Northern Ireland

Dr David Sharpe BL Commercial barrister Dr David Sharpe BL has been named the UK's Barrister of the Year by Finance Monthly Magazine, a global publication for the corporate financial sector.

Solicitor Gavin Booth of KRW Law Belfast firm KRW Law announced the launch of judicial review proceedings against the Police Ombudsman of Northern Ireland at an event marking 40 years since the death of Seamus Ludlow yesterday.

The Belfast Solicitors Association (BSA) raised almost £1,000 for a local homelessness charity after organising a pub quiz. Six teams competed at The House Pub & Kitchen in Stramillis, which provided the quiz master and nibbles, and raised a total of £926.99 for The Welcome Organisation.

Kirsty Scott Belfast firm Cleaver Fulton Rankin will raise cash for Macmillan Cancer Support at a race night later this month.

The Belfast office of Arthur Cox advised Northern Ireland’s first surfboard manufacturing company in securing a £500,000 investment boost.

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.