Directorate of Legal Services
The Directorate of Legal Services (DLS) is the sole provider of legal services for the public Health and Social Care Sector (HSC) in Northern Ireland.
Contacting DLS
If you know which solicitor is dealing with the relevant case or matter, please continue to contact that solicitor directly by email/mobile phone.
If you are contacting us in relation to a new case or matter, please contact the relevant solicitor by email/mobile phone where possible.
If you do not have contact details for the relevant solicitor, the following email addresses can be used, but please note that these mailboxes are not monitored outside normal working hours :-
Employment Law – Employment.law@hscni.net
Clinical Negligence, Coroners – Clinneg&coroners@hscni.net
Commercial Law – Commercial.law@hscni.net
Mental Capacity, Judicial Review – Mentalcapacity&JR@hscni.net
Emergency Children Law – Emergencychildrenlaw@hscni.net
Mental Health Tribunal – Mentalhealthtribunal@hscni.net
In the interests of reducing environmental impact, please send all correspondence to DLS by email only.
June Turkington
Interim Chief Legal Adviser
May 2022