Policing and Human Rights: New Challenges under Articles 2 – 4 ECHR

10th December 2018

This full-day conference, chaired by John Beggs QC, will draw on our police team’s experience to provide a detailed, practical and strategic look at how to avoid and defend claims arising from breaches of Article 2 – 4, covering key themes, practice and recent cases across the following topics:

Article 2: positive and negative obligations
Angus Moon QC and James Berry
Article 2: the scope of the investigative obligation
Ian Skelt
Article 2: update on inquests
Nageena Khalique QC and Cecily White
Article 3: Implications of DSD
Debra Powell QC and Anthony Searle
Articles 4 & 5: claims against police by victims of modern slavery
Dijen Basu QC and Elizabeth Fox
Tactics, limitation and quantum in human rights claims
Gerry Boyle QC and Elliot Gold