Northern Ireland

A woman who was unfairly dismissed by a packaging manufacturer has been awarded nearly £88,000 by the Industrial Tribunal of Northern Ireland. Rosaleen Conway was employed by JMC Packaging Limited from 1 June 2022 until 20 October 2023, initially as chief financial officer and later as finance

Senior figures in Northern Ireland's criminal justice and human rights sectors are among the newest cohort in the Centre for Democracy and Peace Building's fellowship programme. This year's 28 fellows include Anna McClung of the Department of Justice, Rhyannon Blythe of the Northern Ireland Human Ri

PSNI officers failed in their duty of care to a law student who was left on the side of a road in the middle of the night and was later killed in a road traffic collision, an investigation has concluded. Shannon McQuillan, a 19-year-old student at Ulster University, and her boyfriend, 21-year-old Ow

Northern Ireland's infrastructure minister has confirmed plans to appeal a High Court ruling quashing a decision to proceed with the first phase of the A5 dual carriageway project. Mr Justice Gerry McAlinden ruled at the end of June that the Department for Infrastructure had failed to show the decis

Employment lawyer Anna Beggan has been appointed as an independent lay member of the senate which governs Queen's University Belfast. Ms Beggan was a partner and head of employment at Tughans before last year joining TLT's Belfast office as a legal director.

Former charity CEO Joe McVey has been appointed as Northern Ireland's new commissioner for victims and survivors. Mr McVey, who led Northern Ireland charity Brain Injury Matters (BIM) from 2019 to 2023, will take up his post on 6 October 2025 for a period of four years.

Major reforms to arbitration law in England, Wales and Northern Ireland have come into effect today. The Arbitration Act 2025 gives arbitrators the power to dismiss weak cases quickly, preventing businesses from wasting time and money on disputes with no chance of success.

The Law Society of Northern Ireland has met with the justice minister, Naomi Long, as part of its campaign on solicitors' safety and is set to meet with the PSNI's chief constable tomorrow. Monday's meeting with Mrs Long was attended by the Law Society's president, Colin Mitchell, and chief executiv

Warrenpoint-based Rosemary Connolly Solicitors has welcomed Kelly Armstrong as a solicitor in its growing practice. Ms Armstrong has extensive experience in civil litigation and brings a wealth of knowledge and a strong track record in personal injury litigation, medical negligence and civil injunct

Prison authorities in Northern Ireland are set to review the pre-release testing process amid concerns that the system is abused by some prisoners. Under the pre-release testing process, prisoners are initially tested under the supervision of prison staff, progressing to periods of unaccompanied rel

Gateley Legal Northern Ireland has renewed its support for Camp Aspire, a five-day retreat aimed at supporting children living in poverty across Northern Ireland. Hosted by Portadown-based charity Aspire NI, this year's camp at Crawfordsburn Scout Centre, on the outskirts of Belfast, will welcome mo

Northern Ireland is set to criminalise the creation and sharing of sexually explicit "deepfake" images of adults under plans now out for consultation. There is currently no legislation in Northern Ireland which criminalises the creation and sharing of sexually explicit deepfake images where the imag

Journalists are set to begin attending and reporting from family court hearings in Northern Ireland this October under a planned pilot scheme. Greater transparency in the family courts was one of the issues to be examined by a judicial working group established by the lady chief justice in September

Belfast law firm Edwards Solicitors has moved to spacious new offices in the Cathedral Quarter. The practice, which is approaching its 65th birthday, has taken 5,200 sq feet over two floors in the former Church House building in Donegall Street to accommodate 47 solicitors and staff.

Ulster University's Centre for Legal Technology (CLT) has announced a new research and innovation partnership with Lawri AI, a Northern Ireland-based legal technology startup. The collaboration, led by CLT's director John Keers BL, will explore how AI and automation can improve the efficiency, accur