Publications

Department of Justice invites affected parties to claim additional sum for statutory bereavement damages

Circular 'LSA 12-26 - Practitioner File Review - 2025 year end update' will be of interest to all practitioners as it provides important information on the Practitioner File Review initiative, for the period January 2025...

A helpful dashboard showing the LSANI practitioner file review 2025 year end results.

Circular 'LSA 11-26 - Prior authority for experts in legally aided cases' will be of interest to all practitioners who engage in legally aided cases across all levels of service as it introduces new guidance...

The 'LSANI authorities guidance - seeking prior authority for expert witnesses - all levels of service' sets out how to request prior authority for experts in legally aided cases.

A list of expert types and the upper limits for use with the general authorities for legally aided cases.

The LSANI authorities guidance presentation with voiceover contains useful information to assist practitioners in seeking prior authority for experts in legally aided cases.

A collated list of links to the Legal Services Agency General Authorities across all levels of service.

PSNI inspection police effectiveness efficiency and legitimacy HMICFRS report.

The Justice and Health Ministers have made a joint Written Ministerial Statement to the Assembly about the decision not to proceed to establish a Regional Children and Families Authority at this time.

Code H – the detention, treatment and questioning by police officers of persons in police detention under the Terrorism Act 2000

Statement of position in response to Supreme Court Ruling

Code I – the detention, treatment and questioning by police officers of persons in police detention under the National Security Act 2023

Code B – the searches of premises by police officers and the seizure of property found by police officers on persons or premises

Code G – the statutory power of arrest by police officers

Code C – the detention, treatment and questioning of persons by police officers

Code A – the exercise by police officers of statutory powers of stop and search

Code D – the identification of persons by police officers

Code F – the visual recording with sound of interviews with suspects at police stations

Code E – the audio recording of interviews with suspects at police stations