By Kevin Donoghue, Solicitor Advocate and Founding Director at Donoghue Solicitors I have spent the best part of 25 years holding police forces to account for the force they use against the public. My successful clients include Edwin Afriyie, who won his case at the Court of Appeal after being unlawfully tasered by a City… Read more »
Why I Took a Law Society Client Care Microcredential Course
By Daniel Fitzsimmons, Chartered Legal Executive and Director at Donoghue Solicitors I recently completed a Client Care Microcredential course provided by The Law Society of England and Wales. This was a discretionary course, which means that I was not required to do it. But I wanted to because achieving success in the course will help… Read more »
Abuse is Not in a Day’s Work
By Daniel Fitzsimmons, Director and Chartered Legal Executive Warning: this blog post contains offensive language. Like every workplace, we deal with abuse occasionally, albeit rarely. Sometimes it’s over the phone. Other times in emails. Very rarely in person, probably because “keyboard warrior” bullies tend to lose their confidence face-to-face. An example of the kind of… Read more »
Why I am Running to be a Director of Liverpool Law Society
By Kevin Donoghue, Solicitor Advocate and Director at Donoghue Solicitors On Thursday, 28 November, Liverpool Law Society will hold its Annual General Meeting. The meeting, which will be at the Liverpool Racquet Club, is an opportunity for the Society’s directors, committee members, and 2,434 members to review the Society’s accounts, annual report, and other things…. Read more »
Five Things I Learned at the Court of Appeal
Richard Clayton KC, David Hughes, Barrister, Edwin Afriyie, Claimant, and Kevin Donoghue, Solicitor Advocate stand outside the Royal Courts of Justice after appearing before the Court of Appeal on 8 October 2024.By Kevin Donoghue, Solicitor Advocate This week I attended the Court of Appeal with my client Edwin Afriyie to seek to overturn an unfavourable… Read more »
What Another CILEx Qualification Says About Donoghue Solicitors
By Kevin Donoghue, solicitor We got some fantastic news yesterday. My colleague and fellow lawyer Chloe Cuthbert received an email from the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives. It confirmed that she has been admitted as a Fellow of the Institute. In layman’s terms, Chloe Cuthbert is a now a qualified Chartered Legal Executive. This… Read more »
In Praise of Appraisals
By Kevin Donoghue, Solicitor Director of Donoghue Solicitors Most of the time I write on my firm’s blog about actions against the police, news and politics, and legal issues. This is not one of those times. Today I want to talk about: the team we have here at Donoghue Solicitors, how staff appraisals bring out the best… Read more »
Why Facial Recognition Technology is Another Home Office Failure
By Kevin Donoghue, solicitor Last week I asked why the Home Office was ignoring spit hoods, allowing individual police forces to roll them out on a piecemeal basis. (TL;DR it’s inexcusable, and people are being injured, or worse, as a result.) Another issue the government seems unwilling, or unable, to deal with is Facial Recognition… Read more »
Why is the Government’s CAST Department Ignoring Spit Hoods?
CAUTION: THIS BLOG POST CONTAINS COARSE LANGUAGE By Kevin Donoghue, solicitor I was recently interviewed on BBC Radio Leeds about West Yorkshire Police’s roll out of spit hoods to front-line officers. You can listen to the interview on BBC iPlayer (fast forward through to 2 hours 6 minutes 50 seconds) or hear it below: Before… Read more »
Why We All Benefit When People Bring Claims Against the Police
By Kevin Donoghue, Solicitor Director of Donoghue Solicitors I recently wrote about why people bring claims against the police. Compensation is less important for many victims of police misconduct, especially when compared to: restoring their reputations correcting inaccurate police records/ destruction of DNA etc. which could impact on future job prospects/ parental access rights etc…. Read more »
