Ratcliffe power station protesters cleared on appeal – BBC News
“The convictions of 20 protesters for trying to shut down the UK’s second largest power station have been quashed by the Court of Appeal.”
BBC News, 19th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: police
Home Secretary statement on the Metropolitan Police – Home Office
“The Home Secretary has expressed her gratitude for the work of Sir Paul Stephenson and John Yates.
The comments were made in an oral statement to the House of Commons about the Metropolitan Police Service.”
Home Office, 18th July 2011
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
Phone hacking: John Yates investigated over claims he ‘inappropriately’ got job for Neil Wallis’s daughter – Daily Telegraph
“The Independent Police Complaints Commission is investigating an allegation that John Yates ‘inappropriately’ secured a Scotland Yard job for the daughter of hacking suspect Neil Wallis.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th July 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Phone hacking: Serious Fraud Office considering investigation into News Corp – Daily Telegraph
“The Serious Fraud Office will give ‘full consideration’ to calls for it to launch an investigation into Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation, a spokeswoman said today.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th July 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Met demands cut-price rates as scandal hots up – The Lawyer
“Legal advisers have been stunned by the Metropolitan Police requesting rock-bottom hourly rates in its latest panel review, at a time when it faces an increasing chance of court action over its handling of the News International phone-hacking scandal.”
The Lawyer, 18th July 2011
Source: www.thelawyer.com
Councils and police rebuked for hi-tech snooping on public – The Independent
“Britain’s surveillance watchdog has reprimanded police forces, councils and government departments for overusing powers intended to clamp down on terrorism to snoop on members of the public.”
The Independent, 17th July 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Women may be warned of partners’ violent pasts under new ‘Clare’s Law’ – The Guardian
“Police would be able to warn women if a new partner had a violent past under plans to reduce the number of deaths and injuries from domestic abuse being considered by the home secretary, Theresa May.”
The Guardian, 17th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Crimes detected in England and Wales 2010/11 – Home Office
“Home Office Statistical Bulletin 11/11 presents police recorded crime statistics on the levels and trends in detections and detection rates in England & Wales for the financial year 2010/11.”
Home Office, 14th July 2011
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
DPP announces details of independent inquiry into Ratcliffe-on-Soar cases – Crown Prosecution Service
“The Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir Starmer QC, has asked retired High Court judge Sir Christopher Rose to conduct the independent inquiry into issues arising out of the Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station protest cases.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 13th July 2011
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
Mark Kennedy’s secret tapes: CPS launches wide-ranging inquiry – The Guardian
“A leading former judge has been appointed to lead an expanded inquiry into claims that prosecutors suppressed secret surveillance tapes recorded by undercover police officer Mark Kennedy.Sir Christopher Rose, a retired court of appeal judge noted for his fierce independence, will head the inquiry which was set up by the director of public prosecutions, Keir Starmer QC.”
The Guardian, 13th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Phone hacking: David Cameron announces terms of phone-hacking inquiry – Daily Telegraph
“The independent inquiry into phone hacking will have the power to summon newspaper proprietors, journalists, police and politicians to give evidence under oath and in public, Prime Minister David Cameron said today.”
Daily Telegraph, 13th July 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Phone-hacking inquiry: who will judge the police? – The Guardian
“Who will be appointed to head the inquiry into how the police investigated the phone-hacking scandal?”
The Guardian, 11th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Police forces report hundreds of data protection breaches, privacy lobbyists report – OUT-LAW.com
“More than 900 police personnel were disciplined for unlawful data protection practices in the past three years, privacy campaigners have said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 11th July 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
Evidence of illegal data checks on Gordon Brown buried by 2005 ruling – The Guardian
“An unexpected ruling by a judge six years ago effectively covered up the chance to publicly expose evidence of the illegal targeting of Gordon Brown, which had been unearthed by a startled team of provincial detectives.”
The Guardian, 11th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Summary Justice In and Out of Court: The Police Foundation’s John Harris Memorial Lecture – Speech by Lord Judge
Summary Justice In and Out of Court: The Police Foundation’s John Harris Memorial Lecture (PDF)
Speech by Lord Judge, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales
Judiciary of England and Wales, 8th July 2011
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
David Cameron promises action on hacking – The Independent
“Prime Minister David Cameron today promised action to ‘get to the bottom’ of the phone hacking scandal but said it was not just about the press but about the police and ‘about how politics works too’. ”
The Independent, 8th July 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Phone hacking: two separate inquiries will look at police and press – The Guardian
“David Cameron will meet Ed Miliband next Wednesday to agree terms of two official inquiries into the phone-hacking scandal, including a judge-led inquiry into the conduct of the original police investigation, and an inquiry into the future of the media and its regulation.”
The Guardian, 7th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Top judge warns over rise in out of court penalties – Daily Telegraph
“The Lord Chief Justice yesterday attacked the ‘widespread’ use of out of court penalties amid fears one in three are being inappropriately handed out.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th July 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Michael Gilbert: Police lagoon victim probes ‘flawed’ – BBC News
“Three police investigations involving a Bedfordshire man who was murdered, decapitated and dumped in a lake were ‘flawed’, the police watchdog has said.”
BBC News, 7th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
