Torture Allegation Case involving Water Boarding listed for Trial in Northern Ireland for June 2021 A civil action involving allegations of torture including waterboarding, hooding and threats to kill at gunpoint, has been listed for trial in the High Court in Belfast for a 1 to 2 week hearing on the 1st June 2021. The…
On the 10th July 2020 the High Court in Belfast issued its final judgment in In re Fine Point Films. In May 2019, the Court quashed the search warrants against the filmmakers and journalists Trevor Birney & Barry McCaffrey, who made the film No Stone Unturned. The judgment issued by the Court on the 10th…
PRESIDING CORONER FOR NORTHERN IRELAND LEGACY INQUESTS JUNE 2020 STATEMENT This statement updates the position as regards legacy inquests in light of Covid 19. It is my last statement as Presiding Coroner as Mr Justice Huddleston now assumes the role. At the time of my last statement in April 2020, the courts were only…
Harte Coyle Collins, Solicitors & Advocates are here to help anyone who has been the subject of a data protection breach. Nichola Harte, Litigation Partner, has recently settled a serious and distressing case against a branch of government which breached data protection safeguards resulting in sensitive information being made available to a third party. Here…
STATEMENT OF PRESIDING CORONER FOR NORTHERN IRELAND LEGACY INQUESTS ISSUED 29TH APRIL 2020 STATEMENT In my November 2019 statement, I indicated that I would review all the pending legacy inquests in April 2020 and that I hoped to be in a position to announce those inquests which would be listed for hearing during Year 2…
Harte Coyle Collins, Solicitors & Advocates, can assist clients in custody and their families to navigate the Temporary (Early) Release Scheme and Criteria for Prisoners. The Justice Minister announced in April 2020 that consideration would be given to releasing clients in custody early in a bid to reduce the prison population given the Covid 19…
The failure of the Public Prosecution Service to disclose relevant critical evidence to a defence team until immediately before a trial led to a directed acquittal in a rape trial in February 2020. Chris McCann, a senior solicitor with Harte Coyle Collins, Solicitors & Advocates, Belfast, confirmed today that his client was acquitted this month…
Islamic faith marriages not valid in English law, appeal court rules Judgment leaves many Muslim women without redress at end of relationship, lawyers say THE GUARDIAN – 14th February 2020 Almost two-thirds of married Muslim women in the UK have not had a separate civil ceremony. Photograph: Sanjeev Gupta/EPA Islamic faith marriages are not valid…
It is a priority to make sure that young persons in police custody are properly represented by experienced lawyers. Persons under the age of 18 in Northern Ireland are treated as a vulnerable group of persons when in police custody after arrest. They are entitled to both the presence of an Appropriate Adult and the…
If you are facing allegations or charges of complex fraud, cyber-crime or crypto-currency crime you will require expert legal assistance. Mr Diarmaid Kelly of Harte Coyle Collins, Solicitors & Advocates, is an expert in complex fraud cases and allegations of cyber-crime and crypto-currency crime. Mr Kelly said today; “This is an area of law which…