Northern Ireland

Ciáran Moynagh, partner and solicitor advocate at McLernon Moynagh Solicitors Holywood and Belfast firm McLernon Moynagh Solicitors has received the Belfast Pride Award for Business Contribution to the LGBT community.

Pictured (l-r): Emma-Jane Flannery, Scott Alexander and Fiona Wills Arthur Cox provided leading Northern Ireland businesses with advice on the impact of Brexit on employment and immigration laws at a major seminar held in conjunction with Legal-Island.

Justice Minister Claire Sugden Northern Ireland's legal aid bill shrunk from around £111 million to £96 million last year according to Justice Minister Claire Sugden.

The six members of the Northern Ireland Assembly's working group on fatal foetal abnormality have recently been revealed. The group was proposed in February after MLAs voted against allowing women to terminate pregnancies in the case of fatal foetal abnormality.

Pictured: An example of ransomware The Law Society of Northern Ireland has warned solicitors to be wary of ransomware targeting businesses and organisations.

Richard Foley, senior partner at Pinsent Masons Pinsent Masons has said the "only global law firm serving Northern Ireland just got more global" as it announced plans to expand into South Africa with a new office in Johannesburg.

Ciáran Moynagh Northern Ireland's lawyers have been invited to formally take part in Belfast Pride celebrations for the first time next weekend.

Naomi Devlin Belfast-based firm Worthingtons Solicitors has announced the appointment of solicitor advocate Naomi Devlin to their growing family law department.

Clare Bailey MLA, deputy leader of the Green Party in Northern Ireland Concerns have been expressed over plans to start recovering overpaid benefits directly from workers' salaries later this year.

Former Justice Minister David Ford Northern Ireland's former Justice Minister David Ford is among a group of politicians and human rights activists who have threatened a judicial review over Brexit.

An Irish language solicitors' group raised £350 in support of the Law Society of Northern Ireland's chosen charity for 2016.

Belfast firm Tughans has topped the Experian Deal Review and Advisor League Tables for the number of deals done in Northern Ireland in the second quarter of 2016. The Experian Deal Review Report indicates Tughans was the most active legal advisor in terms of volume for the first six months of 2016,

Judith Jones, associate solicitor at Cleaver Fulton Rankin Belfast firm Cleaver Fulton Rankin Solicitors is set to host a charity cinema screening of 1984 film classic Ghostbusters.

Paul Tweed Belfast lawyer Paul Tweed of Johnsons Solicitors has told Irish Legal News that recommendations to extend British defamation law reforms, including the "serious harm" test, to Northern Ireland would cause legal costs to "go through the roof".

Northern Ireland's Justice Minister Claire Sugden yesterday cut the first sod in preparation for the construction of a new cell block at Maghaberry Prison. The new £55 million accommodation block at the largest of Northern Ireland's three prisons is due to be completed by 2019 and will include 360