Wilson Nesbitt News & Updates

Racial and sexual orientation discrimination case win

Racial and sexual orientation discrimination case win

Det Con Kevin Maxwell, a gay black police officer aged 33, and with ten years service, has successfully brought a claim of racial and sexual orientation discrimination against his employer,... Read more

Property market recovery vital to NI economy

Chairman of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), Michael Hannaway, has indentified the property market as one of the most important factors to getting the Northern Ireland economy back... Read more

Woman sacked for gaining weight claims unfair dismissal

An interesting claim of unfair dismissal will be heard at an employment court in Brazil, after a former WeightWatchers leader was sacked for gaining 3 stone in weight. The employee weighed... Read more

Commercial property vacancy highest in NI

The rate of vacancy of commercial retail units in town centres continues to be highest in Northern Ireland when compared to all other regions on the UK. Approximately 14% of retail... Read more

Shadow chancellor calls for tax cuts

Ed Ball, the Labour shadow chancellor, has put forward his suggestions for tax cuts to stimulate the UK economy, ahead of the Budget speech to be given next month. Mr Ball... Read more

2860 women with PIP implants referred to NHS

Nearly 3,000 women who had PIP breast implants fitted have been referred to the NHS in England according to figures released by the government. The implants were manufactured by French company... Read more

Belfast commercial property site sold by Nama

The National Asset Management Agency (Nama) of the Republic of Ireland government has confirmed the sale of a commercial property site in Great Victoria Street in Belfast. The site was originally... Read more

Northern Ireland Motorists to get ‘Black Box’

The Minister in charge of the Department of the Environment, Alex Attwood, has met with representatives from the car insurance industry to discuss the high premiums paid by Northern Irish... Read more

MP charged with perversion of justice over speeding offence

A former Liberal Democrat government minister and his ex-wife have appeared in Westminster Magistrates’ Court charged with perverting the course of justice. The charge relates to an incident in 2003... Read more

Belfast's CastleCourt shopping centre sold

One of the largest commercial properties in Belfast has been sold after one of the existing co-owners Hermes opted to buy out Westfield's interest for a reported £400million. CastleCourt shopping centre,... Read more