Northern Ireland

Barristers Kathy Downey and Peter Canavan have been named as winners of the Family Bar Association essay competition, now re-titled in memory of Her Honour Judge Corinne Philpott QC.

Michael Graham Michael Graham, head of the private client team at Belfast firm Cleaver Fulton Rankin Solicitors, has been elected to a STEP committee on legal capacity.

David Sturgess Belfast firm Edwards & Co. Solicitors has announced the appointment of David Sturgess as a partner and head of the firm's property team.

A new free booklet on farm succession planning has been published by JPH Law Solicitors. The firm, which has four offices across counties Down and Armagh, has produced the Guide to Farm Succession Planning to help family-owned farms put a succession plan in place.

A woman who suffered severe lacerations to her leg while attending a masquerade ball in Belle Isle Castle has lost her £100,000 claim against the company owning the popular Fermanagh venue. In the High Court in Belfast, Mr Justice Ben Stephens found that the company was not liable for Ms Brown’s

Pictured: Gillian Thomson, Action Cancer & Maria O’Loan, Tughans Staff at Belfast firm Tughans have raised £7,000 for Action Cancer, Northern Ireland's leading local cancer charity, over the past year.

Strabane courthouse Lawyers who brought a judicial review against former Justice Minister David Ford's plans to close six courthouses say they do not feel the issue has been put to bed.

Justice Minister Claire Sugden Gay and bisexual men convicted of now abolished sexual offences in Northern Ireland have been posthumously pardoned.

Ronald Vellem and Carolyn Rhodes, Law Centre (NI) The Welfare Reform Advice Services Consortium, made up of Citizens Advice, Advice NI and Law Centre (NI), has been set up to provide help and support to anyone affected by changes to the welfare system in Northern Ireland.

The Bar of Northern Ireland's charity committee is now accepting nominations for its new Charity of the Year 2017/18. The application form must be completed and submitted by Friday 17 February 2017.

Northern Ireland Secretary James Brokenshire has come "perilously close to interfering in the rule of law", according to Northern Ireland's former Justice Minister David Ford. It comes after Mr Brokenshire, writing in the The Telegraph, referred to "the imbalance of the current system of legacy inve

Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, Sir Declan Morgan The Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, Sir Declan Morgan, has complained of a "wasted year" due to a lack of progress on funding for legacy inquests.

Paul McBride Turnover at the Belfast office of Pinsent Masons grew from £7.3 million to £8.8 million last year.

Pictured (l-r): Joanna Robinson (Legal Director), Paul McBride (Partner) and Andrea McIlroy Rose (Partner) listen to Christie Jack Staff at the Belfast office of Pinsent Masons celebrated Burns Night with a supper at Queen's University Belfast at the weekend.

Sir Oliver Heald QC The UK government has announced changes to legal aid rules to allow the families of the victims of the Birmingham pub bombings to access legal aid.