In this section details can be found of "Leading Cases" involving Devereux Chambers that are considered to be of particular significance in their related area of law.

Case Details

Bedfordshire Police Authority v David Constable

[2008] EWHC 1375 (Comm)

Colin Edelman QC and Andrew Burns succeeded on behalf of the claimant Police Authority in this claim. The High Court held that a public liability insurance policy applied to the Police Authority's liability under the Riot (Damages) Act 1886. The claim for an indemnity under the policy arose out of the claim against the Police Authority under the Act for the damage caused by the riot at the Yarls Wood Immigration Centre