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Provided by John Goss
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John practises in public law, police law, inquests and inquiries, and data protection/ information law.
He is a member of the Attorney General’s C Panel (appointed 2019), the Government’s panel of counsel for civil work. He is qualified to accept Direct Access instructions.
John’s recent cases include civil jury trials for police forces defending false imprisonment, assault and trespass claims, a high-value false imprisonment trial in the High Court, high-profile police disciplinary proceedings, and judicial reviews for police forces and other public bodies. He regularly acts in cases involving terrorism and national security.
He is regularly instructed in substantial inquests and inquiries by police forces, Government departments, and families, including Article 2 and jury inquests. He is instructed by Counter Terrorism Policing in both the Dawn Sturgess Inquiry and the inquest into the 2020 Reading stabbings. He acts for the Royal Military Police in the Haddon-Cave Inquiry relating to alleged unlawful killings by UK Special Forces in Afghanistan.
In data protection/information law work, he advises and represents individuals, companies, charities, regulators and public bodies, in damages claims, in the FTT, and in ICO investigations. He has particular experience in matters relating to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004, as well as in defending claims for misuse of private information and breach of the GDPR/DPA. John is an editor of chambers’ monthly bulletin, The Data Brief.
Please visit the 5 Essex Chambers website for John’s profile, which sets out full details of his practice.