Northern Ireland

Justice Minister Claire Sugden Northern Ireland's Justice Minister Claire Sugden has announced a major review of the legislative framework for sentencing.

Ciara Lagan, partner at Tughans Specialist solicitors at Belfast firm Tughans gave advice to Northern Ireland entrepreneurs and investors at the INVENT Mentor Day yesterday.

Pictured (l-r): Women in Business chief executive Roseann Kelly, First Minister Arlene Foster and Imelda McMillan Imelda McMillan, director at O'Reilly Stewart Solicitors in Belfast, hosted a major event attracting nearly 300 businesspeople who wanted to hear about inclusive growth and diversity.

Solicitors, barristers and members of the judiciary spun the wheels of justice at a CLIC Sargent fundraiser hosted by the Law Society of Northern Ireland yesterday. Twenty-five teams from the legal profession competed to see who could ride further on stationary bikes situated in front of the High Co

The Police Ombudsman, Dr Michael Maguire Collusion between police and loyalist paramilitaries was a "significant feature" of the Loughinisland murders in 1994, according to a report by the Police Ombudsman.

Nicola McCrudden, CIH director for Ireland and Northern Ireland The Northern Ireland Executive should conduct a review of legislation aimed at preventing homelessness, the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) has said.

Pictured (l-r): Michael Johnston and Ciarán Harper Art student Ciarán Harper became the latest recipient of the prestigious Carson McDowell Solicitors Prize at the opening of the Ulster University Belfast School of Art degree show.

The three-person panel appointed to develop an anti-paramilitarism strategy for Northern Ireland has published their final report. The Fresh Start panel report on the disbandment of paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland was presented to the Northern Ireland Executive.

Gavin Blake Dublin firm Beauchamps Solicitors will sponsor tomorrow's Solar Ireland conference in Belfast.

A court has handed out the first-ever football banning order in Northern Ireland under the Justice Act 2011. A 23-year-old man, appearing in Coleraine Magistrates Court on Friday, was given a four year domestic football banning order.

Law Centre (NI) has highlighted a lesser-known use of the Human Rights Act in complementing local legislation to ensure older people receive the care they are entitled to. The non-profit agency's community care team often use the Act in tandem with local legislation when negotiating with the health

The Northern Ireland High Court has found that an insurance services company was entitled to refuse to indemnify an MLA under an insurance policy, in respect of his liability to pay compensation for a defamatory statement published on his Twitter account on 1 May 2014. It was agreed that the defamat

Commissioner for Children and Young People, Koulla Yiasouma Northern Ireland's Commissioner for Children and Young People, Koulla Yiasouma, has added her voice to calls for outstanding provisions of the Human Trafficking Act 2015 to be implemented.

Pictured (l-r): John O'Doherty, director of the Rainbow Project, and Health Minister Michelle O'Neill Northern Ireland's lifetime ban on blood donation by men who have sex with men (MSM) will be lifted in September, Health Minister Michelle O'Neill has announced.

Justice Minister Claire Sugden Justice Minister Claire Sugden yesterday attended a Passing Out ceremony for new recruits of the Northern Ireland Prison Service.