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…
PRESS RELEASE HARTE COYLE COLLINS SOLICITORS & ADVOCATES INQUEST INTO THE DEATH OF MR PATRICK DUFFY ON 24TH NOVEMBER 1978 AT 2 MAUREEN AVENUE, DERRY ISSUED ON 28TH SEPTEMBER 2022 The Coroner presiding over the fresh inquest into the death of Mr Patrick Duffy on the 24th of November 1978 at Maureen Avenue, Derry has…
United Kingdom: backsliding on human rights must be prevented English STRASBOURG 04/07/2022 “Legal reforms should not weaken human rights protections in the United Kingdom”, said today the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Dunja Mijatović, following a five-day visit to the country (27 June to 1 July), which focused on the system for human rights…
Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill: A Rule of Law Analysis Dr Ronan Cormacain 23RD MAY 2022 Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill: A Rule of Law Analysis The Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill has its Second Reading in the House of Commons on Tuesday 24th May 2022. The Bill seeks…
Troubles legacy: Victims’ relatives want legacy bill court ruling By Julian O’Neill BBC News NI Home Affairs Correspondent 30th June 2022 Relatives of two Troubles victims have lodged a supreme court petition seeking a ruling on the legality of the government’s legacy proposals. They lost a case in Belfast earlier this year on the basis…
30 June 2022 Statement on the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) The Law Society of Northern Ireland notes with concern the contents of the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill and has written to the Joint Committee on Human Rights to formally lodge our concerns around the proposals’ non-compliance with the European Convention on Human…
PRESS RELEASE ISSUED 30TH JUNE 2022 HARTE COYLE COLLINS SOLICITORS & ADVOCATE PATRICIA BURNS & DANIEL MCCREADY LODGE PETITION TO SUPREME COURT, LONDON TO CHALLENGE LEGACY PROPOSALS COURT DIRECTS SECRETARY OF STATE RESPONSE BY 1ST JULY 2022 A legal challenge to the legacy proposals currently being debated by the Westminster government was lodged with the…
