Police Law: Mainly Claimant | UK Bar

Doughty Street Chambers offers a "range of expert barristers who have excellent experience" in cases against the police. They are esteemed for their work in high-profile civil claims relating to arrests and assault, negligence, discriminatory policing and the failure to investigate. Members have notable experience in sensitive claims arising from deaths in custody or during operations, and frequently appear for families in associated inquests. The set routinely handles the most significant cases in the field, including the civil claim for misfeasance concerning the police cover-up of the Hillsborough disaster. Barristers from the set have also attracted major instructions for non-police participants in public inquiries, including the Undercover Policing Inquiry.

Sian Wilkins is senior civil clerk.

Garden Court Chambers is a renowned civil liberties-focused set with "a wide range of skills and strengths" in civil claims and inquests centred on police shootings and deaths in custody. The barristers are lauded for their "thoughtful and compassionate" counsel in actions against the police, including those concerning malicious prosecution, false imprisonment, misfeasance and assault, as well as investigative or operational failures. The set's members are praised for their "very creative" approach and have acted in highly significant matters including the Undercover Police Inquiry and, most recently, the investigation into the death of Rebecca Ikumelo during the Brixton Academy crowd crush.

Colin Cook is the director of clerking.

Matrix Chambers is a superb human rights and public law set whose barristers are frequently instructed in a range of actions against the police, including claims pertaining to fatalities, discrimination, false imprisonment and malicious prosecution, and human rights claims in relation to the police's failure to investigate. Members are praised for their "breadth of skill and experience" in police law and for the "imaginative legal solutions" the set provides. They have appeared in cases including the Jermaine Baker public inquiry and the Daniel Morgan civil claim. They also act for core participants in the Undercover Policing Inquiry.