Neutral Citation No: Judgment: approved by the court for handing down (subject to editorial corrections)* Ref: ROO12109 ICOS No: Delivered: 24/03/2023 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE IN NORTHERN IRELAND ___________ KING’S BENCH DIVISION ___________ Between: WILLIAM (LIAM) HOLDEN Plaintiff: and MINISTRY OF DEFENCE First…
STATEMENT BY BRONAGH HOLDEN & SAMUEL BOWDEN, DAUGHTER &SON, on behalf of FAMILY OF LIAM HOLDEN ISSUED 24TH MARCH 2023 BY HARTE COYLE COLLINS, SOLICITORS & ADVOCATES We very much welcome the detailed decision by the Court today. The Court has found that our father was waterboarded by the British Army in Belfast in…
PRESS RELEASE HARTE COYLE COLLINS SOLICITORS & ADVOCATES LEGACY INQUEST INTO THE DEATH OF PATRICK DUFFY ON 24TH NOVEMBER 1978 9th FEBRUARY 2023 At an inquest hearing today Coroner Mrs Bagnall J fixed the opening of an inquest into the fatal shooting of Patrick Duffy for the 19th to 21st April 2023 at Derry Court.…
PRESS RELEASE HARTE COYLE COLLINS SOLICITORS & ADVOCATES LEGACY INQUEST INTO THE DEATH OF PATRICK DUFFY ON 24TH NOVEMBER 1978 13th JANUARY 2023 At an inquest hearing yesterday into the fatal shooting of Patrick Duffy by an undercover army unit in Derry on the 24th of November 197 the Coroner Bagnall J directed that the…
Harte Coyle Collins, Solicitors & Advocates, are delighted to have been voted one of the Top 40 Best Law Firms in Northern Ireland for 2023 by an independent survey carried out on a peer review basis by the Belfast Telegraph & Statista. The firm, which is now entering 20 years in business, is a young,…
MoD delaying inquest to benefit from ‘morally corrupt’ legacy laws, barrister says The MoD claims the hold-up in disclosing evidence is due to resourcing issues (PA) David Young, PA 14 December, 2022 18:16 The Ministry of Defence is delaying an inquest for a man shot dead by soldiers to benefit from “morally corrupt” laws that…
Must Northern Ireland’s pain go on for ever? The Troubles legacy bill has been met with opposition on both sides of the divide as victims’ families fear a cover-up and forces veterans fear prosecution JONATHAN GORVET The first thing Patricia Burns remembers about the morning of July 14 1972 is the crowd of people…
The sister of a north Belfast woman believed to have been brutally murdered 46 years ago has won High Court permission to challenge an alleged failure to properly investigate her death. Kathleen Graham was granted leave into claims that police breached an obligation to fully probe the suspected sectarian killing of 33-year-old Rosaleen O’Kane. Mr…
PRESS RELEASE High Court Grants Leave for Judicial Review Hearing into Murder of Rosaleen O Kane in North Belfast in 1976 Harte Coyle Collins, Solicitors & Advocates 22nd November 2022 Lawyers for Kathleen Graham & James O Kane, sister and brother of Rosaleen O Kane who was murdered in her flat in North Belfast in…
Teenager allegedly carried out unprovoked axe attack leaving man with ‘life-changing’ facial injuries, court hears Simpson’s bail application was adjourned. Alan Erwin October 18 2022 04:03 PM A teenager allegedly carried out an unprovoked axe attack which left a man with “life-changing” facial injuries, a court heard today. Nathan Simpson is accused of wielding the…
