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…
Harte Coyle Collins, Solicitors & Solicitor Advocates, Appeal Damages Award against Joe McCloskey and Facebook Nichola Harte of Harte Coyle Collins has been retained to defend Mr Joe McCloskey in an appeal to the Court of Appeal against an award of damages made by a High Court Judge in 2015. Mr McCloskey operated a Facebook…
Harte Coyle Collins, Solicitors & Solicitor Advocates, sucessfully challenged a failure of the Northern Ireland Prison Service to provide an SOTP course to a suitable applicant. The firm today received a Declaration from a High Court Judge in Belfast that the failure of the Northern Ireland Prison Service (NIPS) to provide access to the Sexual Offenders Treatment Programme (SOTP) was a breach of their client’s rights under Article 8 of the European Convention of Human Rights.
Nichola Harte of Harte Coyle Collins, Solicitors & Solicitor Advocates, addresses members of the Law Society and Bar Library at the High Court today on the development of the law regarding covert surveillance and the challenges taken by the firm to date in respect PSNI use of covert surveillance in police stations and prisons;
Ms Karen Quinlivan Q.C. addresses solicitors and barristers at the Inns of the Court, Royal Courts of Justice, Belfast on developments in the law regarding Secret/Closed Evidence Hearings;
Harte Coyle Collins, Solicitors & Solicitor Advocates, acting on behalf of the family of a 33 year old single woman murdered in Belfast in 1976 have obtained funding to commission a review of the original post-mortem evidence.
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for malicious prosecution after a charge of withholding information in respect of the murder of Danny McGurk was withdrawn at Belfast Magistrates Court this morning.
The Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) has today referred the conviction of Mr Paschal Mulholland back to the Northern Ireland Court of Appeal for a full re-hearing and a fresh Appeal.
Harte Coyle Collins, Solicitors & Solicitor Advocates, acting on behalf of the family of Annette mcGavigan, a 14 year old shoolgirl killed by the British Army in Derry in 1971, confirmed today that they have written to a all relevant statutory bodies seeking disclosure of all files and documents in relation to her murder. Annette McGavigan was killed by members of the British Army in Abbey Street, Derry on the 6th September 1971.
Patricia Coyle of Harte Coyle Collins, Solicitors & Solicitor Advocates, acting on behalf of Sylvia Hackett, widow of Dermott Hackett, shot on 16 years ago today confirmed that the family of Mr Hackett will be making representations to the Secretary of State in light of the recent allegations made by loyalist paramilitary Michael Stone.
