‘A High Court judge has strongly criticised a council and a police force for serious breaches of the Human Rights Act, after two children were retained in care despite their mother not being charged with an offence following her arrest.’
Local Government Lawyer, 4th January 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Two children who were kept in care for too long have been awarded damages from a police force and council.’
BBC News, 21st December 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Doctors should stop providing life support treatment to a police officer who was left in a minimally conscious state after a road accident, a judge has ruled.’
The Guardian, 20th December 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘When Seeta Kaur arrived in India with her children for a three-week visit to her husband’s relatives she was determined that when she returned to Britain it would be with both the sons who had accompanied her.’
The Guardian, 17th December 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The British Transport Police have released the moment a thug armed with an axe was stopped in his tracks after being chased through a busy city centre and tasered by police.’
Daily Telegraph, 18th December 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Britain’s most senior police officer gave a misleading account about the evidence he provided following the Hillsborough disaster in 1989, but he remains innocent of any misconduct, the Independent Police Complaints Commission has found.’
The Guardian, 15th December 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The CPS and police have published the first ever joint honour-based violence/abuse and forced marriage protocol today [14 December 2016], outlining their commitment to the successful investigation and prosecution of these crimes. The protocol recognises the importance of strong partnership working between these two agencies.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 14th December 2016
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘Complainants in sex abuse cases should no longer be automatically believed by police, Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe has said, as he admitted the policy had led to confusion during the Operation Midland investigation.’
Daily Telegraph, 14th December 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘All new police officers in England and Wales will need a degree-level qualification, under plans to get policing fit for the demands of the 21st century. Recruits will have the option of taking up a training post with one of the 43 forces and studying for a degree part-time while working.’
The Guardian, 15th December 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The speed at which mandatory criminal checks are being completed by the Metropolitan Police is of “great concern”, a government department said.’
BBC News, 14th December 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man who strangled a Metropolitan Police officer before trying to dissolve his body in an acid-filled bath has been jailed for life.’
BBC News, 12th December 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Four hundred people killed themselves shortly after being released from police custody in England and Wales in the last seven years, a report says.’
BBC News, 10th December 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Home Office files concerning events at the “battle of Orgreave” are due to be released next year among a cache of records relating to the 1984 miners’ strike.’
The Guardian, 11th December 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘BBC bosses have drawn up a defence case after Sir Cliff Richard took legal action in the wake of reports naming him as a suspected sex offender. They deny the singer is entitled to compensation after publicity about a raid on his home in August 2014. Detail of the BBC’s defence has emerged in paperwork lodged by lawyers at the high court in London pending any court hearings.’
The Guardian, 7th December 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Hundreds of police officers are alleged to have got away with sexually assaulting victims of crime because forces fail to take action against them, a report has revealed.’
Daily Telegraph, 8th December 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Police and social services in West Yorkshire were guilty of “a serious systematic failure” to safeguard a vulnerable girl who was groomed and raped by at least 13 men, an investigation has found. A serious case review by the Bradford Safeguarding Children Board found insufficient steps were taken to protect the girl from exploitation.’
The Guardian, 6th December 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The case concerns an appeal against the Order of Mr Justice Jay in which he struck out claims brought by a number of serving officers of the Metropolitan Police against their Commissioner.’
Zenith PI Blog, 5th December 2016
Source: www.zenithpi.wordpress.com
‘Police officers across Britain are expected to be issued with a new and more powerful Taser gun despite calls for use of the potentially fatal weapon to be curtailed, the Guardian has learned.’
The Guardian, 4th December 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A man who attacked a policewoman with an axe has been jailed for 15 years.’
BBC News, 2nd December 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Four police officers who were “branded abusive thugs” for the way they arrested terror suspect Babar Ahmad have won the right to seek damages.’
BBC News, 30th November 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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