Harte Coyle Collins, Solicitors & Advocates have successfully achieved Lexcel accreditation for 2017 to 2018. The firm, which first received the stamp of excellence by the Law Society accredited assessment body Lexcel, in 2013 retained the quality benchmark for the 4th year running. The Partners, Solicitors, Paralegals and support staff at the firm take pride…
On Friday the 20th October 2017 the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) complied with a Discovery Order from Belfast High Court to release secret papers relied upon to quash the convictions of the last man in Northern Ireland to receive the death penalty in 1973. Liam Holden was arrested at the age of 18 on…
JOINT PRESS RELEASE FRESH EVIDENCE SUPPORTING WATER TORTURE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST THE MOD IN DEATH PENALTY CASE Lawyers for the last man to receive the death penalty in Northern Ireland have today submitted fresh evidence supporting his allegation of water torture to the Crown Solicitors Office, Belfast in support of ongoing civil proceedings against the MOD…
The widow and daughter of 2 Belfast brothers believed to have been shot and injured by the undercover illegal army unit, the Military Reaction Force (MRF), have issued civil proceedings against the Ministry of Defence (MOD) and the Chief Constable of the PSNI. The claims relate to a shooting incident on the Ballymurphy Road on…
Excerpt from Irish News, 12 September 2017: A violent criminal was released on police bail, to an address with no electricity supply to operate his electronic tag, three days before he killed his ex-partner and her friend in a savage attack. The Police Ombudsman has criticised the decision-making in 2013 which led to release from…
Finbarr McGrillen’s partner, Tina Gillespie, and his children Nicole, Kate and Joseph welcome today’s public admission by the Police Ombudsman of the critical Police failures which led to the death of her partner and their loving, gentle and devoted father but remain devastated by the impact of his murder. The Police Ombudsman’s report, investigating the…
The sister of teenager Patrick Crawford, believed to have been shot by the British army…
Harte Coyle Collins, Solicitors & Advocates, are proud to continue their sponsorship of the prize…
The legal team representing the widow of Daniel Carson who was shot dead by loyalists…
The family of a 14 year old schoolgirl shot dead by the army on the 6th September 1971…
