Dijen Basu KC
'Dijen has an innate ability to gather, assimilate and assess complex information to provide the best advice.'
A leading set in the market, Serjeants’ Inn Chambers has some of ‘the best practitioners of police law in England and Wales’. The set provides expertise in public inquests and inquiries, civil actions, and judicial reviews, as well as vetting, probation, whistleblowing and discrimination cases. Dijen Basu KC represented the Commissioner of the Police of the Metropolis in a judicial review challenge against the decision of a Police Appeals Tribunal to allow an appeal against dismissal for an officer who was found to have derelecited her duties in investigating a case of domestic violence against a woman who was subsequently murdered by her husband. Gerard Boyle KC is advising the Metropolitan Police Service on potential disciplinary proceedings against the police officer who was acquitted of murder after shooting Chris Kaba. In Northern Ireland, Ian Skelt KC is instructed to represent the former Chief Constable of the RUC at the Omagh Bomb Inquiry.
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Testimonials
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- 'The clerks are particularly helpful and are in contact at all relevant junctures'
- 'Serjeants' Inn Chambers have massive strength in depth. There is nothing they don't know about police law.'
- 'Serjeants' Inn Chambers are well known for their police law work, particularly the professional conduct side.'
- 'Serjeants' Inn has a very strong offering for police law claims'
- 'Serjeants' Inn is the leading set in terms of the prosecution'
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Stephen Morley
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Laura Nash
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