Northern Ireland

Lawyers for Boston College say it will fight a subpoena by the Public Prosecution Service (PPS) and the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) to gain access to more of the Belfast Project tapes. The tapes are a record of interviews with former paramilitaries, who agreed to contribute to an oral

Peter Lockhart Belfast firm Cleaver Fulton Rankin has announced a 5-a-side ‘mini’ Euros Football Tournament to raise money for charity.

Politicians from four of Northern Ireland's main parties discussed justice policies at a hustings held by The Bar of Northern Ireland in the Inn of Court at the Royal Courts of Justice in Belfast yesterday.

Solicitor Darragh Mackin of KRW Law The United Nations urged the Egyptian government to take "all necessary interim measures" to halt alleged violations of the human rights of Irish citizen Ibrahim Halawa.

Lawyers across Northern Ireland today attended a special briefing session in Belfast organised by Invest NI in collaboration with the Law Society of Northern Ireland and The Bar of Northern Ireland.

John Guerin, the President of the Law Society of Northern Ireland John Guerin, the President of the Law Society of Northern Ireland, has challenged lawyers to help raise money for charity CLIC Sargent.

Ciarán Moynagh of McLernon Moynagh Solicitors A legal bid to overturn the criminalisation of buying sex in Northern Ireland could proceed to a judicial leave hearing before the end of June.

Belfast lawyer Frances Thompson Belfast lawyer Frances Thompson is among four associates at TLT Solicitors who have been promoted to partner as part of a fresh round of internal promotions.

Northern Ireland's Court of Appeal has upheld a sentence given by the Crown Court in respect of a man who had been found in possession of components of a pipe bomb in January 2014. Although the appellant, Sean Ruddy, had initially denied the offence, eight months prior to his trial on 26 August 2015

Gerry McAlinden QC, Chairman of the Bar Council of Northern Ireland The Bar of Northern Ireland will be hosting a justice hustings on Wednesday 27 April in advance of elections to the NI Assembly.

Lord Neuberger, President of the UK Supreme Court Lord Neuberger, President of the UK Supreme Court, delivered a keynote lecture on technology and the law at the close of the British Irish Commercial Bar Association (BICBA) conference in Belfast.

Pupils from Dalriada School in Northern Ireland have triumphed in the National Bar Mock Trial Competition at London’s Old Bailey.

McConnell Kelly Solicitors is marking its 25th anniversary with a £2.5 million expansion programme that could include the acquisition of a new head office. The firm, which currently employs 25 people across its Ballyhackamore, Dundonald and Bangor offices, said it will recruit new solicitors, IT pr

The Court of Appeal has overturned a High Court decision in which it was found that the decision of the Minister for Health not to alter the lifetime ban on males who have sex with other males (“MSM”) was irrational and infected with apparent bias. The High Court had also found that the Minister

The ban on smoking on hospital grounds will not apply to mental health inpatients following a judicial review lodged by Belfast firm Wilson Nesbitt on behalf of a 23-year-old woman. The High Court yesterday heard that a resolution had been reached between the South Eastern Health and Social Care Tru