Northern Ireland

NIHRC Chief Commissioner, Les Allamby Northern Ireland made progress on human rights in 2016 but still has "some way to go", the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC) has said.

Belfast solicitor Christopher Stanley of KRW Law has questioned the investigation into the Guildford pub bombings following the release of documents from the National Archives. Five people were killed on 5 October 1974 when two bombs were detonated at two Guildford pubs. Three men and a woman, known

Ronan Lavery QC The UK Supreme Court yesterday heard arguments that the activation of Article 50 would conflict with the Good Friday Agreement and the Northern Ireland Act 1998.

Maurece Hutchinson, managing partner at JMK Solicitors One of Northern Ireland’s top personal injury lawyers has urged Justice Minister Claire Sugden to ensure children’s rights are fully protected in claims made following road traffic collisions.

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has published the general scheme of a bill to replace the Judicial Appointments Advisory Board with a new Judicial Appointments Commission.

The Bar of Northern Ireland has questioned whether sufficient funding can be found for ambitious family justice reforms proposed by Lord Justice Gillen. In its 70-page response to the consultation on Lord Gillen's draft report, the Bar queried "the financial cost and the ability to secure funding fo

Eileen Ewing The Law Society of Northern Ireland has welcomed Oxford-born solicitor Eileen Ewing as its new junior vice president.

David Ford Northern Ireland's former justice minister, David Ford, has put forward a private member's bill to decriminalise abortion in the case of fatal foetal abnormality.

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has sent a report on the Bloody Sunday killings in 1972 to the Public Prosecution Service (PPS). In August, police completed interviews of a number of former British soldiers who were involved in the incident on 30 January 1972, in which fourteen civilia

Pictured (l-r): Ciaran O'Hare, Conan Fegan BL, Ronan Lavery QC Belfast solicitor Ciaran O'Hare of McIvor Farrell Solicitors has travelled to London with Conan Fegan BL and Ronan Lavery QC for the Brexit case currently before the UK Supreme Court.

The UK Supreme Court has declined to revisit a ruling on Northern Ireland's lifetime ban on blood donation by men who have sex with men. The High Court in Belfast had ruled in 2013 that the Health Minister's decision not to alter the lifetime ban was irrational and infected with apparent bias. Howev

Claire Rowe UK firm Shoosmiths has announced it is expanding into Northern Ireland through a merger with Belfast firm McManus Kearney.

Pictured (l-r): Jennifer Lee and Catherine Mallon Pinsent Masons has announced a range of recent promotions and an appointment in the international firm's Belfast office.

Ciarán Moynagh Belfast solicitor advocate Ciarán Moynagh of McLernon Moynagh Solicitors and barrister Steven McQuitty will join an expert panel discussing marriage equality after a film screening hosted by the Human Rights Centre in the School of Law at Queen's University Belfast.

The Youth Justice Agency has thanked reparation providers in Craigavon, Banbridge, Armagh and Newry at a reception acknowledging their work to support young people through the provision of reparation placements.