Harte Coyle Collins are proud to continue supporting the legal vocational training course at Queen’s University Institute of Professional Legal Studies (IPLS), Belfast. The firm sponsors a prize on an annual basis for the best Arrest Procedure exercise completed by trainee lawyers. The prize winner for 2015-2016 was trainee solicitor Miss Anna McNulty. One of…
A print and print fragments were lifted from the vehicle after the shooting of Daniel Joseph Carson in the Shankill area of Belfast in November 1973. But, because they were not directly linked to the murder, they were discarded in line with police policy. Coroner Mr Justice Adrian Colton told a preliminary inquest hearing at…
MI5 may have bugged RUC interrogation centre during the Troubles MI5 is believed to have bugged rooms at Castlereagh holding centre in east Belfast during the 1970’s Connla Young 01 June, 2016 01:00 RELATED STORIES Prominent republican:I found bugs attached to my car Ex-RUC men to stand trial over murder investigation Solicitor Patricia Coyle has…
The next of kin of Rosaleen O Kane, who was murdered on the 17th September 1976 in North Belfast, submitted an application to the Attorney General for Northern Ireland on the 16th May 2016 asking that he direct a fresh inquest into her murder. Rosaleen O Kane, a 33 year old single Catholic woman, lived…
Patricia Coyle acting on behalf of the family of 20 year old John Ireland, who was killed in a road traffic collision 2 years ago in Belfast, has called for the PSNI and the PPS to obtain and review all existing and possible new forensic and medical evidence in the case and to reconsider whether…
On the 29th February 2016 the NI Court of Criminal Appeal quashed a conviction of one count of concealing criminal property under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 against our client Ms Heather Ramsey. The conviction was quashed as a result of tenacity on the part of the defence legal team in questioning the manner…
Harte Coyle Collins, Solicitors & Solicitor Advocates, act on behalf of Mr Peter Greer who was convicted with Jamie Smith of the murder of Duncan Morrison, the attempted murder of Stephen Ritchie and possession of firearms before a jury at Newtownards Crown Court sitting in Downpatrick in March 2013. Mr Greer was sentenced to a…
“Joint enterprise is one of those legal concepts that demonstrates the tangled relationship between common sense and the law. The common sense part is undeniable and very important: it is possible to have a culpable share in a crime that someone else actually performs. It hardly matters who actually killed Stephen Lawrence when all his…
The Troubles: Inquest judge accuses MoD of advising soldiers to apply for anonymity 19 January 2016 Image captionThe judge made his comments during the second day of a two-week review into 56 legacy cases A senior judge has accused the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of delaying court proceedings and inquests by routinely advising former soldiers…
Teenager ‘may have been shot dead by soldier in 1975’ A preliminary hearing was held in Belfast’s Laganside court A teenager shot outside a Belfast hospital over 40 years ago may have been killed by a soldier, a coroners’ court has heard. Patrick Crawford, 15, was hit while walking through the grounds of the Royal…