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NI Law Society receives international award for defending solicitor against Ian Paisley Jr comments during Legacy Bill debate
Mr Paisley used parliamentary privilege to describe a “legal practitioner” as a “shameful snake-oil salesman”.
Ministers urged to abandon Rwanda policy and Illegal Migration Act
Amnesty International and Asylum Aid said measures preventing refugees claiming asylum in the UK should be scrapped.
Conference to examine new legacy laws postponed amid planned protests
Sir Declan Morgan had been due to deliver the keynote address at the Law Society event on Friday.
Law Society criticises Legacy Act as ‘attack on rule of law’ ahead of conference
Legal professionals and victims groups will gather to discuss the new legislation in Belfast.
Minister defends immigration lawyer task force as critics brand it ‘red herring’
Justice Secretary Alex Chalk said it was right to root out a ‘tiny minority’ of lawyers damaging the reputation of others.
Suella Braverman says task force will target ‘crooked immigration lawyers’
Critics say the announcement focuses on a ‘tiny minority of lawyers’ rather than ‘significant asylum claim backlogs’.
Law Society of Northern Ireland welcomes new President
THE new president of the Law Society of Northern Ireland has promised to use his time in office to promote access to justice.
Cyber security and data watchdogs ask lawyers to help stop ransomware payments
The NCSC and ICO have written to the Law Society, asking it to remind its members that the firms do not condone paying ransomware demands.