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Bhatt Murphy is a specialist firm. We handle complex and serious cases against state agencies including the police, prison and immigration authorities. We can help you to decide whether to bring a complaint, seek damages or challenge decisions that have been made that affect you.

Our particular areas of expertise include Police Misconduct, Prisoners’ Rights, Immigration Detention, Deaths in Custody, Public Inquiries and the European Court of Human Rights.

We pride ourselves on our sensitivity to the needs of our clients. We work to achieve our clients’ aims and objectives. We listen to our clients. We are accessible and friendly. We give our client’s the time and information they need to make important decisions.

We have developed a collaborative style of working so that our clients benefit from the commitment of their own individual lawyer and the creativity and innovation that can be achieved by the entire team’s contribution to case critical decision making.

Public Law: Public law is at the forefront of all our work and one of the main tools that can be used to make the state and its tribunals more accountable and accessible.; Find out more

Police Misconduct: We specialise in representing those who have suffered ill-treatment or abuse of power at the hands of the police and other detaining authorities.; Find out more

Prisoners' Rights: We assist prisoners and their families to resolve difficulties with the authorities in the quickest and most effective manner possible.; Find out more

Immigration Detention: The focus of our work is holding those in power to account and obtaining redress for those who are detained wrongly or in very poor conditions.; Find out more

Deaths in Custody: All of the lawyers at Bhatt Murphy work with the families of those who have died in custody or in other controversial circumstances.; Find out more

European Court of Human Rights: At Bhatt Murphy, we have extensive experience of pursuing European Court of Human Rights challenges and are able to provide advice and representation at all stages of this process.; Find out more

Public Inquiries: Bhatt Murphy lawyers have been involved in a number of significant inquiries constituted both prior to and since the Inquiries Act 2005 including:; Find out more

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