“Former Home Secretary Charles Clarke has warned that plans to overhaul how police forces are held accountable are ‘very dangerous to society’ and will ‘destroy’ efforts to tackle crime.”
The Observer, 14th December 2008
Source: http://observer.guardian.co.uk/
“The police officers who claimed to have shouted warnings to Jean Charles de Menezes before he was shot dead should be investigated for possible perjury, a lawyer for the family said today.”
The Independent, 12th December 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The jury at the inquest into the death of Jean Charles de Menezes today rejected Scotland Yard’s claim that he was lawfully killed as part of an anti-terrorism operation. Banned by the coroner, Sir Michael Wright, from returning a verdict of unlawful killing, the five men and five women decided on an open verdict – the most critical that was available to them.”
The Guardian, 12th December 2008
source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The coroner in the inquest into the death of Jean Charles de Menezes today told the jury he would accept a majority verdict.”
The Guardian, 9th December 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A Commons select committee is going to launch its own inquiry into the arrest of the Tory MP Damian Green, it said today (9 December).”
The Guardian, 9th December 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“More than 1.6 million DNA and fingerprint samples of innocent people on police databases must be destroyed after a court ruled yesterday that keeping them breaches human rights.”
The Times, 5th December 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The police could be forced to wipe the profiles of nearly one million innocent people from the national DNA database if the Government loses a key test case today.”
Daily Telegraph, 4th December 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A corrupt ex-detective who helped a drugs baron evade police in return for cocaine and nights with prostitutes was jailed for five years yesterday.”
The Guardian, 4th December 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The House of Commons Speaker is to make a statement over the decision to allow police to search the offices of shadow immigration minister Damian Green.”
BBC News, 3rd December 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The coroner leading the inquest into the death of Jean Charles de Menezes has told the jury that they are not allowed to consider a verdict of unlawful killing.”
The Independent, 3rd December 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A detective has escaped a driving ban after he was caught travelling at 101mph.”
Daily Telegraph, 2nd December 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Jury told to return verdict of lawful killing or open verdict after seven weeks of evidence at inquest.”
The Guardian, 2nd December 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Colleagues of two police officers arrested on suspicion of shoplifting wine from M&S have condemned the way the investigation was handled.”
BBC News, 1st December 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The police shooting of a man outside a cathedral was being investigated today. The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) launched a inquiry into the killing outside Guildford Cathedral, Surrey, yesterday afternoon.”
The Independent, 1st December 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A police officer whose blunders were criticised after Britain’s most notorious ‘honour’ killing has escaped punishment after the collapse of disciplinary proceedings against her.”
The Times, 1st December 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A police watchdog is investigating an alleged attack on a man by three officers in Wigan, Greater Manchester. ”
BBC News, 30th November 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The multi-million pound prosecution of a local newspaper journalist and the police source who ‘leaked’ stories to her collapsed today after evidence gathered against them in a police bugging operation was declared inadmissible.”
The Times, 28th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Kay v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis [2008] UKHL 69; [2008] WLR (D) 00; [2008] WLR (D) 369
“A procession could be ‘commonly or customarily held’, so as to be exempt from the requirement to give advance notice to the police under s 11 of the Public Order Act 1986, even though on each occasion it took a different route.”
WLR Daily, 27th November 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Regina (Kay) v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis
House of Lords
“Since a procession could be commonly or customarily held even though on each occasion it took a different route, a monthly mass cycle ride through London which set off from a fixed starting place but the route of which was determined by whoever happened to be at the front at any one time was such a procession so as to be excluded from the statutory requirement for organisers of public processions to give the police prior notice of the event.”
The Times, 27th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
“Police attempts to outlaw the monthly Critical Mass cycle ride through the streets of London unless its route was notified in advance were blocked by the Law Lords today.”
The Independent, 26th November 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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