Northern Ireland

The Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland (PONI) has opened an investigation into tactics used by undercover PSNI officers in attempting to recruit someone as an informant. A complaint was lodged by Madden & Finucane Solicitors on behalf of a man who said police officers had promised him protect

Ronnie Armour The Northern Ireland Prison Service (NIPS) has launched a discussion paper examining how it can contribute to a reduction in offending.

Darragh Mackin A complaint has been made to the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland (PONI) by a Tamil widow whose relatives were massacred in 1986 by an elite Sri Lankan police unit which maintained a close relationship with the RUC.

James Anstey Daniell, a former director of criminal justice in the Northern Ireland Office (NIO), has died at the age of 67. The Belfast Telegraph has published a full obituary.

Paul Tweed Belfast lawyer Paul Tweed is leaving Johnsons Solicitors to set up his own practice focused on taking out defamation actions on behalf of north African and Middle Eastern clients.

Phill Shields and Aine McMahon Two legal assistants at Francis Hanna & Co. are set to zipline across the River Lagan to raise cash for a cancer charity.

The Law Society of Northern Ireland has announced its Legal Walk/Run in May raised over £10,000 for chosen charity Marie Curie.

Victims of child abuse have told Northern Ireland Secretary James Brokenshire that they expect him to set up a redress scheme if devolved government is not re-established within months.

Belfast City Council secured a court order restricting some Eleventh Night bonfires but failed to display public notices at the affected sites as per its requirements, The Irish News reports. The council has insisted that the injunction it sought from the High Court was still "active" in spite of no

The death of a senior partner's close friend inspired staff at Edwards & Co to raise over £60,000 for charity Bowel Cancer UK over the past two and a half years, the firm said. Dorcas Crawford, senior partner at Edwards & Co, said the death of her close friend from bowel cancer was "very mu

Moves towards the creation of a specific offence of stalking have been effectively put on hold by the deadlock between Northern Ireland political parties, according to support group Stalking NI. Former Justice Minister Claire Sugden asked Department of Justice officials last year to review the exist

The New York Bar has expressed its concern over the "climate of intimidation" that lawyers in Northern Ireland face. The Bar represents 24,000 attorneys as well as judges, government officials and legal academics in New York City.

The housing market in Northern Ireland is currently the strongest in the UK, according to new research. Surveyors and estate agents have reported a surge in business, the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and Ulster Bank residential market survey has found.

Cases of harassment have risen by almost 1,000 per cent in the past 19 years, following the emergence of social media and smartphones, a police source has told the Belfast Telegraph. Almost seven people a day are victims of harassment in Northern Ireland and the current power-sharing stalemate at St

A member of the Green Party has taken the first step in a legal challenge against the deal between the UK government and the DUP, the Belfast Telegraph reports. Lawyers for Ciaran McClean (pictured) issued an application for judicial review of the agreement, claiming it will frustrate the peace proc