THE GUILDFORD PUB BOMBINGS 1974: REQUEST FOR FUNDING
Last year the Senior Coroner for Surrey ruled that the inquest into The Guildford Pub Bombings 1974 would be resumed. The original inquest was suspended following the conviction of The Guildford Four who were subsequently released on appeal. The application to resume the inquest was made by KRW LAW LLP on behalf of the family […]
Read MoreCOVID-19 AND CARE HOME DEATHS: REQUEST FOR AN INQUIRY
KRW LAW LLP is instructed by a number of families who have relatives who are residents in care homes across Northern Ireland. Today we have written to Robin Swann MLA, the Health Minister, requesting that he propose to the Stormont Assembly the establishment of a statutory inquiry into the Covid-19 pandemic crisis and the […]
Read More‘Good Samaritan Bombing’ family win Court of Appeal judgment against Attorney General for Northern Ireland
Joint Statement from KRW Law & the Pat Finucane Centre Earlier today, the Court of Appeal handed down judgment in the appeal of Rosaleen Dalton, against the judgment of the High Court in 2017. Rosaleen’s sister Dorothy had applied to the Attorney General for a fresh inquest into the death of their father, […]
Read MoreKRW WRITES TO PRESIDING CORONER NOT TO BE SWAYED BY ADVICE FROM ENGLAND ON INQUESTS AND INVESTIGATING PPE SHORTAGES
Following concerns expressed about recent Guidance from the Chief Coroner for England and Wales regarding inquests and the investigation of systemic failures in the provision of PPE equipment resulting in deaths from Covid-19 of key frontline workers, KRW LAW LLP has today written to the Presiding Coroner for Northern Ireland, Her Honour Mrs Justice Keegan, […]
Read MoreSTATEMENT ISSUED BY KRW LAW LLP ON BEHALF OF BRIEGE GRAY – CARE HOME RESIDENT
Today we have lodged an application for leave to apply for judicial review of combined decision making by the Department of Health and RQIA which has impacted on the life of a Care Home resident. Our client Briege Evelyn Gray, who suffers from dementia, is a resident in a Care Home in Castlewellan. […]
Read MoreKINCORA FILES DESTROYED
In a Freedom of Information request made by Andrew Lownie, the respected historican and biographer, the Northern Ireland Office (NIO) has confirmend that at least six files relating to The Kincora Boys’ Home in Belfast between 1981 – 1983 were destroyed between 2010 and 2015. The Kincora Boys’ Home was subject to investigation by […]
Read MoreSchool Closures Challenge
KRW LAW have issued correspondence to the Minister for Education in order to extract the reasons and scientific basis for his decision not to close the schools. The Applicant is the father of an immunocompromised child who is recovering from acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. As a concerned parent, the Applicant’s father has watched with alarm as […]
Read MoreJ P Cunningham Press Release
KRW LAW LLP is instructed on behalf of the family of John Patrick Cunningham. John Patrick Cunningham (27) was shot by the British Army on 15th June 1974 at Carrickness, Benburb, Northern Ireland. Dennis Hutchings was a soldier with the Lifeguards Regiment. Two charges of attempted murder and attempted grievous bodily harm with […]
Read MoreKINGSMILL MASSACRE INQUEST – FRUSTRATIONS OVER PROGRESS BUT COMMITMENT TO TRUTH
KRW LAW LLP represent the family of John McConville (deceased) and Alan Black. John McConville was killed in the Kingsmill Massacre and Alan Black was seriously injured in the attack on 5th January 1976 when PIRA gunmen stopped a minibus carrying eleven Protestant workmen, lined them up alongside it and shot them. The family […]
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