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Chambers is delighted to announce that 1 Chancery Lane has been shortlisted for Barristers’ Chambers of the Year, at The British Claims Awards 2019. Personal Injury (including Clinical Negligence, Professional Liability and
On 31st March 2019 the Home Secretary announced that he was giving more power to the police to exercise the power contained in section 60 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 to stop and search without having reasonable suspicion…
Sherratt v Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police [2018] EWHC; 1746 (QB)
[2019] P.I.Q.R. P1
This is a confusingly written judgment which I am firmly of the opinion is wrong. It is, however, interesting for how it is wrong.
The basis of…
Last year Tom Little QC successfully prosecuted Muhammad Rabbani, the Managing Director of Terrorism Act 2000 following his refusal at Heathrow Airport to provide the PINs or passwords to his mobile telephone and laptop so that they could be reviewed. He appealed…
Following a national competition Edwin Buckett has been appointed to the Panel of Part-Time Legally Qualified Chairs of Police Misconduct Hearings for a consortium of Constabularies in the North East.
Following public consultation and changes announced by the Home Secretary in…
In a reserved judgment given on the 6th October 2015, HHJ Freeland Q.C. sitting at Central London County Court dismissed an appeal by the Claimant against an order striking out his claim for a £100,000 reward payment. The reward had been advertised…
On the 16th September, 2015, following a 4 day trial before HHJ Freeland Q.C. and a reserved judgment, a claim made by a solicitor against the police for wrongful arrest, false imprisonment and assault was dismissed.
The Claimant claimed that the…
Michael & Other v Chief Constable for South Wales & Ano. [2015] SC2 represents the most recent attempt to overcome the not inconsiderable hurdles facing any claimant seeking to bring a claim founded in negligence against the police.
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