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 Court of Criminal Appeal today quashed a Forfeiture Order imposed by Antrim Crown Court in respect of a BMW motorcycle when sentencing Gabriel Mackle for explosives and ammunition charges in 2014. On the 8th September 2014 the Crown Court imposed an order forfeiting a BMW motorcycle which the prosecution claimed had been used by Mr Mackle to transport a quantity of .22 ammunition and a bottle containing mercury. Mr Mackle pleaded guilty to the offences and received an 8 year sentence in June 2014. In September 2014 the Crown Court Judge imposed the order on the BMW motorcycle.
The Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland has been urged by HCC Lawyers and Senior Counsel, Ms Karen Quinlivan Q.C. to order a compensation award for Joesph Fitzpatrick, whose convictions for alleged terrorist offences were quashed in 2009 after more than 30 years.
Barbara Muldoon, an Apprentice Solicitor specialising in Immigration Law, was acquitted today when a charge of participation in an unlawful parade was dismissed against her at Belfast Magistrates’ Court. Ms Muldoon was charged with participation in an unlawful parade alleged to have taken place on the 22nd October 2013 at Bedford Street when BNP leader Nick Griffin atended the BBC in Belfast. A number of similar anti-BNP protests took place in other locations in the UK including London on the same date objecting to the decison to invite Nick Griffin to the BBC.
Defence lawyer, Patricia Coyle of Harte Coyle Collins, Solicitors & Solicitor Advocates acting for Filipino national Jaybe Ofrasio who faces alleged Al-Qaeda offences under the Terrorism Act in 2004, confirmed today that her client will be formally acquitted of the charges at Belfast Crown Court on 7th November 2007.
Harte Coyle Collins, Solictors & Solicitor Advocates, acting on behalf of Jaybe Ofrasio today confirmed that the Director of the Public Prosecution Service had acceded to the defence request for trial by jury for Mr Ofrasio.
Harte Coyle Collins, Solicitors & Solicitor Advocates, acting on behalf of Miss Geraldine Devine today confirmed that their client would now consider civil proceedings for malicious prosecution after a charge of withholding information in respect of the murder of Danny McGurk was withdrawn at Belfast Magistrates Court this morning.
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.
