Northern Ireland

Claire Edgar Claire Edgar, partner at Belfast firm Francis Hanna & Co Solicitors, addressed the Belfast Domestic Violence Partnership conference this month.

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) will expand its Cyber Crime Unit in order to better tackle the growing threat of cybercrime. Nine officers will be transferred to the unit, boosting its manpower by 50 per cent, the Belfast Telegraph reports.

Alastair Ross MLA Draft new rules for the remuneration of criminal barristers and solicitors in the Crown Court were outlined by the Department of Justice yesterday.

Darragh Mackin The families of victims represented by KRW Law have called on the Secretary of State to free up resources for the dedicated legacy inquest unit proposed by the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland.

Gerry McAlinden QC, chairman of the Bar Council of Northern Ireland The Northern Ireland Assembly yesterday gave its final approval to legislation designed to improve how complaints against lawyers are handled and overseen.

Lord Kerr, the former Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, recently welcomed Mr Justice Deeny and Mr Justice Horner to the UK Supreme Court.

Inquests into 56 legacy cases relating to the Troubles could begin in September and be completed within five years, the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland has said. The two-week review of cases relating to the killing of 97 people during the Troubles has found that all can proceed to inquest.

Pictured (l-r): Michael Humphreys QC, chairman of the Commercial Bar Association; Brett Lockhart QC; Jonathan Forrester, director at Cleaver Fulton Rankin; and Laura Gillespie, partner at Pinsent Masons Leading figures from Northern Ireland's commercial litigation sector have said a forthcoming comm

A judgment is expected from the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) this week in the case of a former Northern Ireland prisoner's challenge to the lawfulness of his detention, the Irish Examiner reports. Christopher Doherty, 55, has complained that his human rights were breached due to the time t

Northern Ireland's Justice Minister David Ford Northern Ireland's Justice Minister David Ford has welcomed the appointment of Simon Pountain as the new independent reviewer of criminal record disclosures.

Justice Minister David Ford Criminal lawyers in Northern Ireland are returning to work today after the outcome of a process of mediation between the Department of Justice, the Bar Council and the Law Society.

Justice Minister David Ford Justice Minister David Ford has said Northern Ireland's abortion laws will remain "in limbo" for some time, the Belfast Telegraph reports.

MLAs have given their backing to a new revenge porn offence and stricter punishments for animal cruelty. Amendments to the Justice (No. 2) Bill approved this week add new provisions to the proposed law, including ones which relate to the disclosure of private sexual photographs and films with intent

Les Allamby, NIHRC chief commissioner Proposed amendments to the Justice (No. 2) Bill aimed at allowing abortion in the event of fatal foetal abnormality (FFA) and pregnancy as a consequence of sexual crime have fallen.

John Larkin QC The Attorney General for Northern Ireland has claimed changing the law to allow abortions in the event of fatal foetal abnormality (FFA) could contravene the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.