Northern Ireland

A man who was responsible for the death of a labourer, whom he contracted to work on the roof of an agricultural shed, must serve 12 months in custody after the Director of Public Prosecutions appealed the leniency of the original sentence. Delivering the judgment of the Court, Lord Justice Gillen e

John Finucane Belfast solicitor John Finucane has made a police complaint over three tweets mocking the murder of his father, solicitor Pat Finucane.

Staff at Belfast firm Carson McDowell have raised nearly £800 for the firm’s chosen charity of the year, the Child Brain Injury Trust.

Damien Harris A member of the Labour Party in Northern Ireland has threatened his party with legal action over its continued refusal to stand candidates in elections in Northern Ireland.

Julie Huddleston International law firm DWF has appointed partner Julie Huddleston to its banking team in Belfast.

The launch of a statutory registration scheme for providers of publicly-funded legal services must be pushed back further than September 2017, The Bar of Northern Ireland has said. In its response to the Department of Justice's consultation on the scheme, The Bar said the latest consultation documen

Northern Ireland's Attorney General John Larkin QC will intervene in a High Court case over legal recognition of humanist weddings. Model Laura Lacole and footballer Eunan O’Kane are seeking to challenge laws by which couples wishing to have a humanist ceremony must also have a separate civil regi

Over 400 lawyers have been welcomed to Belfast for the International Bar Association's Bar Leaders' Conference and Mid-Year Meetings.

20 June In the matter of an application by Jason Loughlin for Judicial Review (Northern Ireland)

Belfast firm Worthingtons Solicitors is sponsoring this year's Family Friendly Employer Awards. The awards, organised by Employers for Childcare, recognise employers who assist their employees to achieve a balance between their work and family lives.

Pinsent Masons has celebrated being named Construction Law Firm of the Year for the 10th year in a row at the Who's Who Legal Awards ceremony in London.

Pictured (l-r): Paddy Mullarky, Imelda McMillan, Joe Moore Patrick Mullarkey has joined Belfast firm O’Reilly Stewart Solicitors as a clinical negligence partner, the firm has announced.

A woman has been awarded over £50,000 in damages after another driver drove into the back of her car, resulting in £3,000 worth of repairs. In the High Court in Belfast, evidence was adduced that the woman was impecunious, was unable to foot the bill for the repairs; and that she could not afford

Attorney General John Larkin QC Northern Ireland's Attorney General John Larkin QC will give a lecture at Clough Non-Subscribing Meeting House in Co Down next week.

Over 12,000 people joined a Belfast demonstration calling for the implementation of an Irish Language Act over the weekend.