Met police officer cleared of racially abusing teenagers – The Guardian
“A Metropolitan police officer was found not guilty today of racially abusing two teenagers.”
The Guardian, 3rd November 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Category: misfeasance in public office
Former PC jailed for having sex on-duty – The Independent
“A former police officer who had sex with a pole dancer while on duty was jailed today for four years.”
The Independent, 23rd October 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Policewoman who worked as a prostitute is jailed – The Guardian
“A police constable who also worked as a prostitute was jailed for 15 months yesterday after pleading guilty to misconduct in a public office.”
The Guardian, 11th September 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Falsely jailed man gets £60,000 – The Indepedent
“A High Court judge has condemned the Home Office’s ‘unforgivable’ treatment of a Dutch national falsely imprisoned for 128 days, supposedly in a case of mistaken identity.”
The Independent, 18th July 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Sex on duty officer spared jail – BBC News
“A Metropolitan Police officer who had sex with a vulnerable woman while supposedly checking on her welfare has avoided going to jail.”
BBC News, 8th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Community service for ex-officer – BBC News
“A former Lancashire police officer who abused his police powers to uncover his wife’s affair has been sentenced to 150 hours’ community service.”
BBC News, 10th March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Former detective who shielded drugs baron jailed for five years – The Guardian
“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
Hussain v Chief Constable of West Mercia Constabulary – Times Law Reports
Hussain v Chief Constable of West Mercia Constabulary
Court of Appeal
“Transient physical symptoms caused by anxiety or stress did not amount either to psychiatric or physical injury and were insufficient to constitute material damage, an essential ingredient of the tort of misfeasance in public office.”
The Times, 17th 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.
Hussain v Chief Constable of West Mercia Constabulary – WLR Daily
Hussain v Chief Constable of West Mercia Constabulary [2008] EWCA Civ 1205; [2008] WLR (D) 342
“Transient physical symptoms caused by stress or anxiety did not constitute either psychiatric or physical injury so as to amount to material damage for the purposes of the tort of misfeasance in public office.”
WLR Daily, 4th 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.
Policeman ‘pestered prostitutes’ – BBC News
“A police sergeant who left a colleague answering a 999 call so he could visit prostitutes has been given a suspended eight-month jail sentence.”
BBC News, 11th July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Detective charged over credit card misuse – The Independent
“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
Society of Lloyd’s v Henderson and Others; Lowe and Others v Society of Lloyd’s; Society of Lloyd’s v Stockwell and Others – Times Law Reports
Lloyd’s not a public officer
Court of Appeal
“The Society of Lloyd’s was not a public officer for the purposes of the tort of misfeasance in public office.”
The Times, 9th October 2007
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
MI5 and MI6 to be sued for first time over torture – The Guardian
“A British man who was held in Guantánamo Bay has begun a civil action against MI5 and MI6 over the tactics that they use to gather intelligence.”
The Guardian, 12th September 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Society of Lloyd’s v Henderson and others – WLR Daily
“The Society of Lloyd’s was not a “public officer” for the purposes of the tort of misfeasance in public office.”
WLR Daily, 30th July 2007
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.
