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Nick Stanage
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Nick Stanage specialises in actions against the police, inquests, immigration and related judicial reviews.
Since 1997 Nick Stanage has specialised in actions and complaints against the police, inquests, public inquiries, human rights and judicial review. For the UN he advises governments, judiciaries, prosecution and police services on criminal justice, fair trial rights and human rights. Fluent in French and Spanish, he has been instructed to work as an independent legal expert in 17 countries from Colombia to Cambodia.
Nick Stanage is public access qualified and authorised to litigate. You can instruct him to take all necessary steps in litigation and at hearing or trial without the need for a solicitor.
Career
Year of Call: 1997
He sits as an Assistant Coroner and as a Legally Qualified Chair of Police Misconduct Hearings. He is a consultant to the UN Institute of Training and Research, and is on the UN Experts Roster for Rapid Response. He was shortlisted to be the member for Western Europe on the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention. Nick is a deployable civilian expert and criminal justice advisor to the UK Government’s Stabilisation Unit. He lectures at professional and judicial conferences in the UK and abroad.
Languages
Spanish
French
Memberships
Police Actions Lawyers Group
Education
St Andrews University, MA (Hons), First Class.
Lawyer Rankings
Regional Bar > Northern Circuit > Administrative law and human rights
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 1Nick Stanage – Doughty Street Chambers ‘Nick is a consummate advocate with a comprehensive knowledge of the law in this area and a commanding presence in court. He has strong people skills and connects well with clients, offering them reassurance and confidence in the stressful arena of trial.’
Doughty Street Chambers is home to Nick Stanage, who boasts an extensive international human rights law practice, and he has also assisted governments, judiciaries, and police forces with the implementation of human rights. Paul Draycott is another key name, and he regularly appears in a variety of judicial review claims. Of recent note, Draycott is representing the claimant in R (Ali) v Upper Tribunal and Secretary of State for the Home Department; the claimant lost his UK travel documentation while in Ethiopia, and the case concerns whether the Home Office’s subsequent refusal of his entry clearance application engages Article 8.
London Bar > Inquests and inquiries
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 4Nick Stanage – Doughty Street Chambers ‘Nick is tenacious and straight talking. He does not waste words and gets to the heart of the issue quickly and incisively.’
London Bar > Police law (claimant)
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 1Nick Stanage – Doughty Street Chambers ‘Nick is tenacious and straight talking. He gets to the heart of the issue quickly and incisively and juries like his style. ‘