Northern Ireland

Solicitor and former Law Society of Northern Ireland president Suzanne Rice has been appointed as a judge. Judge Rice was sworn into office as a district judge in the magistrates' courts before Dame Siobhan Keegan, the lady chief justice of Northern Ireland, on Friday.

Northern Ireland’s High Court has struck out defences to defamation raised by a woman who published material received in discovery and defamatory material concerning her former employer on X and Substack. Delivering judgment in October, Mr Justice Adrian Colton said: "On any showing it is clea

The UK government has imposed sanctions against the New IRA and an individual which it suspects of involvement in terrorist activity. From 6 November 2025, Kieran Gallagher and the New IRA are subject to an asset freeze under the Counter-Terrorism (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 — the s

New legislation is to tackle inconsiderate pavement parking across Northern Ireland. Infrastructure minister Liz Kimmins said secondary legislation would be brought forward to ban parking wholly on a pavement or across dropped kerbs for pedestrian access, as well as banning double parking.

Solicitor and former Tyrone GAA manager Feargal Logan has been named as the new ambassador of the Red Hand Business Club. The Red Hand Business Club brings together business leaders and professionals to support the development of Gaelic games in Tyrone.

A&L Goodbody is to continue its sponsorship of the Ulster Rugby Business Club for a further three years following a successful inaugural year of networking events. Launched last year in the A&L Goodbody Lounge at Belfast's Affidea Stadium, the Business Club has quickly become a hub for local

Belfast firm Allsopp Campbell Rainey has expanded into North Down through a merger with Bangor-based Law Quinn Solicitors. From today, Law Quinn will become Allsopp Campbell Rainey (incorporating Law Quinn), with its founding solicitors, Bryan Law and Maureen Quinn, continuing to work with the firm

Families of those killed in the 1994 Chinook helicopter crash have joined calls for the establishment of a new independent UK regulator to oversee public bodies involved in wrongdoing. A total of 29 service personnel died when the helicopter crashed on the Mull of Kintyre en route from Northern Irel

The head of a Northern Ireland human rights group has been elected to the leadership of the International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH). Daniel Holder, director of the Committee on the Administration of Justice (CAJ), is one of 15 vice-presidents elected to the global human rights body's interna

A Sinn Féin MP and others critical of new anti-paramilitarism posters have buried their "heads in the sand" over the impact of criminal gangs, Northern Ireland's justice minister has said. Paul Maskey, the MP for West Belfast, last week called on Naomi Long to apologise to the local community

Northern Ireland's High Court will today begin hearing six test cases relating to a major PSNI data breach. An unprecedented PSNI data breach in August 2023 saw the names, roles and other personal details of all serving police officers and civilian staff inadvertently published on its website.

Northern Ireland firm Wilson Nesbitt has promoted five solicitors across its Belfast and Bangor offices. Izabela Treacy has been promoted to senior associate in the firm's commercial real estate team, while banking and finance specialist Ruby Keenan and private client specialist Gareth Morgan have b

Northern Ireland solicitors and barristers are invited to attend an introductory event next week on public interest litigation and how lawyers can lend their support. Public Interest Litigation Support (PILS) is co-hosting the event at the Royal Courts of Justice in Belfast on Tuesday afternoon as p

Belfast firm KRW LAW LLP has secured a "significant settlement" following legal action brought against the Diocese of Down and Connor arising from historic childhood abuse in the 1970s. The firm has now settled two cases involving allegations against Father Thomas Cunningham in the past year, with b

A senior library assistant at Monaghan County Libraries has been awarded the A&O Shearman award for best overall performance in the two-year library and information management postgraduate diploma at Ulster University.  Shauna Clarke is this year's recipient of the award, sponsored by law f