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Members Matthew Ryder Speeches, Articles & Books Notable Cases What Others Say		Matthew Ryder Notable Cases  R v Garcia and Others "The Fertiliser Case", also described as the "Operation Crevice" trial.  R v Tarmohamed and others (2007) “The Dirty Bomb Case”  Najeib v Lee Bowyer (2006) Civil claim against premiership footballer  R v Sihali and others (2005) “The Ricin Poison Case”  Coughlan v Greater Manchester Police (2005) Challenge to police decision to allow officer to retire out of disciplinary proceedings  R v Sharif and others (2004) Prosecution of relatives of suicide bomber  Borg and Walters v Chief Constable of South Wales (2004) Civil claim brought by ‘Butetown 2’ after expose by Channel 4 news.  John and others v Home Office (2000 – 2004) Claims brought by numerous inmates relating to serious misfeasance at Wormwood Scrubs prison  R v Sacki and others (2003) Multi-million pound money laundering prosecution and VAT fraud  Akenzua v Secretary of State for the Home Department (2003) Legal distinctions between misfeasance and negligence in claim alleging that misconduct by officers led to murder by a police informant.  Rowe v Fryers and others (2003) Use of police interviews in civil proceedings  R v Najeeb (2003) Sentencing framework for large scale public disorder (Oldham disturbances)  R v McCormack and others (2003) ‘The BBC bombing case’  R v Regan, Chambers and others (2002) Prosecution by Serious Fraud Office of senior company executives  R v Macdonald and others (2002) Prosecution of Irish Republicans for purchase of arms in Slovakia  R (Marper) v Chief Constable of S Yorks (2002) Intervention on behalf of Liberty, challenging introduction of scheme for fingerprint and DNA retention.  R (Farrakhan) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (2002) Freedom of expression claim by leader of US based Nation of Islam.  Lynch v DPP (2002) Challenge to reverse burdens in criminal proceedings  Hussain and Livingstone v Lancashire Constabulary (2002) Civil claim alleging negligence by police in permitting several years of attacks on claimants  Abraham v Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis (2001) Whether claimants who have been cautioned by police may bring civil actions  Neville and Doreen Lawrence v Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis (1999 - 2002) Civil claim brought by parents of murdered teenager, Stephen Lawrence		Specialist Practice Areas Crime and Regulatory Law Human Rights Public Law Civil Actions Against the Police
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