Hickman & Rose’s Civil Litigation department acts in the most serious civil liberties, human rights and public law matters. The department specialises in inquests and public inquiry law where it addresses the most egregious failures by state agencies such as the police and prison services.
The team makes frequent use of judicial review and works to protect those who have suffered harm – physical, psychological and reputational – following police contact. The lawyers use their litigation expertise to act for both claimants and defendants in high-value civil fraud matters.
The Civil Litigation department is highly rated by both the Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners legal directories. The 2022 edition of the Legal 500 directory describes the department as having ‘exceptional knowledge and dedication to representing families in particular in difficult inquest cases’.
‘Hickman & Rose specialises in representing victims of serious abuses of power by police and other detaining authorities’, the Legal 500 editors go on to write, ‘the firm has a reputation earned over decades of dedicated work in this field’ and provides clients with a ‘very talented team, from top to bottom, of clever, assiduous lawyers who are utterly dedicated’.
Chambers UK 2022, meanwhile, recommends the firm for ‘complex administrative and public law challenges involving the criminal justice system’ and quotes a referee saying ‘they have impressive expertise, are highly respected and are involved in many of the most important cases in this field.’