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Adam Keenaghan

Year of call: 2015

Adam accepts instructions in Chambers’ core practice areas with a particular specialism in police law and private law claims, judicial review and inquests and inquiries.

A leading junior in the fields of professional discipline (police misconduct) and inquests and inquiries, Adam is recognised in The Legal 500 (2027) as a “thorough, dedicated, and conscientious barrister who has an excellent command of his brief and a natural manner in court” ; an “approachable” advocate who “provides first-rate advice”; his advocacy is “excellent”; he is “extremely knowledgeable in the various areas of police law” and “liked by juries in inquests and coroners alike. … always ready to assist the coroner with complex
matters of law”.

Adam’s practice covers the whole gamut of police law cases, including private law actions against the police (involving, for example, allegations of unlawful arrest and detention, assault, false imprisonment, misfeasance in public office and malicious prosecution), Human Rights Act claims (including claims alleging breaches of articles 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, and 10), discrimination claims, claims pursuant to the Equality Act, inquests and inquiries and judicial review.

Adam routinely appears in the High Court and is regularly instructed in multi-track Jury trials, judicial reviews, and inquests.

Ranked as a leading junior in inquests, Adam regularly acts on behalf of police forces in sensitive and complex inquests relating to deaths after police contact. Adam has substantial police law experience and in this capacity regularly advises forces upon matters engaging the European Convention such that he is well placed to advise upon inquest cases engaging Article 2.

Adam presents for Appropriate Authorities across the country in misconduct proceedings and in the Police Appeals Tribunal. A Tier 1 junior, Adam has extensive experience in the range of matters said to engage the police Standards of Professional Behaviour, including use of force, inappropriate sexual communications, sexual assault, failure to report misconduct (including, for example, sexual assault by one officer on another), offensive and discriminatory language, misuse of information, and dishonesty.

Education

  • LL. M. (international law) with distinction (University of Sheffield, 2016 - 2018)
  • LL. B. with honours (University of Nottingham, 2009 - 2012)
Professional Memberships
  • Gray’s Inn
  • Administrative Law Bar Association
  • Bar Human Rights Committee

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