Soldier ‘more than likely’ shot dead schoolboy, coroner finds Image source,PA MediaImage caption, Patrick Crawford was shot dead while walking through the grounds of the Royal Victoria Hospital in 1975 Published 16 December 2024 An unidentified British Army soldier was responsible “more likely than not” for the fatal shooting of a schoolboy in the grounds…
PRESS RELEASE INQUEST VERDICT INTO THE DEATH OF MASTER PATRICK CRAWFORD (15) KILLED ON 10TH AUGUST 1975 AT RVH ISSUED BY HARTE COYLE COLLINS, SOLICITORS & ADVOCATES 16TH DECEMBER 2024 The inquest verdict into the death of schoolboy Patrick Crawford (15) shot dead in the grounds of the Royal Victoria Hospital on the 10th of…
A Scottish man has been acquitted on a terrorist charge arising from a screenshot of a list of alleged drug dealers in Belfast which he posted on a Republican Facebook page. After deliberating for around 20 minutes on Wednesday, a jury at Belfast Crown Court returned a unanimous ‘not guilty’ verdict against Andrew Stephen Rae.…
PRESS RELEASE FROM CRIMINAL CASE REVIEW COMMISSION (30TH OCTOBER 2024) A case in which police credibility has been questioned has been referred to the Court of Appeal by the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC). John McDevitt was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment in 1986, after an attack on members of the British…
Man in court over mother’s murder in Belfast Image source,Pacemaker Published 16 September 2024 A 21-year-old man has appeared in court charged with the murder of his mother in east Belfast on Friday. The body of 43-year-old Rachel Simpson was discovered in a garage beside a property on the Castlereagh Road. Nathan Simpson, of Castlereagh…
PRESS RELEASE HARTE COYLE COLLINS SOLICITORS & ADVOCATES 12th SEPTEMBER 2024 COURT DECLARES HEALTHCARE TRUST FAILURE TO PRESCRIBE SUBSTITUTE DRUG TREATMENT TO PRISONER IN MAGHABERRY AMOUNTS TO INHUMAN DEGRADING TREATMENT, DISCRIMINATION AND BREACH OF PRIVACY The High Court today delivered a radical judgment in a judicial review challenge against the South Eastern Health and Social…
PRESS RELEASE HARTE COYLE COLLINS SOLICITORS & ADVOCATES 2ND SEPTEMBER 2024 ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVIST ISSUES 2 PRE-ACTION PROTOCOL LETTERS AGAINST STORMONT MINISTER FOR FAILURE TO ACT ON LOUGH NEAGH CRISIS & FAILURE TO PUBLISH ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN (EIP) Lawyers instructed by Mr Leon Brooks, an environmental activist, have issued 2 pre-action protocol letters in contemplation of…
Diarmaid Kelly of Harte Coyle Collins, Solicitors & Advocates today confirmed that he achieved one of the highest pension payouts under the Victims Permanent Disablement Scheme. The scheme was set up in 2014 by the government to compensate those who were present at or in the aftermath of a Troubles related incident and who suffered…
The firm was delighted to present the Harte Coyle Collins prize for arrest procedure under the Police & Criminal Evidence Procedure Act to graduates Emma McClure and John Marley at the graduation ceremony for the Institute of Professional Legal Studies at Queens University, Belfast on 26th June 2024. This is the 10th year the firm…
On the evening of Thursday 18th April 2024 Chris McCann Solicitor of Harte Coyle Collins, Solicitors & Advocates successfully challenged the decision of the Northern Ireland Prison Service (NIPS) to refuse a client in custody leave to attend the burial of his father’s ashes the following morning, 19th April 2024. Our client, who was a…
