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Charles Davey is at The Barrister Group. He is particularly concerned about the protection of the vulnerable. Charles was junior counsel in Woodcock v Chief Constable of Northamptonshire Police [2025] EWCA Civ 13 in which it was held that the police owed no duty to call or text a woman after a neighbour had telephoned 999 to alert police that the suspect they were seeking to detain was waiting for the woman outside her door. She was subjected to a vicious knife attack and was not expected to survive. The Supreme Court has refused permission to appeal.
Despite growing evidence that upskirting can act as a gateway offence uncovering more serious crimes against women and girls, police forces are failing to make full use of their investigative powers – finds Charles Davey
Update from the Chair of the Bar
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