“The way police responded to a woman who made two 999 calls before she was battered to death was ‘wholly inadequate’, according to a report by the Independent Police Complaints Commission. It highlighted failings in Leicestershire Constabulary’s response to phone calls they received prior to Joanne Butler’s murder in January 2006.”
The Guardian, 1st March 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Police forces and councils who want to set up CCTV systems will have to be open and clear about what they will be used for and why under Home Office plans.”
The Independent, 1st March 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Scotland Yard is to contest a lawsuit that could establish the true number of victims in the News of the World phone-hacking scandal.”
The Guardian, 26th February 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The likelihood of further News of the World (NotW) journalists being dragged into the phone-hacking scandal increased yesterday when a judge ruled that names believed to belong to the paper’s employees should no longer be blanked out on key documents.”
The Independent, 25th February 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Law Society research submitted to the government last week has identified a ‘lack of communication’ pervading the justice system that is causing delays throughout the process.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 24th February 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The Metropolitan police have been accused of misleading behaviour in the phone-hacking scandal after handing over evidence they had twice claimed did not exist.”
The Guardian, 17th February 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A high court judge has criticised the Metropolitan police for failing to adequately investigate allegations of phone hacking by the News of the World.”
The Guardian, 15th February 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Profiles of thousands of innocent people on national database will be removed as new freedoms bill scales back state intrusion.”
The Guardian, 11th February 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A former Greater Manchester Police constable who had sex with a vulnerable woman while on duty has been jailed.”
BBC News, 8th February 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Three leading pathologists have accused the Metropolitan Police of attempting to discredit them as expert witnesses in so-called Shaken Baby court cases.”
BBC News, 8th February 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Sir Hugh Orde, president of Association of Chief Police Officers, says benefits of judicial oversight of future operations would ‘far outweigh additional administrative burden’.”
The Guardian, 7th February 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A range of measures to tackle anti-social behaviour will be unveiled as the Government pledges to crack down on minor crime.”
The Independent, 7th February 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Detainees at police stations in four areas of the north-west are at risk of miscarriages of justice due to the police forces’ use of inadequate interpreters, the Gazette has been told.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 3rd February 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Police chiefs could be forced to clear the DNA database of innocent people ahead of any change in the law under a legal challenge that begins today.”
Daily Telegraph, 31st January 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Police will leave ‘no stone unturned’ in their investigation into allegations of phone hacking at the News of the World (NoW), Scotland Yard’s head says.”
BBC News, 27th January 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Crown Prosecution service (CPS) is to review the convictions of a group of environmental protesters sentenced for planning to shut down the UK’s second largest power station.”
Daily Telegraph, 28th January 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“An independent watchdog is looking into the fatal shooting of a man during a police stand-off at a park in Luton.”
BBC News, 25th January 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Regina v Iqbal (Shaid) [2011] WLR (D) 6
“The common law offence of escape from lawful custody did not cover those who escaped from detention or control before they were arrested.”
WLR Daily, 21st January 2011
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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“News of undercover policeman Mark Kennedy’s sexual relationships with environmental activists has fuelled speculation about the possibility of civil lawsuits, as experts say there may be legal grounds for action.”
The Guardian, 13th January 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Desmond v Chief Constable of Nottinghamshire Police [2011] EWCA Civ 3; [2011] WLR (D) 1
“In considering whether the chief officer’s statutory obligation under s 115(7) of the Police Act 1997 to provide information to the Criminal Records Bureau on a request for an Enhanced Criminal Record Certificate (ECRC) had been carried out in a manner which, exceptionally where the relationship between claimant and defendant arose in a statutory context, gave rise to a breach of the common law duty of care towards the claimant, an important factor was the existence of other remedies such as a claim under art 8 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.”
WLR Daily, 13th January 2011
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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