STATEMENT OF PRESIDING CORONER FOR NORTHERN IRELAND LEGACY INQUESTS ISSUED 29TH APRIL 2020 STATEMENT In my November 2019 statement, I indicated that I would review all the pending legacy inquests in April 2020 and that I hoped to be in a position to announce those inquests which would be listed for hearing during Year 2…
Harte Coyle Collins, Solicitors & Advocates, can assist clients in custody and their families to navigate the Temporary (Early) Release Scheme and Criteria for Prisoners. The Justice Minister announced in April 2020 that consideration would be given to releasing clients in custody early in a bid to reduce the prison population given the Covid 19…
The failure of the Public Prosecution Service to disclose relevant critical evidence to a defence team until immediately before a trial led to a directed acquittal in a rape trial in February 2020. Chris McCann, a senior solicitor with Harte Coyle Collins, Solicitors & Advocates, Belfast, confirmed today that his client was acquitted this month…
Islamic faith marriages not valid in English law, appeal court rules Judgment leaves many Muslim women without redress at end of relationship, lawyers say THE GUARDIAN – 14th February 2020 Almost two-thirds of married Muslim women in the UK have not had a separate civil ceremony. Photograph: Sanjeev Gupta/EPA Islamic faith marriages are not valid…
The family of Thomas Aquinas Burns have been granted leave by the High Court in Belfast to challenge the original 1973 inquest verdict of “misadventure”. Thomas Burns was shot by a British soldier as he left the Glenpark Social Club in North Belfast on the 12th July 1972. He died from the gunshot the following…
Harte Coyle Collins, Solicitors & Advocates have successfully achieved Lexcel accreditation for 3 years from 2019 to 2022. The firm, which first received the stamp of excellence by the Law Society accredited assessment body Lexcel in 2013 retained the quality benchmark for the 6th year running. The Partners, Solicitors, Paralegals and support staff at the…
PRESS RELEASE JR83 BREXIT CHALLENGE PETITION TO SUPREME COURT 9th OCTOBER 2019 A woman from Derry, ciphered as the anonymous Applicant JR83 by the Court, has lodged a Petition for Leave to the Supreme Court in London asking it to adjudicate on a Brexit challenge specific to Northern Ireland. In the Petition to the Supreme…
The supreme court has ruled that Boris Johnson’s advice to the Queen that parliament should be prorogued for five weeks at the height of the Brexit crisis was unlawful. The unanimous judgment from 11 justices on the UK’s highest court followed an emergency three-day hearing last week that exposed fundamental legal differences over interpreting the country’s unwritten constitution. The…
Patricia Coyle, acting on behalf of client Liam Holden, today welcomed the judgement in the case of the Hooded Men delivered by the Northern Ireland Court of Appeal on Friday 20th September 2019. Instructed by her client she stated; “My client was the victim of water boarding carried out by the British army in October…
PRESS RELEASE ON BEHALF OF ANONYMOUS APPLICANT Brexit Court Challenge – Hearing Date Friday 6th September 2019 A court challenge by an Applicant living in a border area in Northern Ireland is listed for hearing by the High Court in Belfast tomorrow morning Friday 6th September 2019. The case is one of three cases due…
