Alice Hardy

Alice Hardy is a member of the police law team. She specialises in civil actions and complaints against the police and represents the loved ones of people who have died in police and prison custody.

Alice’s caseload at Bhatt Murphy is predominately within her specialist area of police law, but also includes cases arising out of self-inflicted deaths in prison custody and civil actions against the prison service. She is particularly interested in the treatment of young people with special needs who become caught up in the criminal justice system and people who have suffered discrimination on grounds of race, disability or gender.

Alice joined Bhatt Murphy in June 2007. She came to us from Public Interest Lawyers, where she worked on a number of cases arising out of the war in Iraq. She had also gained extensive experience in litigating against a range of public authorities on behalf of her clients, including the Home Office, the Ministry of Defence and local authorities.

Alice trained at Lovells where she qualified as a solicitor in March 2005. At Lovells she worked pro bono for Reprieve, Amicus, Redress and the Bow County Court Advisory Service, and represented clients in appeals to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority.

Alice was a member of the Steering Group Committee for the Solicitors’ International Human Rights Group and coordinated the Death Penalty and Due Process working groups from 2004 to 2005. She is a member of the Human Rights Lawyers Association and the Police Action Lawyers’ Group.

Alice completed the Legal Practice Course at BPP Law School in London. Her undergraduate degree was a 2:1 BA (Hons) in English Literature awarded from Oxford University in 1999.