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…
Harte Coyle Collins, Solicitors & Advocates are delighted to launch their Environmental Law Department. Environmental law is an evolving area of domestic and international law. It covers a diverse range of areas. These can include everything from community groups acting against those responsible for pollution, to the environmental, social and governance responsibilities on business. Essentially…
PRESS RELEASE ATTORNEY GENERAL GRANTS FRESH INQUEST INTO THE DEATH OF ANNETTE MCGAVIGAN (14) IN DERRY ON 6TH SEPTEMBER 1971 HARTE COYLE COLLINS, SOLICITORS & ADVOCATES ISSUED 29TH APRIL 2024 The Attorney General for Northern Ireland has today granted a fresh inquest into the death of 14 year old Annette McGavigan who was shot dead…
Closing submissions on behalf of the Next of Kin of Master Patrick Crawford who was shot in the grounds of the Royal Victoria Hospital on 10th August 1975 were lodged with the Coroner today. The inquest which opened in 2023 completed this year in Armagh, Antrim and Laganside Courts hearing evidence from civilian witnesses, former…
