Gerard Boyle KC

Practice Areas

Gerry is a specialist in police law, inquests, public inquiries, medical law and specialist crime. He is renowned for his first class advocacy, expert strategic and tactical acumen in the most complex of cases and for his warmth and sensitivity with both vulnerable and demanding clients. He has appeared in the Supreme Court in judicial review proceedings in the medical field; the Court of Appeal in judicial review proceedings in the police field; the most high-profile police misconduct proceedings concerning officers of all ranks up to and including Chief Constable, Inquests and Inquiries.

Gerry excels in a number of Chambers’ specialist areas. He has appeared in the Supreme Court in judicial review proceedings in the medical field; the Court of Appeal in judicial review proceedings in the police field; the most high-profile police misconduct proceedings concerning officers of all ranks up to and including Chief Constable, Inquests and Inquiries.

He is currently retained on behalf of the National Police Chiefs’ Council in the Undercover Policing Inquiry, the Royal College of Nursing in the COVID Inquiry, the Urology Inquiry in Northern Ireland, has acted on behalf of the Independent Office of Police Conduct in the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse [IICSA], and West Mercia Police in the Telford Child Exploitation Inquiry. He has appeared in numerous high profile Inquests such as the Inquests into the Terror Attack at Fishmongers’ Hall on London Bridge, and a host of Police Misconduct proceedings.