northern Ireland's Attorney General John Larkin QC will intervene in a High Court case over legal recognition of humanist weddings. Model Laura Lacole and footballer Eunan O’Kane are seeking to challenge laws by which couples wishing to have a humanist ceremony must also have a separate civil regi