The Criminal Cases Review Commission has referred the drink driving conviction of William Smith to the County Court in Northern Ireland. Mr Smith was convicted in his absence at Belfast Magistrates Court in June 2011 in relation to a drink driving offence committed in July 2005. He was fined £400 and banned from driving for…
Minor historical convictions and cautions given to children may no longer have to be disclosed during background checks when they seek work with children following a Supreme Court Ruling on the 30th January 2019.
Irish Times Report on compensation paid to Derry 4 for 1979 case https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/derry-men-wrongfully-accused-of-murder-get-five-figure-settlement-1.3773734#.XFA8J0JUhgQ.mailto
Derry Now Reports on Compensation Paid to Derry 4 https://www.derrynow.com/news/derry-4-compensation-award-final-vindication-murder-accusation?266172?utm_source=email
PRESS STATEMENT BY PATRICIA COYLE, SOLICITOR ISSUED ON BEHALF OF STEPHEN CRUMLISH, GERRY MCGOWAN, GERRY KELLY AND MICHAEL TONER (THE DERRY 4) Stephen Crumlish, Gerry McGowan, Gerry Kelly and Michael Toner, all from Circular Road in the Creggan area of Derry, were arrested between the 26th and 28th February in 1979. At the time…
Harte Coyle Collins, Solicitors & Advocates have successfully achieved Lexcel accreditation for 2018 to 2019. 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 5th year running. The Partners, Solicitors, Paralegals and support staff at the firm take pride…
Unhappy marriage not grounds for divorce, supreme court rules Tini Owens, who wants to divorce Hugh Owens after 40 years of marriage, loses case Damien Gayle @damiengayle Wed 25 Jul 2018 19.11 BSTFirst published on Wed 25 Jul 2018 11.06 Tini Owens will only be able to divorce her husband in 2020, when they will have been separated…
Our experienced Solicitor and Advocate, Chris McCann, has represented a number of sentenced prisoners recalled on Northern Irish Licences for new offences committed outside the Jurisdiction in England & Wales. In those circumstances a hearing before the Northern Irish Parole Commissioners will take place in whatever jurisdiction the prisoner client is held. Funding by the…
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…
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…