Chris, McCann, Solicitor

High Court Declares Trust Failure to Provide Opiate Substitute Treatment in Prison to be Inhuman Degrading Treatment, Discrimination & Breach of Privacy

PRESS RELEASE HARTE COYLE COLLINS SOLICITORS & ADVOCATES 12th SEPTEMBER 2024 COURT DECLARES HEALTHCARE TRUST FAILURE TO PRESCRIBE SUBSTITUTE DRUG TREATMENT TO PRISONER IN MAGHABERRY AMOUNTS TO INHUMAN DEGRADING TREATMENT, DISCRIMINATION AND BREACH OF PRIVACY The High Court today delivered a radical judgment in a judicial review challenge against the South Eastern Health and Social…

Chris McCann, Defence Solicitor

Successful Legal Challenge against Prison Refusal to grant Compassionate Temporary Release for Burial of Father’s Ashes

On the evening of Thursday 18th April 2024 Chris McCann Solicitor of Harte Coyle Collins, Solicitors & Advocates successfully challenged the decision of the Northern Ireland Prison Service (NIPS) to refuse a client in custody leave to attend the burial of his father’s ashes the following morning, 19th April 2024. Our client, who was a…