Northern Ireland

A legal expert has claimed Sinn Féin’s demand for a standalone Irish language act could fall foul of the Good Friday agreement, The Guardian reports. Austen Morgan (pictured) said such an act would breach a clause in the Good Friday agreement that promotes parity of esteem between all cultures in

The son of murdered solicitor Pat Finucane has contacted police after discovering his campaign posters had been stuck to a bonfire in Northern Ireland, RTÉ reports. John Finucane (pictured), a Sinn Féin candidate in the general election and himself a solicitor, tweeted a photo of the bonfire.

Chloe Smith MPs have approved a further two-year extension to rules allowing criminal trials without a jury to take place in Northern Ireland.

The former executive director of a company linked to the Law Society of Northern Ireland has been jailed for a year for stealing £50,000 from two clients. Appearing in Belfast Crown Court yesterday, Denis William Mackie was jailed by Judge David McFarland after he admitted defrauding clients of Law

Nine out of ten children who serve a custodial sentence in Northern Ireland reoffend within a year of their release, the Audit Office has said. Kieran Donnelly, the Comptroller and Auditor General, today presented the Audit Office's report on Managing children who offend to the Northern Ireland Asse

Iryna Kennedy A prominent Belfast-based barrister is due to be released from hospital after falling unwell during a race, The Irish News reports.

Northern Ireland Secretary James Brokenshire Northern Ireland Secretary James Brokenshire has confirmed that legislation will be brought forward to allow for the publication of political donations made to Northern Ireland parties after 1 July 2017.

Keystone Law has announced two significant senior hires to its Belfast office, just four months after the UK firm expanded into Northern Ireland through its merger with McMahon McKay.

Pinsent Masons today revealed its unaudited results for 2016-17, which shows global turnover increased by 11 per cent to £423.1m. Almost 85 per cent of revenues were generated from clients operating in the firms' five global sectors, with the largest contributors advanced manufacturing & techno

MSM Law has joined with the Belfast Solicitors Association’s (BSA) charity partner – Inspire - to become an ‘Inspiration Point’ for mental health and wellbeing. The campaign is part of Inspire’s work to break down mental illness stigma and ensure that individuals have access to information

A former NAMA adviser who was the subject of several BBC Spotlight broadcasts in 2016, has had his application for an interlocutory injunction to prevent further broadcasts declined in the High Court in Belfast.The application was based on assertions that, inter alia, further broadcasts would amount

Dublin-based Arthur Cox has announced the appointment of Lizanne Jones as partner in its Northern Ireland property practice.

Students at Queen's University Belfast competed for a £10,000 prize at a "Dragons' Den" competition sponsored by Belfast-based Tughans Solicitors and accountancy firm Cavanagh Kelly.

The Attorney General, with the support of the Department of Justice, successfully appealed an order of the High Court which declared the abortion legislation in NI to be incompatible with the UK’s obligations under the Human Rights Act 1998 in the circumstances where the foetus was diagnosed with

Chief Commissioner Les Allamby The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC) has confirmed it will appeal yesterday's Court of Appeal ruling that Northern Ireland's abortion laws are not incompatible with the Human Rights Act 1998.