With ‘strength in depth and genuine expertise’, Doughty Street Chambers have been long renowned for specialising in human rights law, and on the Northen Circuit the chambers can field the talents of Nick Stanage and Paul Draycott. ’A tenacious advocate with an impressive grasp of the law’, Stanage has considerable domestic and international human rights experience, and has led recently on public inquiries into child sexual abuse, historic undercover policing, and a breach of right to life under ECHR Article 2.
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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
French
Memberships
Police Actions Lawyers Group
Education
St Andrews University, MA (Hons), First Class.
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- 'Doughty Street Chambers is undoubtedly a leader in the field of both human rights and administrative law for claimants. They have strength in depth and genuine expertise.'