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Stop and Search: can we continue to justify the use of this police power?
Maeve Keenan
Maeve is an Associate in the Criminal Litigation team with a range of experience advising individuals, including young people, and corporate clients.
Maeve has represented clients on a wide range of general crime matters including road traffic, public order, allegations of serious violence and both historical and current sexual offences. She is instructed on cases ranging from the initial stages of criminal investigations through to trials, including working on a number of Crown Court matters since qualification.
Maeve has a particular interest in the international dimension of criminal cases and advises individuals in respect of extradition requests and challenging INTERPOL red notices.
Prior to joining Kingsley Napley, Maeve worked in Brussels for the NGO Fair Trials International and has held paralegal roles in Leigh Day and Hodge, Jones and Allen Solicitors. She is a member of Amicus-ALJ and spent 7 months in Atlanta, Georgia as a legal intern assisting capital defence attorneys on death penalty cases.
Maeve read law at King’s College London and obtained a distinction in the LPC from BPP Law School in 2016.
PUBLICATIONS, PRESS HIGHLIGHTS, SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS & BLOGS
- The Coronavirus Bill: Can justice be done by video link? - March 2020
- Review of the reforms to pre-charge bail: is the law the problem? - December 2019
- On a cliff edge: Do we need formal sentencing guidelines for 'young adults'? - April 2019
- Eastenders explores rape: Part 5 - what happens when a complainant wants to 'drop the case'? - April 2019
- Negotiating a new extradition process post-brexit: lessons to be learned from the European Arrest Warrant experience - April 2019
- Tongue splitting, ear removal and branding - the limits of consent as a defence to extreme body modifications (Part 2) - March 2019
- Eastenders explores rape: Part 4 - what happens when someone is accused of rape? - December 2018
- Financial Crime: Analysis of firms' data - First report - November 2018
- Eastenders explores rape: Part 3 - witness interviews - November 2018
- Eastenders explores rape: Part 2 - Reporting a rape - November 2018
- Eastenders explores rape: Part 1 - Consent is more complicated than 'yes' or 'no' - October 2018
- #PrideMatters Left on the cutting room floor: Where is LGBTQ representation in film? - July 2018
- Serious and organised crime threats to the UK: 2018 and beyond - June 2018
- Tongue splitting, ear removal and branding: the limits of consent as a defence to extreme body modification - April 2018