Jim Allister’s big test: Can unionist firebrand move in from the margins?
Assembly elections will reveal if relentlessly negative messaging can be turned into votes
Tributes paid to NI senior coroner who presided over Omagh bombing inquests
John Leckey spent almost three decades as a coroner until his retirement in 2015
NI Chief Justice says Brexit provided fertile ground for ‘forces of darkness’
Failure of politics to focus on solutions promoted division in North, says Declan Morgan
Mrs Justice Siobhan Keegan appointed North’s first female chief justice
Judge delivered verdict that 10 people killed in Ballymurphy massacre were ‘innocent’
Gerard Hogan nominated to Supreme Court by Government
Procedures approved to appoint chief justice to succeed Frank Clarke
Alleged fuel smuggler questions ‘crazy figure’ for unpaid taxes
Damien McGleenan’s company DMG Energy Ltd on tax defaulters’ list as owing €9.1m
Judges must be seen to be able to ‘speak truth to power’, North’s Chief Justice says
Sir Declan Morgan says anyone who can predict Brexit impacts is ‘way ahead of the posse’
PSNI apologises to journalists Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey
Makers of No Stone Unturned had been arrested for alleged theft of police documents
North’s Executive agrees new measures to ramp up response to Covid-19
Measures include rates relief for businesses and support for the vulnerable
Brexit has lit dynamite under Belfast Agreement, court hears
NI judge hopes ruling on handling of Brexit process will be ready by end of month
Legal challenge to British Brexit strategy dismissed in Belfast
One of applicants was high-profile victims’ campaigner Raymond McCord
PSNI chief stands firm on ombudsman role in journalists’ arrests
Hamilton insists ombudsman complained to PSNI about Loughinisland document ‘theft’
PSNI drops criminal inquiry into Loughinisland journalists
Northern Ireland police fast-track return of Loughinisland journalists’ materials
North judge rebukes police for seizing papers from journalists
Items linked to 1994 massacre must be returned to Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey
Families of Loughinisland massacre victims to ‘battle on’
Court ruling ‘correction of injustice’, says journalist arrested over documentary
Judges’ ruling on journalists hailed as ‘good day’ for press freedom
Arresting journalists investigating Loughinisland murders found to be ‘inappropriate’
Government ‘finalises legal preparations’ for no-deal Brexit
Irish-British judicial co-operation ‘won’t be perfect’ after UK’s exit, warns Chief Justice
New £55m initiative to address backlog of Troubles inquests
Legacy Inquest Unit to be established under Northern Ireland’s lord chief justice
Juror who posted comments about rugby rape trial avoids prosecution
Northern Ireland’s attorney general decides not to press contempt charges
Legal profession honours members of the Bar killed in the first World War
Tom Kettle and Willie Redmond among 26 barristers who died in WW1
Stormont impasse severely affecting abuse vicitms - NI chief justice
Sir Declan Morgan says provision of ‘political direction...a requirement of a functioning democracy’
Media application to lift Belfast rape trial restrictions to be heard on Monday
Judge ordered that there be no reporting on the Belfast rape trial legal argument
North’s AG to examine if juror’s online remarks were in contempt of court
Solicitors for Paddy Jackson to sue Labour Senator Aodhán Ó Riordáin over comments
The legacy of the Troubles and the Law
Some families have campaigned for over 40 years for truth and justice
Delay in dealing with Troubles killings ‘impacting on human rights’
NI court finds Arlene Foster erred in stopping discussion of funding plan for legacy inquests
Donaldson did not know of Sinn Féin side deal over legacy inquests
Gerry Kelly says deal agreed over statute of limitations for the prosecution of soldiers
Eamonn Mallie: A way for Arlene Foster to redeem herself
End to majority unionism: This earthquake moment has happened on DUP chief’s watch
Picking over the past in Northern Ireland is a waste of time and money
Files should be sealed until historians can make a measured analysis of the past 50 years
Claims persist that some of Loughlinisland killers British agents
Legacy team of solicitors trawling through roll call of Troubles cases in pursuit of justice
‘Gay cake’ case: Bakers could not ‘sin’ by going against conscience
Belfast firm Ashers challenging ruling that refusal to make cake with pro-gay slogan unlawful
Man who raped grandmother in Belfast has sentence reduced
Lucasz Artur Kubik’s term reduced from nine to seven years - half to be on licence
Liam Adams to take appeal to European Court of Human Rights
Sinn Féin president’s brother serving 16-year sentence for sexually assaulting daughter
Judgment reserved in Poots bid to overturn gay blood ruling
Former Stormont health minister insisted ban to do with public safety, not bias
Female judges appointed to NI High Court for first time
Lord Chief Justice says ‘merit will always be overriding consideration’ for appointments
NI minister ‘had right’ to keep ban on gay men giving blood
Court hears former health minister Edwin Poots was entitled to maintain restriction
Belfast woman appeals failed bid to install Irish signs on street
City council refused to erect dual-language signs at Ballymurphy Drive
Driver allegedly fled police by speeding into oncoming traffic
Pursuit by three PSNI cars said to have reached up to 90mph before car stopped
Almost 80 cannabis shipments sent to NI, Belfast court told
Prosecutors say 16 charged over suspected racket linked to Italian factory growhouse
Investigators to help speed delayed Troubles inquests
Senior judges to adopt complex cases which have been bogged down by legal wrangling
Liam Adams loses appeal against sexual abuse conviction
Adams (60) sought to have 16-year conviction for rape of daughter Áine overturned
Liam Adams appeal case adjourned in Belfast
Brother of Gerry Adams seeking to have 16-year sentence for sex abuse overturned
Woman jailed for killing neighbour with crucifix bids to clear name
Lawyers intend to focus on up to three phone calls made to or from victim’s home
Judge calls system for dealing with legacy cases ‘lamentable’
Lord Chief Justice upholds decision to quash verdict in inquest into police shooting
NI Chief Justice rejects judge’s complaint he was victim of ‘bias’
‘Frankly risible’ for judge to suggest fellow judges cannot deal independently with issues
Men fail to overturn convictions for policeman’s murder
Two dissident republicans had been convicted of 2009 killing of Constable Stephen Carroll in Armagh
Review of ‘on the runs’ will run into the ground
Opinion: In Northern Ireland the law often comes second to political considerations
Judge (48) sorry for ‘foolish’ neknomination video
Rosemary Watters to be investigated after being filmed downing shot at family party
Any talk of compromise with traditional enemy is a red rag to unionists
Opinion: Flag protesters seem less concerned about the DUP’s failure to represent their interests than with old conceptions of surrender and sell-out
Loyalist gunman Michael Stone to serve minimum of 30 years
Judge says professional killings were politically motivated and directed at a section of the community
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