Protective and Investigative Obligations Under Articles 2 and 3

On the 10th September 2015 Doughty Street Chambers held a seminar on Protective and investigative obligations under Articles 2 and 3 - the current law and future developments. Topics covered include:   The duty to protect: the systemic positive obligation and the operational obligation – the current state of the law and points to spot in private law proceedings The investigative obligations under Articles 2 and 3 – differences, similarities, and the implications of the Court of Appeal decision in DSD v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis Using the investigative obligations in private and public law claims – procedure, causation, and valuing claims Future developments and test case issues Speakers Heather Williams QC (Doughty Street Chambers), Tony Murphy (Bhatt Murphy) and Jesse Nicholls (Doughty Street Chambers).