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Coroner Removes Anonymity of 2 Soldiers in 1975 Army Killing of 15 year old Patrick Crawford

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, Harte Coyle Collins Solicitors supports Law Society Justice Pledge to Uphold the Rule of Law

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…

CCRC Refers 1972 Convictions back to NI Court of Appeal on Grounds of Executive Misconduct, Torture and Inhuman Degrading Treatment

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…

Trainee solicitors from the Law Society of Ireland and the Institute of Professional Legal Studies (IPLS) have represented Ireland and the UK in the Florida finals of the prestigious Stetson International Environmental Moot Court Competition

Congratulations to our trainee solicitor Cathal Mullan on being awarded the prize for the 10th best oralist at the international finals of the 29th Stetson International Environmental Moot Court Competition. Cathal, as part of the Institute of Professional Legal Studies team alongside Rebecca Deans and Seán Scally, successfully negotiated the regional rounds hosted in Dublin…

John McDevitt Case – CCRC Refers 4 further 1986 Convictions back to NI Court of Appeal

PRESS RELEASE ON BEHALF OF JOHN MCDEVITT CCRC REFERS 4 FURTHER CONVICTIONS TO THE COURT OF APPEAL ISSUED BY HARTE COYLE COLLINS, SOLICITORS & ADVOCATES 10TH APRIL 2025 John McDevitt’s lawyer confirmed today that the Criminal Cases Review Commission in Birmingham has referred 4 further convictions dating 1986 to the NI Court of Criminal Appeal…

Harte Coyle Collins, Solicitors & Advocates make Dalradian Gold Mine Inquiry Notes Publicly Available

Harte Coyle Collins make Dalradian Gold Mine Inquiry notes publicly available with support of the PILS Project The Public Local Inquiry into the controversial Dalradian gold mine (‘the Curraghinalt Project’), due to run from January to March 2025, sat for only three of the planned twenty-one days of hearings before procedural failings by the Department…

Soldier ‘more than likely’ shot dead schoolboy, coroner finds – BBC News 16th December 2024

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…