Wilson Nesbitt News & Updates

10 yrs jail for driver who killed married cyclists

10 yrs jail for driver who killed married cyclists

A man has been given a 10 year prison sentence for causing the death of a married couple that he knocked off their tandem bike while trying to evade the... Read more

Survey shows support for new learner driver rules

A survey carried out by road safety charity Brake and Direct Line suggests that 84 per cent of drivers would support the introduction of a minimum learning period for new... Read more

Report shows NI house prices still falling

Despite a number of recent surveys suggesting that Northern Ireland property prices were stabilising, and in some cases increasing, the latest government statistics reveal that house values in the province... Read more

Twitter boast by hit and run driver alerts police

Police are investigated a claim that a woman knocked a cyclist off his bicycle on the strength of a bizarre tweet the driver herself made after the accident. The tweet, by... Read more

Belfast woman in court for defrauding mother

Belfast woman Ruth Noble is currently appearing in court facing eleven charges of theft, fraud and fraud by false representation, in connection with £40,000 she is accused of conning from... Read more

Farmer wins inheritance tax case against HMRC

The HMRC have failed to overturn the decision of the First-Tier Tax Tribunal which held that a farmhouse and farm land do not have to be in the same legal... Read more

Increased employee fear of redundancy or pay cuts

A new Skills and Employment survey has revealed that pressure and job insecurity among employees in Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK is at a 20 year high,... Read more

Pregnant trainee solicitor wins discrimination case

A trainee solicitor with a top city law firm has won her case for discrimination on the basis that she was denied a permanent job after she became pregnant. The employment... Read more

Divorce settlement pension overpayment not to be repaid

The Pensions Ombudsman has ruled that an overpayment of a pension in relation to a divorce settlement does not have to be paid back by the divorcee, as the divorce... Read more

1 year of jail for Belfast bus queue manslaughter

A 31-year old Belfast man who pushed a 72-year old grandfather to his death in a bus queue argument over who should get on the bus first has been handed... Read more