HCC Prizes 2018 Awarded at Institute of Professional Legal Studies

Harte Coyle Collins congratulates 2 worthy winners of the firm’s PACE prize awarded at the Institute of Professional Legal Studies, Queen’s University Belfast last week. The winners, Sarah Mulholland (2017) and Grainne McAnaney (2018) received the awards from the firm for their excellence in relation to the law and procedures applicable to suspects in custody…

Secret MI5 Walker Report Released

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…

Police Failings In Events Leading To The Death Of Finbarr McGrillen & Caron Smith

Finbarr McGrillen’s partner, Tina Gillespie, and his children Nicole, Kate and Joseph welcome today’s public admission by the Police Ombudsman of the critical Police failures which led to the death of her partner and their loving, gentle and devoted father but remain devastated by the impact of his murder. The Police Ombudsman’s report, investigating the…