Northern Ireland

Gavin Booth The Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland is launching a new investigation into the killing of Colum Marks by the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) in Downpatrick twenty-five years ago.

Northern Ireland's Department of Justice has announced new application processing targets for AccessNI, which carries out basic, standard and enhanced criminal record checks. Justice Minister Claire Sugden said the new targets are the most demanding of any UK disclosure agency.

Northern Ireland's Justice Minister Claire Sugden has paid tribute to volunteers who work closely with the Youth Justice Agency. At an reception in Lisburn, Ms Sugden presented certificates to volunteers from right across Northern Ireland and acknowledged their valuable role in helping divert young

Campaigners have called for legislation to allow same-sex marriages in Northern Ireland following an opinion poll which shows “overwhelming support for marriage equality”. Love Equality said 70 per cent of respondents to a new Ipsos MORI poll said same-sex couples should be allowed to marry, inc

Justice Minister Claire Sugden Northern Ireland's Justice Minister Claire Sugden stressed the importance of partnership working across law enforcement agencies to combatting organised crime at the launch of the 2016 Organised Crime Task Force Annual Report and Threat Assessment.

Pictured (l-r): Liyang Lu, Jinghan Li and Orla McGrory, who translated some of the leaflets The Law Society of Northern Ireland, in partnership with the School of Modern Languages at Queen's University Belfast (QUB), has launched a pilot initiative to promote greater access to information about the

Belfast firm Carson McDowell has announced a new partnership with the Citizenship Foundation, funded by the Legal Education Foundation, to teach young people about the law.

Detectives from the Police Service of Northern Ireland's (PSNI) human trafficking unit have welcomed the jail terms imposed on a Romanian man and woman who admitted human trafficking and prostitution offences. Ilie Ionut, 34, and Ancuta Schwarz, 30, were arrested in Belfast three years ago as part o

The Northern Ireland High Court of Justice has found that the appropriate method for making a statement in court when the parties have agreed their dispute prior to the issuing of proceedings is for a summons to be issued. The procedural question was whether the parties had to issue proceedings, con

Julie-Ann McCaffrey Belfast solicitor Julie-Ann McCaffrey has been elected vice-president of the European Young Bar Association (EYBA).

Pictured (l-r): Paul Frew MLA, Gerry McAlinden QC, Chantal Aimée Doerries QC, David Barniville SC, Alastair Ross MLA The Bar of Northern Ireland hosted the fourth Joint Bar Council meeting in Belfast on Friday, bringing together representatives from Bar Councils of Ireland and Northern Ireland.

Guy Lougher, partner and head of the Brexit Advisory Team convened at Pinsent Masons Businesses across the UK and Europe face a "race against time" to prepare for Brexit, according to advisers at Pinsent Masons.

Steven Agnew Northern Ireland's laws on animal cruelty are "far from adequate" and sentencing is not acting as a deterrent, according to the Green Party in Northern Ireland.

The Law Society of Northern Ireland has launched a new website to make information about the Society easier to access. The Society said the new site has a "greater focus on providing access to information about the Society, its members and the services which they can offer to key audiences including

Gerry McAlinden QC, chairman of the Bar Council of Northern Ireland Legal bodies across the UK have united to publish a joint briefing paper outlining the provisions required in the Investigatory Powers Bill to protect legal professional privilege.