Our criminal law team includes specialist police station advisers. Our reputation is based on over 80 years of providing quality assistance to our clients, protecting their rights and interests, holding the police to account, and striving for the best result.
We are top ranked in the legal directories and were Firm of the Year: Crime, Fraud and Licensing 2015. Our experience in guiding clients through the options before them is second to none.
We are proactive in achieving the best results for our clients. Contacting us as soon as you become aware of a police investigation increases the opportunity to resolve the matter quickly and discreetly.
An interview at a police station is a stressful and worrying experience and it is essential that you are aware of your rights. We seek to avoid an arrest, thereby protecting you from the potentially onerous consequences that flow from it, such as retention of your biometric data on the Police National Computer, oppressive bail conditions and restrictions on your travel.
There is a myth that those who attend the police station with a lawyer only do so because they are guilty. In fact, those who have the benefit of legal advice are more able to make the right decision about whether and how to answer questions. Those that have a lawyer are much less likely to be taken advantage of. What happens at the police station can dictate how well you are able to defend the case later if it develops. It also means you have a better chance of bringing the investigation to a conclusion sooner rather than later.
Many people, when faced with police questioning, attend on their own, believing they can talk their way out of the situation and leave as quickly as possible. This is rarely the best long term strategy. Our aim is to help you to stop, think and give the best account of yourself.
Sometimes the best advice is to decline to answer questions, at least until further information is provided as to the case against you; or alternatively sometimes it may be better to produce a written statement setting out your case in a clear and structured way. Even if you decide to answer questions, you will want to think carefully in advance about the issues with which you will have to deal. Our lawyers are adept at getting to the crux of the matter and advising you about what evidence you will need to defeat the allegations.
Further information
If you have any questions or require police station representation or advice, please contact a member of our criminal litigation team.
Our experienced defence lawyers are available 24 hours a day. We are able to attend the police station when you need us. Our presence at the police station throughout the period of your detention ensures that the police deal with your case expeditiously and in accordance with the law.
We are ranked in Band 1 for General Crime by both Chambers and Partners and Legal 500.
“The ‘first-rate’ team at Kingsley Napley LLP is ‘efficient, strategic, committed and able to handle the most complex of criminal cases as well as more general crime cases’. It advises corporations and individuals on sexual offences, violent crimes, drug offences, firearms offences, extradition and high-profile matters with an international element.”
Legal 500 UK 2019
“They very much embrace the need to look at the whole situation; they look at the media exposure – for people in the public eye and for a particular type of high net worth individual, that’s very important and I’ve seen them handle that side of things very well. They’re one of those few firms that would give clients a genuine round-the-clock service, seven days a week”
Chambers High Net Worth Guide 2018