Since the coming into force of the Human Rights Act, Danny has appeared in a number of key criminal due process cases in the House of Lords, including Looseley (entrapment); Sergeant (telephone intercepts); AG Ref No 4 of 2002 (terrorist membership); AG Ref No. 2 of 2001 (delay); and Rezvi and Benjafield (confiscation). He has also acted for bereaved families in a number of right to life cases both in Strasbourg and in this country, including Keenan; Middleton; Harry Stanley; Wright and Bennett and Hurst. His recent Crown Court practice includes acting for defendants in the Burnley race disorders of 2002 and a number of people charged with terrorist offences.

Danny has co-authored Butterworths Guide to the Police Act (1998) and Inquests: A Practitioners Guide (LAG, 2002). He is a contributing editor to Archbold Criminal Practice and Pleadings and Simor and Emmerson Human Rights Practice. He wrote the introductory chapter to Owen and Smith on Asset Recovery. Recent articles include “From Due Deference to Due Process: Human Rights Litigation in the Criminal law” [2002] 2 EHRLR 218.

For details of Danny Friedman's case law practice, please see Notable Cases.

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