“Metropolitan police officers illegally detained children as young as 11 for more than six hours during a ‘kettling’ operation against tuition fee protesters, the high court has been told.”
The Guardian, 5th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Public authorities should have to publish annual reports that prove they comply with new UK equality laws from 2012, proposed new regulations say.”
OUT-LAW.com, 5th July 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“Activists accused of occupying the luxury London food retailer Fortnum & Mason during tax avoidance protests in March are expected to plead not guilty to charges of aggravated trespass on Tuesday.”
The Guardian, 5th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Pryor v Chief Constable of the Greater Manchester Police [2011] EWCA Civ 749; [2011] WLR (D) 214
“Where the police exercised powers to seize the vehicle of a driver who was driving a friend’s car, but who was in fact insured to drive the vehicle in question and had the written permission of the owner to do so, the seizure could found liability in tort.”
WLR Daily, 30th June 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“Emergency legislation designed to reverse a controversial judgement on police bail will go before MPs on Thursday.”
BBC News, 4th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Many vital police services – from witness protection to fingerprint databasing – could collapse as a result a shake-up of crime-fighting, the president of the Association of Police Chief Officers (Acpo) will warn today.”
The Independent, 4th July 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The contentious police tactic of ‘kettling’ demonstrators is to face a series of legal challenges that could result in it being outlawed – starting with a case tomorrow brought by three teenagers.”
The Independent, 4th July 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Emergency legislation is to be introduced to overturn a court ruling that has severely restricted police powers to detain suspects for questioning and plunged police bail laws into chaos.”
The Guardian, 30th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A police force has launched an inquiry to discover why two of its officers went to the home of a 13-year-old schoolboy at nearly midnight to question him about throwing an apple at a fellow pupil.”
Daily Telegraph, 30th June 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The home secretary, Theresa May, is considering whether emergency legislation to stem growing concern among senior police officers over their ability to hold suspects is needed in the wake of a court ruling.”
The Guardian, 29th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Police have been ordered not to arrest people who subject them to abuse, it has been revealed.”
Daily Telegraph, 26th June 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Murder of couple and complaints from ‘abandoned’ informants prompt review that aims to restore trust. Paul Cahalan reports.”
The Independent, 27th June 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Police will share local records about people through a new national database, the National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA) has said. A new database for England and Wales will be linked to an existing one covering Scotland, an NPIA spokesman said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 24th June 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“Hackers could crack the new Police National Database and access sensitive information of millions of innocent people, human rights campaigners have warned.”
The Independent, 23rd June 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The Sunday Times has lost a court battle to force the commissioner of the Metropolitan police and the Serious Organised Crime Agency to disclose confidential documents which the newspaper could use as evidence in a libel trial next month.”
The Guardian, 21st June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Scotland Yard officer accused of killing homeless newspaper vendor Ian Tomlinson during the G20 protests is to appear in court on Monday.”
The Guardian, 19th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“People with learning disabilities continue to be failed by police forces, with many neither properly investigating disability hate crimes or treating victims as credible witnesses, according to a report by Mencap.”
The Guardian, 20th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“It is ‘legitimate to ask’ whether civilian staff working for the police should be banned from going on strike, according to a government adviser.”
BBC News, 16th June 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Peers and MPs have warned the home secretary, Theresa May, that extra safeguards for new random counter-terror stop-and-search powers are needed in order to prevent further human rights breaches.”
The Guardian, 15th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Thousands of children under 16 are being held overnight in police cells every year, figures reveal.”
The Guardian, 13th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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