“An official body has called into question the criminal conviction of a political campaigner after allegations that an undercover spy gave false evidence under oath during his prosecution.”
The Guardian, 1st August 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“On his last day of school, Daniel Pelka was desperate for food. While other children made shapes with play jelly, he tried to eat it. He plucked a half-eaten pear from a bin and then grubbed around in a sandpit for dried beans that he tried to eat. Two days later, the four-year-old was dead.”
The Independent, 1st August 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Greater Manchester Police’s dealings with a missing mother-of-three are being investigated by The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC).”
BBC News, 2nd August 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Scotland Yard is drawing closer to agreeing compensation with the family of Ian Tomlinson, who died after being pushed to the ground during the G20 protests by a riot officer.”
The Independent, 2nd August 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Bedfordshire Police Constabulary v RU and another [2013] EWHC 2350 (Fam); [2013] WLR (D) 319
“There was no power whereby a police force could apply for a person to be committed to prison for contempt of court for breach of a forced marriage protection order where the police themselves were not the applicants who had obtained the order. The relevant departments of state should give urgent consideration to improving the effectiveness of forced marriage protection orders and the means of enforcement.”
WLR Daily, 26th July 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Various Claimants v News Group Newspapers Ltd and others [2013] EWHC 2119 (Ch); [2013] WLR (D) 314
“The well established requirement for disclosure under Norwich Pharmacal principles for a party from whom disclosure was sought to be “involved” in or to have “facilitated” wrongdoing was too narrow and the court should ask itself whether the party was a mere witness or whether its engagement with the wrongdoing was sufficient to make it more than a mere witness and susceptible to the court’s jurisdiction to order disclosure.”
WLR Daily, 12th July 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“Six police officers should face misconduct proceedings after a clubber was strip-searched and left naked in a cell filmed by CCTV cameras, a watchdog said today.”
The Independent, 31st July 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Members of the public given an extra six weeks to have their say on stop and search after consultation extended to 24 September.”
Home Office, 30th July 2013
Source: www.gov.uk/home-office
“A couple who spent their retirement savings on a caravan only to see it stolen were astounded when police said the travellers who are living in it could not be removed as it would breach their ‘human rights’.”
Daily Telegraph, 30th July 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“More people died in or following custody with Devon and Cornwall police than any other force in the country, new figures have revealed.”
BBC News, 31st July 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Four police officers could face criminal charges over the death of a mentally ill church caretaker who was restrained when he was arrested following a disturbance in the street, The Independent has learned.”
The Independent, 29th July 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Three Nottinghamshire police officers have been disciplined over their parts in the treatment of a ‘vulnerable’ pregnant woman when she was arrested.”
BBC News, 27th July 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The former Chief Constable of West Yorkshire, Sir Norman Bettison, is to be investigated over claims he ordered his officers to compile a detailed report on the anti-racism campaigner Mohammed Amran, before he testified to the Macpherson Inquiry into the death of the teenager Stephen Lawrence.”
The Independent, 26th July 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A teenager who killed an off-duty police officer has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years in a young offenders institution.”
BBC News, 25th July 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A provisional trial date has been set at the Old Bailey for a 44-year-old man charged with the murder of PC Keith Blakelock during the Broadwater Farm riots in 1985.”
The Guardian, 26th July 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A regulation allowing police forces to forcibly retire officers after 30 years’
service is not unlawful, the High Court has ruled.”
BBC News, 25th July 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
” More than 100 companies and individuals are suspected of obtaining illicit information by hacking, blagging and theft and The Serious Organised Crime Agency has finally handed a list of names to MPs. However, the agency insisted that it remain secret to protect those involved.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th July 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“On July 2, in a Commons statement, Mrs Theresa May, the Home Secretary, said she was initiating a six-week public consultation about the use of stop and search. On July 16, HM Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) published a highly critical report – Stop and Search Powers: Are the police using them effectively and fairly? (www.hmic.gov.uk). By the end of the year, Mrs May said, the Government would respond to both the HMIC report and the public consultation.”
Criminal Law and Justice Weekly, 20th July 2013
Source: www.criminallawandjustice.co.uk
“A serious case review will be launched after three generations of the same family were murdered in a house fire.”
BBC News, 19th July 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The family of a man who died days after being restrained by police have asked judges to review the police watchdog’s report on his death.”
BBC News, 19th July 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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