‘Sarah Everard’s parents are campaigning for tougher sentencing for serious violent and sexual criminals as part of a new campaign group being launched in Parliament.’
BBC News, 26th March 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Police forces will be given new powers to manage protests near sites of worship, the Home Office has said.’
BBC News, 27th March 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A senior police chief has unveiled a plan to charge more domestic abusers with manslaughter after their partners take their own lives. It comes after the death of Kiena Dawes, whose partner Ryan Wellings was cleared of manslaughter but convicted of domestic abuse.’
The Guardian, 25th March 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A 22-year-old black student has accused police and prosecutors of misusing hate speech laws intended to protect minorities after she was charged for using the N-word in a tweet.’
The Guardian, 21st March 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The force said its V100 programme, which uses data to identify and target men who pose the highest risk to women, had enabled officers to focus efforts on reducing the threat posed by perpetrators and to protect potential victims.’
BBC News, 20th March 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Victims of Hillsborough, Grenfell, the Manchester Arena terror attack and the Aberfan disaster have said decades of suffering could have been avoided if a new charter compelling the police to tell the truth, was introduced sooner.’
BBC News, 17th March 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Claims for discrimination are largely covered by the Equality Act 2010, the two most common forms of discrimination being direct and indirect. Direct discrimination is defined in the Act as one person treating another less favourably than he would others due to a protected characteristic (those characteristics being defined as age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation or pregnancy and maternity), whilst indirect discrimination is defined as a person applying a provision, criterion or practice which is discriminatory in relation to a relevant protected characteristic of another. Generally, the primary outcome of discrimination (direct or indirect) is injury to feelings to the person who has been discriminated against.
The question which arises when a claim is made for injury to feelings as a result of discrimination is how damages can be quantified, given its non-tangible nature. How can I make a claim for my feelings being hurt and, if successful, what could I be awarded?’
Becket Chambers, 11th March 2025
Source: becket-chambers.co.uk
‘A long-serving Metropolitan police sergeant has failed in his attempt to sue the force for discrimination because a more senior officer called him a “numpty”.’
The Guardian, 13th March 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘While police officers tried to “deflect blame” after the Hillsborough disaster, they do not have a misconduct case to answer, a watchdog has told families.’
BBC News, 12th March 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The decision not to classify Axel Rudakubana as a terrorist following the Southport murders was right because it would be unhelpful to stretch the definition of terrorism to cover all extreme violence, the UK’s terror watchdog has concluded.’
The Guardian, 13th March 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Police have admitted acting unlawfully in arresting a trainee Baptist minister who called out “Who elected him?” at a local proclamation of the accession of King Charles III.’
The Guardian, 11th March 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Crime and Policing Bill 2024-25 was published on 27 February 2025. The bill is listed for second reading on 10 March 2025.’
House of Commons Library, 6th March 2025
Source: commonslibrary.parliament.uk
‘In the tragic case of Dobson v Chief Constable of Leicestershire Police [2025] EWHC 272 (KB), HHJ Bird examined whether the police had assumed responsibility for the wellbeing of a person released from custody. The court held that there was no assumption of responsibility, and the claim failed. Alexander Cornelius, pupil barrister at 12KBW, analyses the reasoning and parties’ choice of expert evidence.’
12 KBW, 5th March 2025
Source: pilawblog.com
‘The leader of Britain’s black and Asian police officers has been placed under investigation over a tweet.’
The Guardian, 4th March 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Police will be able to search properties without a warrant for stolen phones or other electronically geotagged items under the government’s crime and policing bill.’
The Guardian, 25th February 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A police officer who removed a monitored offender’s tag so that she could have a secret relationship with him has been jailed.’
The Independent, 21st February 2025
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘British policing’s use of algorithms and data to predict where crime will happen is racist and picks on the poor, a report from Amnesty International says.’
The Guardian, 19th February 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A former police officer who suffocated a woman and subjected her to coercive and controlling behaviour has been permanently barred from policing.’
BBC News, 19th February 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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