Harte Coyle Collins, Solicitors & Solicitor Advocates, achieved Lexcel Accreditation for excellence across all practice areas in November 2025 for the 12th consecutive year. Lexcel is the Law Society’s legal practice quality mark for excellence in legal practice management and excellence in legal client care. It provides a flexible, supportive management framework to help practices…
Since the launch of our newest practice area of Environmental Law in 2024, Harte Coyle Collins Solicitors & Advocates have been instructed to act for a broad range of individuals and community organisations, advising and providing representation in relation to access to environmental justice, planning law, judicial review proceedings, and criminal defence of environmental defenders…
The Northern Ireland Court of Appeal has refused the appeal of a father against the High Court’s refusal to order the return of his three children from Northern Ireland to the Republic of Ireland. In a judgment delivered on 12th November 2025 the Lady Chief Justice Siobhan Keegan, refused the father’s appeal against the High…
PRESS RELEASE NEW EVIDENCE UNCOVERED BY CRIMINAL CASES REVIEW COMMISSION (CCRC) LEADS TO A DIRECTED ACQUITTAL & QUASHING OF CONVICTION FROM MAGISTRATES COURT ON APPEAL ISSUED BY HARTE COYLE COLLINS, SOLICITORS & ADVOCATES 5th SEPTEMBER 2025 New evidence uncovered during an application to the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) in Birmingham resulted in a…
The partners and staff of Harte Coyle Collins, Solicitors & Advocates congratulate trainee solicitors Meadbh O Dowd and Cathal Mullan on their graduation from the Institute of Professional Legal Studies (IPLS) at QUB on 27th June 2025. Ms O Dowd and Mr Mullan currently assist the experienced solicitors in the firm across our litigation, family…
PRESS RELEASE FAMILY OF ANNETTE MCGAVIGAN SECURE PRESERVATION ORDER OF ALL ARMY OPERATION BANNER DOCUMENTS HELD BY MOD FROM 1969 TO 2007 HARTE COYLE COLLINS, SOLICITORS & ADVOCATES ISSUED 25th JUNE 2025 Lawyers acting on behalf of the family of Annette McGavigan (14) who they believe was killed by a member of the Royal Green…
PRESS RELEASE ISSUED BY HARTE COYLE COLLINS, SOLICITORS & ADVOCATES SCHOOL CHILDREN CHALLENGE THE RAISE PROGRAM 2025 METHODOLOGY FOR ALLOCATION OF FUNDING ISSUED 20TH JUNE 2025 High Court judge Mr Justice Humphreys granted leave in 2 anonymized judicial review challenges this week on Wednesday 17th June 2025. The 2 child Applicants, known as JR 338…
PRESS RELEASE INQUEST VERDICT & ANONMITY RULING INTO THE DEATH OF MASTER PATRICK CRAWFORD (15) KILLED ON 10TH AUGUST 1975 AT RVH ISSUED BY HARTE COYLE COLLINS, SOLICITORS & ADVOCATES 11th JUNE 2025 On 29th May 2025, a Coroner in Belfast delivered a Ruling removing the anonymity protection from 2 military witnesses, previously known as…
Cathal Mullan, trainee solicitor with Harte Coyle Collins, Solicitors & Advocates, attended the launch of the Law Society Northern Ireland Justice Pledge at Stormont yesterday with Minister for Justice Naomi Long, Finance Minister John O Dowd, Law Society Executive Members, law professors and legal practitioners. Mr Mullan signed the Justice Pledge with other attendees. The…
https://ereader.irishnews.com/full_page_image/irish-news-2025-05-02-page-4/content.html JOINT PRESS RELEASE ON BEHALF OF PATRICK LAURENCE O NEILL CONVICTION TO THE NI COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEAL BY THE CRIMINAL CASES REVIEW COMMISSION 28TH APRIL 2025 ISSUED BY HARTE COYLE COLLINS, SOLICITORS & ADVOCATES 2nd MAY 2025 Solicitor Patricia Coyle (Harte Coyle Collins, Solicitors & Advocates) and Paul O Connor (Director of the…