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Barton v Wright Hassall LLP

It’s been a successful first year. We have advised a major international event. We have also given advice to community groups in Belfast , Ballymoney, Bushmills and Londonderry. In addition we are in the process of advising a number of former policemen about their rights in relation to PTSD and other similar illnesses. We have […]

The fairy tale world of Drew Harris

The Birmingham bombing inquest ruling

The Loughinisland Saga

Re Murphy Court of Appeal The Court of Appeal has decided that Maguire J “fell into error” when he held that the underfunding of the Police Ombudsman was unlawful. This decision relieves the Department of Justice from legal action for , among other things, damages. The detailed reasoning is not yet available on the creaky […]

More headaches for the Chief Constable of the PSNI The hooded men judgment

On 18th October, the Supreme Court gave its judgment on this issue. The link is provided below. In summary, Robert and David Stewart provided evidence by which a number of  alleged Loyalist paramilitary  persons were prosecuted. In return, the tariff for their life sentences for admitted murder, were set at three years -a reduction of […]

As the legal year lumbers into ‘action’ some recent developments are of note. The Chief Justice, having tried a publicity campaign for additional funds, has turned to making his own team more efficient. Aside from getting the young ones to become  involved in new projects, recent retirees, Girvan and Weir , have been brought back […]

In January 2017 police broke into Eddie’s home in Greenisland. They had been led there by a series of events which had occurred in Belfast and involved Margaret Henderson-McCarroll. There they found the lifeless body of Eddie. Seated, his  shorts around his ankles, his  hands and his ankles bound together with neckties and his mouth […]