IPLS Prize for Arrest Procedure
Harte Coyle Collins, Solicitors & Advocates, are proud to continue their sponsorship of the prize…
HCC Successful with Bail Application for man to enter Drug Rehabilitation Programme
HCC Lawyers have been successful with an Application before the Crown Court to have a client admitted to bail to a Drug Rehabilitation Residential Programme. Chris McCann, Solicitor of Harte Coyle Collins, Solicitors representing the man stated: “Many individuals find themselves before the courts as a result of them having Addiction issues. Admission to custody, despite the best efforts…
Harte Coyle Collins PACE Prize at QUB IPLS Graduation
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…
Court of Appeal Quashes Unsafe Conviction
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…
Request for NI Court of Appeal re Appeal on Joint Enterprise
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…
Supreme Court Corrects the Law on Joint Enterprise
“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…
Acquittal on Murder & Arson Charges in Armagh Case involving Four Brothers
Harte Coyle Collins, Solicitors & Solicitor Advocates, represent Niall Smith who was charged with his 3 brothers Martin, Stephen and Christopher Smith, with the murders of Thomas O Hare and Lisa McClatchey on 6th November 2006 at Clady Road, Armagh, and with the arson of Thomas O Hare’s property at the same address on the same date. Niall Smith was represented by the HCC defence team comprising Patricia Coyle and Diarmaid Kelly, solicitors and defence counsel Ms Karen Quinlivan Q.C., S.C. and Mr Mark McGarrity BL.
Harte Coyle Collins Client Acquitted of Attempted Murder Charge
Harte Coyle Collins, Solicitors & Solicitor Advocates, acting on behalf of Mrs. Sharon Lee today confirmed that the Crown offered no evidence in respect of the attempted murder charge against Mrs Lee at Belfast Crown Court.