Adam Chapman

Adam joined Kingsley Napley in January 2010 as a partner and head of Public Law. He has over 20 years experience as a public lawyer and previously spent most of his career in central government, working at the Treasury Solicitor’s Department and at the Attorney General’s Office.

Recognised as a “leader in his field” in Chambers and Partners UK and Legal 500, Adam’s areas of expertise include:

• Judicial review litigation
• Human rights law
• Public inquiries
• Inquests
• Information law
• Contempt of court

Described in Chambers UK 2012 as having “massive experience” and an “excellent pedigree”, recent significant cases have included representing AvMA and the Patients Association as core participants in the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust public inquiry and acting for relatives of victims in the 7/7 Inquest. Adam has been involved in many of the most significant judicial review cases of recent years, for example Gentle (Article 2 ECHR and the adequacy of steps taken to ensure the legality of the invasion of Iraq), Al Skeini (Article 2 ECHR sand the deaths of Iraqi civilians), Binyam Mohammed (disclosure of information to Guantanamo detainees), Purdy (prosecution policy and assisted suicide) and Wheeler (lawfulness of the ratification of the Treaty of Lisbon without a referendum).

Publications

• The In-House Lawyer, Cutting the deficit: the legal hurdles, December 2011
• The In-House Lawyer, Dr Doolittle and the ECHR, July 2011
• New Law Journal, Who cares wins? Assessing the impact of the new NHS constitution, 14 May 2010 (written with Suzanne Farg)
• New Law Journal, High Stakes - When can employees expect to benefit from legal representation?, 19 March 2010 (written with Andreas White)
• Solicitors' Journal, High Hurdles, 2 March 2010

Presentations

• Criminal Law - Practice and Procedure, December 2010
• Butterworths Commercial Judicial Review and Regulatory Proceedings Conference - 'The Human Rights Act and commercial judicial review'

Professional Societies

• The Law Society
• The International Bar Association (IBA)
• The Administrative Law Bar Association (ALBA)
• The Human Rights Lawyers Association (HRLA)