5 Essex Court

Robert Talalay

Call 2010

Bobby specialises in the areas of police law, public law, human rights and civil liberties, data protection and information law, malfeasance claims, prison law, inquests, personal injury claims, employment law and professional misconduct. He accepts instructions in all of Chambers’ main practice areas.

Bobby’s recent cases include: 

  • An appeal to the Court of Appeal concerning civil restraint orders and access to justice
  • Multiple jury trials for various police forces (including the MPS and GMP) in claims for false imprisonment, data protection breaches and assault.
  • A high value trial on causation, apportionment and prognosis in respect of lifelong personal injury
  • A contested judicial review, led by Jason Beer KC acting for the NPCC, concerning police retention of criminal records
  • An Upper Tribunal information law appeal for the Metropolitan Police concerning the application of s.23 FOIA 2000
  • An appeal to the Court of Appeal, led by Jason Beer KC acting for the NPCC, concerning police vetting and recruitment
  • A contested judicial review concerning retention by the Metropolitan Police of a child’s data and the Prevent duty
  • A contested judicial review on behalf of the prison service concerning re-categorisation of prisoners
  • A six-week art.2 inquest for Surrey Police (led by Jason Beer KC) where a man murdered two women using a shotgun for which he had a licence 
  • An art.2 jury inquest for the Ministry of Justice touching upon the death of a prisoner

Bobby also regularly provides lectures and training on a range of topics including, recently: claims for stress at work, public order policing, and police misconduct.

Bobby was appointed to the Attorney General’s B Panel of Counsel in August 2022.