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About
Provided by Beatrice Collier
Practice Areas
Police, human rights, public and administrative law, inquests and inquiries, mental health and capacity, data and information law.
Beatrice’s practice is a mixture of civil actions, judicial reviews, inquests and public inquiries as well as work in the FTT and UT, and in the Court of Protection. Her clients include the police, various central government departments and local authorities, NHS Trusts, the IOPC, the CPS and the NPCC.
Recent work: R(Rivers) v Surrey Police (disclosure under Clare’s Law); R (ZD, XD) v NPCC, CPS and College of Policing (extraction of data from mobile phones in the context of criminal investigations); R(PMS) v SSHD & CNWL NHS Trust (mental health care in immigration detention); R (on the application of Damji Laurenson) v GMP; (the ‘Potentially Dangerous Person’ scheme) R(Owens) v Chief Constable of Dyfed Powys (unreported) (seizure and testing of animal DNA); R (Ghuman) v Thames Valley Police [2018] EWHC 2059 (Child Abduction Warning Notices); R(Brook) v Chief Constable of Lancashire Police [2018] EWHC 2024 (search warrants).
Numerous civil actions on behalf of the police and various other public bodies, including claims arising out of disclosure failings in the context of criminal proceedings (Liam Allan); wrongful arrest, false imprisonment and malfeasance; Article 2/3/4 ECHR claims; disclosure of data.
The East London Inquests (the ‘Grindr’ victims); inquests into the deaths of Gaia Pope, Lisa Skidmore, Jacqueline Oakes.
Beatrice was called to the Bar 2004. She was promoted to the Attorney General’s 'A' Panel in 2022. She co-hosts the Pupillage Podcast.
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Beatrice Collier defends police forces in civil claims pertaining to unlawful arrest, false imprisonment and malicious prosecution. Her practice focuses on representing the police against claims driven by alleged breaches of the ECHR. She is also noted for utilising her public law knowledge to advise on police-focused judicial reviews.
Beatrice Collier is a barrister known for providing strong representation at inquests, particularly in matters scrutinising the actions or inaction of the police. She has additional expertise in mental healthcare, and is frequently instructed at inquests by NHS bodies as well as police forces.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Beatrice Collier is a proper intellectual. She is very hard-working, thinks about the case from all angles, is incredibly thoughtful and is well liked by judges."
"Beatrice is the most diligent barrister I have ever worked with. Her forensic knowledge and attention to detail are second to none."
"Beatrice is completely unflappable and intelligent. She is brilliant in a crisis."
"Beatrice Collier is a proper intellectual. She is very hard-working, thinks about the case from all angles, is incredibly thoughtful and is well liked by judges."
"Beatrice is the most diligent barrister I have ever worked with. Her forensic knowledge and attention to detail are second to none."
"Beatrice is completely unflappable and intelligent. She is brilliant in a crisis."
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