Doughty Street Chambers

Doughty Street Chambers

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Barristers

Nick Stanage

Nick Stanage

Work Department

Actions Against the Police and Public Authorities Inquests and Public Inquiries Immigration International Law & Arbitration Business Crime and Investigations Data Protection and Information Law

Position

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

SpanishFrench

Memberships

Police Actions Lawyers Group

Education

St Andrews University, MA (Hons), First Class.

Mentions

Northern Circuit • Regional Bar

Administrative law and human rights

Leading junior1
Nick 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.'
London Bar

Inquests and inquiries

Leading junior4
Nick 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 junior1
Nick 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. '