Pictured (l-r): Olivia Meehan, legal services director; Jonathan McKeown, chairman; and Maurece Hutchinson, managing director Belfast- and Newry-based JMK Solicitors handled 1,240 road traffic personal injury cases last year, making them Northern Ireland's leading road traffic special injury claims
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Paul Frew Two DUP MLAs have been selected as chair and deputy chair of the Northern Ireland Assembly's justice committee.
Fewer than 20 tickets are remaining for the Young Leaders NI (YLNI) annual conference, which takes place in Belfast this Friday.
NIHRC Chief Commissioner Les Allamby The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC) has released a report to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child, presented on the 23rd May in Geneva.
The Northern Ireland Young Solicitors’ Association (NIYSA) and Chartered Accountants Young Professionals Group (YPG) have raised over £1,800 for the Princes Trust at a charity quiz.
Claire Sugden Claire Sugden, the independent MLA for East Londonderry, has been elected Northern Ireland's new Justice Minister.
Calls to reform the laws on sentencing have been made by the father of Enda Dolan, an 18-year-old killed by a drunk driver in Belfast. The driver, 31-year-old David Lee Stewart, was sentenced to three-and-a-half-years in prison accompanied by a three-and-a-half-year licence upon release.
Belfast firm KRW Law has been nominated in two categories at the Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year (LALY) awards. The awards, which are run on a not-for-profit basis by the Legal Aid Practitioners Group (LAPG), were opened up to lawyers in Northern Ireland for the first time this year.
Northern Ireland barristers and solicitors will take over the Ulster Museum tonight for the Pro Bono Choir's Summer concert.
John Guerin, the President of the Law Society of Northern Ireland John Guerin, the President of the Law Society of Northern Ireland, has challenged his colleagues to raise money for charity CLIC Sargent.
MLAs have until Wednesday to choose a Justice Minister or the Northern Ireland Assembly will dissolve for a new election. The Executive Office, in response to online speculation, has clarified that there is no way under the Northern Ireland Act 1998 or the Justice Act 2010 for two people to jointly
Sir Declan Morgan The Lord Chief Justice, Sir Declan Morgan's plan to clear a backlog of legacy inquests within five years could face delays as the Attorney General considers directing more deaths to inquest.
John Hussey John Hussey, a barrister and DUP councillor, has been tipped as the next Lord Mayor of Belfast, the Belfast Telegraph reports.
Alliance leader David Ford The appointment of Northern Ireland's Justice Minister has developed into a major political issue after the Alliance Party indicated that it would not nominate someone for the position.
TLT Solicitors, with offices in Belfast, has reported a 15 per cent increase in turnover to hit £71.6 million for the 2015/16 financial year. This year's result comes at the end of the firm's current ambitious three year strategy, during which time the firm's revenue increased by 45 per cent and it