Harte Coyle Collins, Solicitors & Advocates, are representing the family of Daniel Carson who was murdered in November 1973. An Inquest into his death is one of only 2 Legacy cases that are listed to take place this year. See an impassioned plea for Justice by the Carson family aired on UTV News on Wed 12th April 2017 in…
Harte Coyle Collins, Solicitors & Solicitor Advocates, achieved Lexcel Accreditation for the fourth consecutive year. The accreditation awards excellence in the law across all practice areas. Lexcel is the Law Society’s legal practice quality mark for excellence in legal practice management and excellence in client care. It provides a flexible, supportive management framework to help practices…
High court Brexit ruling: what does it all mean? The high court has decided the government does not have the power to trigger article 50 without consulting parliament, so what happens now? Can this ruling stop Brexit? Photograph: Tim Ireland/AP Anne Perkins Thursday 3 November 2016 16.25 GMTLast modified on Friday 4 November 2016 00.30 GM Three senior…
Grandparents rights – How Can I Get Access to my Grandchild? We are frequently asked what rights grandparents have when they have been denied contact with their grandchildren. This can be because a son or daughter is separating from their partner or perhaps the child is in the care of the Trust who is not…
The BBC investigative journalism programme Spotlight will this evening focus on the horrific unsolved murder of 33 year old Catholic woman Rosaleen O Kane in 1976. The next of kin of Rosaleen O Kane, who was murdered on the 17th September 1976 in North Belfast, submitted an application to the Attorney General for Northern Ireland…
Divorce Proceedings – Who is to Blame? In Northern Ireland, married couples who wish to divorce must firstly be married for a period of at least two years, and secondly be able to establish that their marriage has irretrievably broken down. A Petitioner for divorce must evidence that there is no possibility of reconciliation between…
Harte Coyle Collins, Solicitors, acting on behalf of Stephen Crumlish, Michael Toner, Gerry McGowan and Gerry Kelly (known as the Derry 4), confirmed today that documents were submitted to the High Court in Belfast by representatives for the Chief Constable of the PSNI on Friday 16th September 2016, indicating that all the original interview notes…
http://www.irishnews.com/news/2016/08/23/news/pfc-accuses-police-of-blocking-ombudsman-derry-four-report-663135/ POLICE have been accused of blocking the delivery of a final Police Ombudsman’s report into the case of four Derry men wrongly accused of murdering a British soldier. The case of the Derry Four – Gerry Kelly, Gerry McGowan, Michael Toner and Stephen Crumlish – centred on the Provisional IRA shooting of Lieutenant…
Harte Coyle Collins are proud to continue supporting the legal vocational training course at Queen’s University Institute of Professional Legal Studies (IPLS), Belfast. The firm sponsors a prize on an annual basis for the best Arrest Procedure exercise completed by trainee lawyers. The prize winner for 2015-2016 was trainee solicitor Miss Anna McNulty. One of…
On the 29th February 2016 the NI Court of Criminal Appeal quashed a conviction of one count of concealing criminal property under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 against our client Ms Heather Ramsey. The conviction was quashed as a result of tenacity on the part of the defence legal team in questioning the manner…
