Practice Area:Civil Liberties
Hatten Wyatt has over the years obtained considerable expertise in protecting the civil liberties of those who have been mistreated by the police or public authorities, in overstepping their authority and conducting their investigation incompetently. In these circumstances we have been successful in securing redress for our clients.
Most potential claims fall into these causes of action categories:
- False imprisonment
- Assault and battery
- Wrongful/unlawful arrest
- Malicious prosecution
- Trespass against land and goods
- Negligence
- Wrongful exercise of lawful authority
- Confiscation of property
- Death in custody
- Human right issues