McIvor Farrell solicitor Paul Farrell has been representing campaign group Safe Electricity Armagh and Tyrone (SEAT) in their challenge over the lawfulness of decision to approve the North-South Interconnector. The challenge centres on legislation which enabled the Infrastructure Minister Nichola Mallon to give the green light to the planning application Read more…
McIvor Farrell solicitor James Ferrin has been representing Jonathan Cummins at recent employment hearings. Mr Cummins was formerly a physio at Glentoran Football Club and has been taking a case for unfair dismissal against the club following an incident in training. An amicable resolution has been reached to the satisfaction Read more…
During the virus lockdown McIvor Farrell are still open for business and can be contacted by phone or email. Belfast and Lisburn Women’s Aid have issued a Self-Isolation Safety Plan carrying useful information in these difficult times.
Following on from advice we are no longer permitting public access to our offices unless in the most exceptional circumstances and only under the direction of a solicitor that an individual must attend. Our offices will remain open but until the Covid 19 Virus situation becomes clearer we will only Read more…
Ciaran Maguire of McIvor Farrell Solicitors has been elected as chair of the Belfast Solicitors’ Association (BSA), succeeding Enda Lavery of MTB. A new committee was elected at the association’s AGM in Law Society House yesterday, which also included a presentation from new charity partner Action Cancer. The AGM heard Read more…
Mc Ivor Farrell as part of their ongoing commitment to assisting in the development of the legal profession in Northern Ireland are pleased to announce that the recipient of the McIvor Farrell Prize for the Best Performing Student at the Institute of Professional Legal Studies in the Negotiation Category is Read more…
Our own James Ferrin as featured in the NI Chamber of Commerce Awards magazine last week.
Landowners impacted by the proposed North-South electricity interconnector represented by McIvor Farrell solicitors Belfast today won their case for the planning application for the interconnect to be re-determined. The landowners took the case against the Department for Infrastructure and the High Court judge agreed that the decision should not have Read more…
Belfast Solicitors McIvor Farrell representing Deborah McGuinness, sister of one of Michael Stone’s victims have been successful in the case to ensure Stone serves the remainder of his sentence. Ms McGuinness had been seeking a judicial review of the DoJ calculation of Stone’s tariff. After 6 years freed on-licence under Read more…
Belfast solicitors McIvor Farrell have issued judicial review proceedings against the PSNI, the Coroner’s Service and the Department of Justice on behalf of Raymond McCord into the killing of his son, Raymond McCord Jr, by the UVF in 1997. Solicitor Ciaran O’Hare stated that “Mr McCord is now 65 years Read more…