The standard property price in Northern Ireland has fallen for the first time in six years, according to the Department of Finance. The standard property price now stands at £117,500, which is still around 6 per cent higher than at the same time last year.
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Patrick Corrigan, Northern Ireland programme director at Amnesty Amnesty International has reissued a call for the Northern Ireland Executive to deliver a Sexual Orientation Strategy and legislate to allow same-sex marriage.
Innovation and entrepreneurship are being stifled by "unfair" employment covenants which prevent professionals and skilled workers taking up new jobs, according to employment specialist Katie Williams. Ms Williams, a partner at Pinsent Masons in Aberdeen believes overly restrictive contracts could a
Staff at Worthingtons Solicitors in Belfast have abseiled down the Europa Hotel in support of a local sarcoma cancer charity.
Survivors of historical child abuse will today issue a demand for the Northern Ireland Executive to establish a redress scheme. A group of survivors has put together plans for a compensation scheme that they will urge the Executive to take up in its programme for government.
The Northern Ireland High Court of Justice Family Division has determined that it may hear an appeal against a decision not to revoke a freeing order on its merits, finding that such an approach is in line with a European Convention on Human Rights compatible interpretation of the Adoption (Northern
Over 120 legal professionals and academics discussed a prospective British exit from the European Union (EU) at an event hosted by the Law Society of Northern Ireland.
Law Centre (NI) resolved a delay in setting up direct payments for a man with complex physical needs to receive care from his son.
Pictured (l-r): Sharon Gorman of NI Hospice and David Kernaghan of Reavey & Co Solicitors Reavey & Co Solicitors in Carrickfergus have raised almost £2,500 for NI Hospice by participating in the Make A Will campaign.
Claire Edgar, partner at Francis Hanna & Co Solicitors Belfast firm Francis Hanna & Co Solicitors is the only Northern Ireland law firm shortlisted for Customer Service Excellence in Professional Services in this year’s Belfast Business Awards.
Worthingtons Solicitors has sponsored a Newtownards teenager who has been selected to compete in the World Karate Federation Championships in Italy. Lucy Oldfield, 14, a pupil at Regent House Grammar School, is one of seven representing Northern Ireland at the championships.
The Bar of Northern Ireland has urged the Department of Justice (DOJ) to examine evidence from England and Wales before creating a specific offence of domestic abuse. In a consultation response, the Bar said it would be "advantageous for the Department to monitor the operation of the new offence in
The Law Society of Northern Ireland has warned its members to be vigilant of phone hacking. The Society said it has received reports that some local solicitor firms have been the victim of phone hacking.
Seven staff members at Belfast firm Cleaver Fulton Rankin (CFR) put their nerves aside to zipline across the River Lagan in aid of MacMillan Cancer Support over the weekend.
More than 40 lawyers from across Northern Ireland have signed up for the Women in the Law Mentoring Programme in its third year. They heard from past participants and key speakers at an event held at the Galgorm Manor last week.