PRESS RELEASE ISSUED 27th SEPTEMBER 2022 BY HARTE COYLE COLLINS SOLICITORS & ADVOCATES INQUEST INTO THE DEATHS OF FINBARR MCGRILLEN & CARON SMYTH STATEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE MCGRILLEN FAMILY In his conclusions from a 2 week inquest into the deaths of and Finbarr McGrillen and Caron Smyth on the 12/12/2013 Belfast Coroner Mr Joe…
2 June 2021 LEGACY INQUEST REVIEW Press Release The Presiding Coroner, Mr Justice McFarland, today issued this statement following his review of legacy related inquests. He has identified a number of inquests which will be progressed by the Legacy Inquest Unit in Year 2 of the Lord Chief Justice’s Five Year Plan: “As Presiding Coroner,…
PRESS RELEASE Attorney General for Northern Ireland Directs Fresh Inquest into the fatal shootings of the New Lodge 6 Harte Coyle Collins, Solicitors & Advocates 12th February 2021 Harte Coyle Collins, Solicitors & Advocates, Belfast welcome the decision by the Attorney General for Northern Ireland, Brenda King, issued today directing fresh inquests into the fatal…
Appeal for Witnesses re Fatal Shooting of Master Patrick Crawford (15) in Royal Victoria Hospital on the 10th August 1975 The sister and brothers of 15 year old Patrick Crawford who was shot dead while walking through the grounds of the Royal Victoria Hospital on the 10th August 1975 have today launched an appeal to…
Relatives of Shoot to Kill victim Billy Smyth lodge Application to Attorney General for fresh Inquest The son and daughter of William (Billy) Norman Smyth have lodged an application for a fresh inquest into the murder of their father who was shot dead on his doorstep on the 24th October 1978 at Ballynure Street, Belfast. …
Parents of Gary Moore, murdered 6th December 2000 lodge Application for fresh Inquest with Attorney General for Northern Ireland, Brenda King Marie and Nevin Moore, parents of Gary Moore, a Catholic who was murdered on the 6th December 2000 at Monkstown, Newtownabbey have lodged an application for a fresh inquest under s.14 the Coroners Act…
PRESIDING CORONER FOR NORTHERN IRELAND LEGACY INQUESTS JUNE 2020 STATEMENT This statement updates the position as regards legacy inquests in light of Covid 19. It is my last statement as Presiding Coroner as Mr Justice Huddleston now assumes the role. At the time of my last statement in April 2020, the courts were only…
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PRESS RELEASE BY HARTE COYLE COLLINS, SOLICITORS & ADVOCATES, IN RESPECT OF FRESH INQUEST GRANTED INTO THE MURDER OF PATRICK DUFFY Patricia Coyle, Solicitor of Harte Coyle Collins, Solicitors & Advocates, representing the next of kin of Patrick Duffy, confirmed today that the Attorney General for Northern Ireland, Mr John Larkin Q.C., directed on the…
A secret MI5 report that resulted in Northern Ireland’s police covertly prioritising intelligence-gathering over fighting crime has been made public after almost 40 years. The report resulted in detectives of the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) – now the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) – being ordered never to arrest a suspected terrorist without consulting…