Northern Ireland

A prisoner held in Maghaberry Prison was unlawfully segregated without proper authority, the High Court in Dublin has ruled. Victor Kennedy, 37, was held in solitary confinement for more than 50 days after an incident in March before being moved to another wing, according to Madden & Finucane So

Senior surgeons have warned that proposals to introduce an opt-out organ donor register could reduce public willingness to donate. The second stage of the Human Transplantation Bill was passed in the Northern Ireland Assembly on Monday.

Raymond Gillespie, Professor of History at Maynooth University and Judge Philip Babington, the Recorder of Londonderry, addressed around 80 people at the 2015 Walls400 History Lecture in St Columb's Cathedral in Derry on Saturday.

The Department of Justice must "speedily" revise new rules for legal aid fees in Northern Ireland following a ruling by a High Court judge.‎ However, judicial review proceedings brought by the Bar Council of Northern Ireland and the Law Society of Northern Ireland failed to have Justice Minister D

Pictured (l-r): Les Allamby and Pablo de Greiff UN human rights expert Pablo de Greiff has met with key officials in Northern Ireland as part of a ten-day trip to address the legacy of the Troubles.

A woman from Co Antrim is taking Northern Ireland's Department of Health to court over delays in publishing finalised guidance on abortion. Solicitor Peter Bowles, representing the woman, said the delay had "far-reaching and very real consequences for those unfortunate enough to have to utilise the

A sausage firm based in Downpatrick has threatened legal action against the World Health Organisation (WHO) for causing damage to its "reputation and business". Denis Lynn, chief executive of Lynn's Country Foods, told the Belfast News Letter that widely-reported claims that sausages can increase th

Solicitors acting for seven former soldiers have lodged emergency High Court proceedings that could derail the investigation into the Bloody Sunday killings. The ex-paratroopers are seeking a judicial review against the Police Service of Northern Ireland on the basis that the investigation launched

Arleen Elliott, president of the Law Society The Law Society of Northern Ireland has warned the general public, local businesses and its members to be extremely vigilant following a new report of a fraud perpetrated on a firm of solicitors.

Justice Minister David Ford MLA On 6 November, Law Centre (NI) and Ulster University Law School hosted a conference examining the future of access to justice.

Chief inspector of Criminal Justice NI, Brendan McGuigan A new prison facility could be built at Maghaberry Prison to house high risk and dangerous prisoners following a scathing inspection report published last week.

Patricia Carty, social security legal adviser at Law Centre (NI) Law Centre (NI) has successfully represented a former civil servant who had appealed a decision to reduce her Incapacity Benefit because Northern Ireland’s Social Security Agency had said her civil service injury award was equivalent

John Pat Cunningham, 27, who had learning difficulties and was estimated to have a mental age of 6, was shot dead by an Army patrol in County Armagh in 1974. Now, more than 40 years later, the Public Prosecution Service (PPS) has said that Dennis Hutchings, 74, from New Road, Cawsand, Torpoint in Co

The Bar Council of Northern Ireland has published responses to four government consultations on its website for easy access. The barristers' body submitted responses in September 2015 to Department of Justice consultations on employment tribunals, judicial review time limits, remuneration of excepti

A former soldier has been arrested and interviewed as part of an ongoing police investigation into the Bloody Sunday killings in 1972. The 66-year old, referred to as Lance Corporal J in the 2010 Saville Report into Bloody Sunday, was arrested in Co Antrim by detectives from the PSNI's Legacy Invest