“The two largest Civil Service unions have lost their High Court challenge to a scheme which will reduce benefits paid to members on redundancy and early retirement.”
The Independent, 10th August 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“An acting prison governor who had a sexual relationship with a woman inmate has been jailed for five years.”
BBC News, 18th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A senior prison officer ordered a frightened woman inmate to perform a sex act with him, a court has heard.”
BBC News, 15th June 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Police today pledged to crack down on corrupt prison officers after a male officer was jailed for smuggling drugs to inmates.”
The Independent, 28th May 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The murder convictions of two Nottingham men could be unsafe because one of the jurors was a prison officer, the Criminal Appeal Court has heard.”
BBC News, 9th April 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Prison Officers Association (POA) is to launch a high court bid to prevent the UK’s biggest private prisons contractor from taking over four prisons currently under review.”
The Guardian, 6th March 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Government is playing Russian roulette with public safety and the criminal justice system is heading for meltdown, the Prison Officers’ Association warned.”
The Independent, 20th February 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Steven Heaven, 44, wins undisclosed six-figure sum after being diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder.”
The Guardian, 4th February 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A prison officer has been jailed for two years after admitting having a sexual relationship with an inmate.”
BBC News, 10thDecember 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Shocking details of techniques used to inflict pain deliberately on children in privately run jails have been revealed for the first time in a government document obtained by the Observer.”
The Observer, 18th July 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A prison officer from Suffolk has been jailed for three years for sexually abusing a 17-year-old in a young offenders’ institute.”
BBC News, 10th May 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Iqbal v Prison Officers Association [2009] EWCA Civ 1310; [2009] WLR (D) 355
“A claim for false imprisonment did not lie against prison officers who took unlawful strike action which resulted in a prisoner, who would otherwise have been permitted by the prison governor to leave his cell for the purpose of working, exercise and health care, being confined to his cell.”
WLR Daily, 4th December 2009
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.
“Wandsworth and Pentonville jails are accused of attempting to dupe inspectors.”
The Guardian, 18th October 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A former prison officer who said she was forced out of her job after being bullied because she was pretty has won her case for unfair dismissal.”
BBC News, 15th September 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“All prison officers should be educated to degree level to help give them the necessary skills for the ‘challenging’ job, a penal reform charity has said.”
BBC News, 2nd September 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Prison officers are appealing to the European Court of Human Rights over legislation banning them from striking.”
BBC News, 20th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A Wakefield prison officer who appeared as a witness in a whistleblowing case has been awarded £43,875 by an employment tribunal.”
BBC News, 12th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Ministry of Justice v Prison Officers’ Association
Queen’s Bench Division
“Article 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights guaranteeing freedom of assembly and association, conferred no express right to strike and it was not breached by a court order forbidding any form of industrial action.”
The Times, 31st March 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.
” Jack Straw dropped measures to overhaul the law on prostitution yesterday to ensure that a Bill that prevents prison officers from striking is law by May.”
The Times, 28th February 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Regina (Haase) v Independent Adjudicator
Queen’s Bench Division
“Prison disciplinary hearings by independent adjudicators, in which the prosecution case was presented by a prison officer who might also be a witness, were not incompatible with the right to a fair trial guaranteed by article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights.”
The Times, 11th February 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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