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Our barristers regularly act on behalf of police officers principally instructed by the Police Federation of England and Wales, in criminal courts and disciplinary proceedings before Misconduct Panels.
We provide a discrete and effective service advising from an early stage in disciplinary proceedings often resulting in settlements being reached without the need for a misconduct hearing. Where such hearings take place we will provide a comprehensive service including the drafting of Regulation 22 responses, skeleton arguments and other representations to the Panel as well as expert representation at the hearing itself.
Members of Chambers have also represented police officers at a number of high profile inquests, such as the Jean Charles de Menezes inquest and Mark Duggan inquest, at which officers have been accused of unlawful killings both in and out of police custody.
In particular barristers have represented officers facing allegations of:
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Allan Compton represented an Essex Police Sergeant at a three week Police Misconduct hearing. He was cleared of all charges of use of excessive force, breach of duties and responsibilities…
In June 2017, Brian, who was instructed privately by Ian Kelcey of Kelcey & Hall of Bristol, secured the acquittal of GD, a former senior police chief in Avon &…
Jim Sturman QC acted for Holman Fenwick Willan (James Clibbon and Paul Wordley instructing) who successfully challenged the endorsement of a warrant granted by the Scottish Court and endorsed by…
This was a high profile case in which the prosecution alleged that three police officers and one PCSO had misconducted themselves in a public office, in July 2013, in Bristol,…
Ian Stern QC acted on behalf of the 11 armed Metropolitan Police Officers (including the officer who fired the fatal shot) who participated in the stop of Mark Duggan.
Michael Wolkind QC acted for TG, a policeman who was alleged to have broken into a house and attacked a mother whose children were asleep in the next room. In…
Ian Stern QC, leading Sandesh Singh, represented Specialist Firearms Officers C2 and C12 at the inquest into the death of Jean Charles De Menezes last year. The Assistant Deputy Coroner,…