Charlotte Ventham KC

Police Law; Inquests; Public and Administrative; Personal Injury; Information law; Regulatory.

Charlotte’s practice embraces all areas of civil and public law relevant to police and government, including judicial review, malfeasance and personal injury claims, inquiries, inquests, discrimination and national security.

She was appointed as King's Counsel in 2024.

Charlotte’s recent notable police cases include the Daniel Morgan litigation (and related inquiries); Breeze & Wilson v Chief Constable of Norfolk (multi-million pound damages claim for malicious prosecution); Brown v Chief Constable of GMP (application of the QOCS provisions to police claims). Charlotte also handles cases of the utmost sensitivity for government, including in the national security arena, eg the Kamoka litigation (claims for unlawful detention and misfeasance in public office based on the alleged complicity of the British government in detention and torture abroad).

Charlotte was editor of the 5 Essex Chambers Police Law Newsletter for more than 10 years.

She was appointed to the Attorney General’s A Panel of Counsel in 2019.

Charlotte was appointed as a Recorder of the Crown Court in 2020.