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Claire Brigham

Claire is a partner in the Civil Liberties & Human Rights team. She represents those subjected to ill-treatment by the police, prisons and other state bodies. She has particular experience in representing bereaved families in inquests and associated civil claims arising from deaths in police custody and in prison. She also acts for clients in claims arising from unlawful treatment by the police and failures to investigate serious sexual offences. She has worked on a number of novel and high-profile human rights cases and the large-scale group litigation arising from the Grenfell Tower fire. · Hodge Jones & Allen

EnglandCivil Liberties & Human Rights, Inquests

About

Claire Brigham is a partner in the Civil Liberties & Human Rights team at Hodge Jones & Allen, representing people subjected to ill-treatment by the police, prisons and other state bodies. She has particular experience representing bereaved families in inquests and associated civil claims arising from deaths in police custody and in prison, and acts in claims arising from unlawful police treatment and failures to investigate serious sexual offences; she has also worked on novel and high-profile human rights cases including the Grenfell Tower group litigation.

Practice areas

Civil Liberties & Human RightsInquestsCivil LitigationPolice MisconductPrison LawGroup Litigation

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Expertise

Deaths in police custodyDeaths in prisonInquests and associated civil claimsUnlawful police treatmentFailures to investigate serious sexual offencesGrenfell Tower group litigation