Police Misconduct
We act for victims of abuses of power and unlawful acts by the police. These cases offer vital redress for those who have suffered as a result of unlawful activity and are instrumental in ensuring that the police are held to account for these actions.
Police officers, when carrying out their duties, may act unlawfully. These unlawful actions may be minor or more serious but they often have important consequences for the victims.
We act for clients in complaints and civil claims against the police.
The police complaint process is an important mechanism by which police officers can be held to account, although there are persistent concerns about the quality and independence of investigations.
Most complaints are dealt with by the Professional Standards Department of a police force. There may then be a right of appeal to the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC). Some more serious complaints may be referred direct to the IPCC.
Successful complaints can lead to a variety of outcomes including acknowledgement and/or admission of wrong-doing; an apology; a requirement for training to be updated or for changes in policy and/or practice.
Complaints may also lead to findings of misconduct or gross misconduct at disciplinary meetings or hearings on the part of individual police officers. This may lead to a variety of sanctions from management action to written warnings and dismissal. Some allegations may lead to a potential finding of criminal conduct, following which individual officers may be prosecuted. The complaints system is the only effective mechanism for bringing individual police officers to account for their actions.
We are have experience in a wide range of challenges to police misconduct including:
- Challenges involving breach(es) of the Human Rights Act; assault and battery; unlawful arrest; false imprisonment; malicious prosecution; misfeasance in public office; discrimination and claims for breaches of the Equality Act 2010; negligence; protest law; and public law claims (Judicial Review) against the retention of personal information such as DNA and fingerprints.
- Acting for those who suffered serious personal consequences as a result of failures by the police to protect them from abusive partners or to investigate their allegations of rape and/or sexual assault. We use the Human Rights Act 1998 to bring damages claims for the victims and families of domestic abuse.
- Acting on for people who have been police informants but have had their cover disclosed and have suffered serious detriment as a result.
- Representing people who have been the victims of police violence and who have been maliciously charged with offences which were not proven.
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Police Misconduct
We act for victims of abuses of power and unlawful acts by the police. These cases offer vital redress for those who have suffered as a result of unlawful activity and are instrumental in ensuring that the police are held to account for these actions.
Police officers, when carrying out their duties, may act unlawfully. These unlawful actions may be minor or more serious but they often have important consequences for the victims.
We act for clients in complaints and civil claims against the police.
The police complaint process is an important mechanism by which police officers can be held to account, although there are persistent concerns about the quality and independence of investigations.
Most complaints are dealt with by the Professional Standards Department of a police force. There may then be a right of appeal to the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC). Some more serious complaints may be referred direct to the IPCC.
Successful complaints can lead to a variety of outcomes including acknowledgement and/or admission of wrong-doing; an apology; a requirement for training to be updated or for changes in policy and/or practice.
Complaints may also lead to findings of misconduct or gross misconduct at disciplinary meetings or hearings on the part of individual police officers. This may lead to a variety of sanctions from management action to written warnings and dismissal. Some allegations may lead to a potential finding of criminal conduct, following which individual officers may be prosecuted. The complaints system is the only effective mechanism for bringing individual police officers to account for their actions.
We are have experience in a wide range of challenges to police misconduct including:
- Challenges involving breach(es) of the Human Rights Act; assault and battery; unlawful arrest; false imprisonment; malicious prosecution; misfeasance in public office; discrimination and claims for breaches of the Equality Act 2010; negligence; protest law; and public law claims (Judicial Review) against the retention of personal information such as DNA and fingerprints.
- Acting for those who suffered serious personal consequences as a result of failures by the police to protect them from abusive partners or to investigate their allegations of rape and/or sexual assault. We use the Human Rights Act 1998 to bring damages claims for the victims and families of domestic abuse.
- Acting on for people who have been police informants but have had their cover disclosed and have suffered serious detriment as a result.
- Representing people who have been the victims of police violence and who have been maliciously charged with offences which were not proven.