Police Law

Chambers' Police Law Team is headed by Toby Wynn. Toby has specialised in defending police forces in misfeasance claims for more than 15 years. He is one of only three barristers outside London rated a "Leader at the Bar" in this field by Chambers and the only one on the North East Circuit. He is referred to in the Legal 500 2006: "approachable Toby Wynn is the circuit expert on police law".

Chambers' team represent all major forces on circuit in relation to misfeasance work and also provide advice, and present charges, to police disciplinary panels. Members of chambers regularly represent forces and individual officers in Coroner's Inquests. We are probably the leading set of chambers in relation to closure orders having conducted well over two hundred hearings and can provide 24 hour cover in relation to football banning orders during control periods.

Chambers regularly provide seminars to the professions in relation to police law. Recent lectures have been provided to the Association of Police Lawyers Annual Conference, the Police Defence Lawyers' Forum and several in house sessions for police solicitor's departments. Topics have included the disclosure of electronic documents, recent developments in negligence actions against the police, closure orders, Sexual Offences Prevention Orders, and applications for football banning orders.

Recent Court of Appeal cases involving members of chambers include Scott v The Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police, Cummings v The Chief Constable of Northumbria Police and Swinney v The Chief Constable of Northumbria Police.