I’m a solicitor (lawyer) specialising in complaints, claims and civil actions against the Police – helping individuals pursue justice after experience of unlawful arrest, excessive force, or other forms of misconduct.
Meet the lawyer who takes on the police – and wins.
I am proud to say that over the years, many of my cases have attracted wide-spread and deserved media attention. Look back on those stories which became part of the national conversation by clicking on their links:
2025
Shane Price – £100k compensation for driver punched by Lincolnshire Police inspector
Scott Barratt – PC Kirkwood to face misconduct hearing over alleged assault
Sohale Rahman – Police pay compensation to man held after fatal crash
2024
Owen Andrews – unlawfully arrested & pepper-sprayed by Merseyside Police Officer awarded £22,000
Police dogs bite 13 people a week as victims say ‘reckless’ officers behind rise claims
Police forces pay out £303,000 in compensation after officers raid wrong addresses Raids
2023
Courton Green – Sheep Farmer Wins £30,000 Payout After Wrongful Arrest Destroyed His Reputation
2022
Jason – teenage boy wrongfully detained & searched by Metropolitan Police Officers
Tariq Stanley – unlawfully arrested and assaulted by Metropolitan Police Officers recovers £22,500
Desmond Acquah – secures £30,000 from Hampshire Police for wrongful arrest
Zac Sharif-Ali – awarded £30,000 for unlawful stop and search
Sharon – wins £40,000 from Nottinghamshire Police for unlawful arrest
Asian bus passenger attacked by West Midlands Police Officer
Ben Joynes – Derbyshire Police paid £20,000 damages to driver who was headbutted by cop
2021
Brett Chamberlain – wins damages from Devon and Cornwall Police for unlawful arrest
Corrupt Merseyside Police Officers jailed after beating and arresting innocent man
Laura – harassed by predatory Lancashire Police Officer after calling 999
Student ‘taken down’ and arrested in city street by police who failed to use body cams
Force investigates after woman mauled by police dog at illegal rave
2019
Women groomed and abused by Police Officers
Richard Roberts – wins £40,000 for wrongful arrest from Dyfed-Powys Police
2018
Koshka Duff- ‘Degrading strip search left me with PTSD’
2017
Bedfordshire Police Officers sacked for obscene jokes about rape victim
2016
2015
Tasers drawn on ‘400 children in 2013’
Alex Faragher – Woman considers civil action over abusive police voicemail message
2014
John Spencer recovers £40,000 for wrongful arrest, assault and malicious prosecution
Pamela Boxfield-White awarded substantial damages for wrongful arrest from Wiltshire Police
Ivan Martin- Birmingham man wins £26,500 compensation after being Tasered by West Midlands Police
2013
Peter Garrigan wins substantial damages from British Transport Police for unlawful arrest
2012
2011
Anwar Gillespie secures compensation from West Yorkshire Police for unlawful arrest
Karim Alison secures substantial damages from Cleveland Police following trial
Beverley Bennett recovers damages from Essex Police for unlawful arrest
2010
Debbie O’Reilly secures damages from West Yorkshire Police for unlawful arrest
Audrey White wins compensation from Greater Manchester Police for unlawful arrest and assault
David Johnston – Merseyside Police CS face spray man awarded £4,000
