IPCC questions for police inquiry – BBC News
“Dyfed-Powys Police is to be examined over claims it failed to properly look at allegations against a friend of former chief constable Terry Grange.”
BBC News, 5th June 2008
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“Dyfed-Powys Police is to be examined over claims it failed to properly look at allegations against a friend of former chief constable Terry Grange.”
BBC News, 5th June 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The plan to detain terror suspects for 42 days has become so convoluted and bureaucratic that police fear it will be almost unworkable, senior sources have told The Times.”
The Times, 6th June 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Police-ordered photography of an anti-arms trade protester did not breach the protester’s privacy rights, the High Court has ruled. It is one of the few times that such alleged intrusion by the state rather than the media has been the subject of a UK ruling.”
OUT-LAW.com, 2nd June 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“Operation Leopard is the latest weapon in the fight against antisocial behaviour to receive government backing. Pioneered by officers in Essex policing difficult estates, it deploys forward intelligence teams (FITs) – units trained to gather evidence at foxhunts, protests and football matches – in areas suffering from crime.”
The Guardian, 30th May 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The police force that issued a teenager with a court summons for calling Scientology a cult could face a judicial review over the legality of its policing guidelines.”
The Guardian, 28th May 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“New police powers to combat knife crime could cause increased antagonism amongst young people, the Children’s Commissioner for England has warned.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th May 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Wood v Director of Public Prosecutions
Queen’s Bench Division
“Where a police officer restrained a person, but did not at that time intend or purport to arrest him, he was committing an assault, even if an arrest would have been justified.”
The Times, 23rd May 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Pleae note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
Adorian v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis [2008] EWHC 1081 (QB); [2008] WLR (D) 158
“Civil proceedings for trespass to the person commenced by a claimant who has been convicted in the United Kingdom of an imprisonable offence, committed on the same occasion as the alleged trespass, are not rendered a nullity by the claimant’s failure to seek the prior permission of the court as required by s 329(2) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003.”
WLR Daily, 21st May 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully repoted in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed
“Police have arrested 198 people on suspicion of domestic, homophobic and race hate crimes after raids across London, Scotland Yard have said.”
BBC News, 22nd May 2008
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“A test case being heard in the House of Lords this week will decide when the police should pay damages if they fail to protect a witness or others who are subsequently killed or harmed.”
The Times, 22nd May 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Scotland Yard’s anti-terror unit has been stripped of its control over covert surveillance teams in an attempt to ward off further criticism over the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes, The Times has learnt.”
The Times, 19th May 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Two police forces are fighting attempts to hold them legally liable for failing to protect the victims of death threats in an important human rights hearing which starts today in the Lords.”
The Guardian, 19th May 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Scotland Yard has admitted its officers have been photographing children who are stopped and searched even after they have been found to be innocent.”
The Guardian, 16th May 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Crown Prosecution Service and West Midlands Police will apologise in the High Court today for wrongly accusing a Channel 4 film of faking an exposé of Islamic extremism.”
The Times, 15th May 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Police officers in London were last night using powers that allow them to stop and search youths without having reasonable suspicion in an attempt to stem the tide of stabbing deaths on the capital’s streets.”
The Guardian, 14th May 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The way the police dealt with allegations of domestic violence by a woman who was later stabbed and set alight is to be investigated.”
BBC News, 9th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A former Hampshire police inspector has been jailed after he admitted mistreating young men in custody.”
BBC News, 9th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A second Metropolitan Police officer has been charged in connection with an investigation into the alleged misuse of corporate credit cards.”
The Independent, 9th May 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Nine detectives, who were cleared of misusing Cumbria Police vehicles, are facing a delay in hearing whether they can sue the force for £500,000 damages.”
BBC News, 8th May 2008
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“A police force has admitted it is powerless to break up illegal raves – because it is too dark when they are in full swing.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th May 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk