The parents of Gary Moore, shot dead on a building site in Newtownabbey on the 6th December 2000, have today asked the Chief Constable to subject the DNA evidence found on two items, including a revolver believed to have been used in the murder, to fresh forensic analysis. Gary Moore, a Catholic father of two…
EUROPEAN COURT RULES THAT LEGAL SAFEGUARDS REGARDING COVERT SURVEILLANCE OF A DETAINEE’S CONSULTATION WITH HIS LAWYER WERE INSUFFICIENT In today’s Chamber Judgment the case of RE –v- United Kingdom the European Court of Human Rights held unanimously that there had been a violation of Article 8 (Right to Respect for Private and Family Life,…
The family of Thomas Burns, a Catholic ex serviceman shot dead by the British army on the 13th July 1972 at Glenpark Street, Belfast, have secured the release of a report completed by the HET into his death which was held by the PSNI from 2013. The death of Thomas Burns was investigated by the…
The family of Thomas Burns, shot dead by the British army on the 13th July 1972 at Glenpark Street, Belfast, have submitted an application for a fresh inquest to the Attorney General for Northern Ireland into the killing of the innocent civilian. Harte Coyle Collins, acting on behalf of the family, lodged an application yesterday…
Paula Collins, Partner in charge of the Family & Children’s Law Department in Harte Coyle Collins, confirmed today that she acted on behalf of the child at the centre of an adoption battle was allegedly conceived by his Northern Irish mother drugging and raping the Muslim father, a court has heard. The claim featured in…
Harte Coyle Collins, Solicitors & Solicitor Advocates, challenged a government scheme which seeks to restrict access to and use of previously available public documents relating to the conflict in Northern Ireland. Earlier this year lawyers brought a judicial review challenge in the High Court in Belfast against a scheme to restrict access and use of…
The family of William Norman Smyth, shot dead on his doorstep on the 24th October 1978, have requested that the Attorney General for Northern Ireland consider granting a fresh inquest into his murder. Mr Smyth was shot by a single gunshot outside his home at Ballyclare Street, Belfast after returning home from work at the…
The family of Thomas Burns, shot dead by the British army on the 13th July 1972 at Glenpark Street, Belfast, are seeking the release of a report completed by the HET into the death currently held by the PSNI. The death of Thomas Burns was investigated by the HET before it was suspended in 2013.…
Harte Coyle Collins, Solicitors & Solicitor Advocates, achieved Lexcel Accreditation for the third consecutive year on 21st September 2015 effective till September 2016. The accreditation awards excellence in the law across all practice areas. Lexcel is the Law Society’s legal practice quality mark for excellence in legal practice management and excellence in client care. It…
Nichola Harte, on behalf of May Nicholls, sister of Annette McGavigan who was shot dead by the British army on the 6th September 1971 , Abbey Place, Derry confirmed today that the High Court was scathing about the MOD delay in providing a response to the family’s request for access to the original documents regarding…
