‘In a report addressed to the home secretary, the justice secretary, Met commissioner Mark Rowley and others, East London area coroner Nadia Persaud warned that similar deaths would occur unless services improved.’
The Guardian, 2nd August 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A panel concluded on Wednesday that the officer’s behaviour in May last year constituted gross misconduct. He has been dismissed and placed on the barred list (banned from policing)’
The Independent, 1st August 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A woman who says she was raped in 2017 has described the criminal justice system as “absolutely broken” after a series of problems and errors allowed the accused man to allegedly start stalking her.’
BBC News, 2nd August 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A British police special enquiry team is examining allegations that Will Lewis, now the chief executive of the Washington Post, presided over the deliberate destruction of emails at Rupert Murdoch’s UK newspaper business when he worked for the company 13 years ago.’
The Guardian , 31st July 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued enforcement notices against Devon and Cornwall Police and Barking, Havering and Redbridge Hospitals NHS Trust over hundreds of unanswered freedom of information (FOI) requests.’
Local Government Lawyer, 29th July 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The former head of the police watchdog has been found not guilty of raping and molesting two 14-year-old girls 40 years ago.’
BBC News, 23rd July 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The criminal justice system is failing women on stalking, a review by London’s victims’ commissioner has found.’
BBC News, 23rd July 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Crimes involving violence against women and girls have surged by almost 40 per cent in England and Wales in recent years, according to a new report.’
The Independent, 23rd July 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The Baird report, which was commissioned by Andy Burnham, the mayor of Greater Manchester, and released on Thursday morning [18 July], examined 14 cases of 11 women and three men who had been treated unfairly by Greater Manchester police (GMP). It found wrongful arrests, a lack of care for domestic and sexual abuse survivors, and strip-searches being conducted forcefully on vulnerable women.’
The Guardian, 18th July 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A former police officer who had an inappropriate relationship with a vulnerable woman committed gross misconduct, a police panel has ruled.’
BBC News, 16th July 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A damning report has hit out at “glacial” progress in police chiefs’ flagship plan to stamp out racism in Britain’s forces.’
The Independent, 16th July 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The Metropolitan Police has not identified a single suspect in investigations into neighbourhood crimes such as phone and bike thefts, burglaries and vehicle crime in more than 160 areas for the past three years.’
The Independent, 15th July 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A PhD student researching assisted dying is suing police for damages over her arrest after travelling with a woman from Wales who had doctors in Switzerland help to end her life.’
BBC News, 12th July 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The government has announced emergency measures to deal with prison overcrowding in England and Wales.’
BBC News, 12th July 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A damning report has hit out at “glacial” progress in police chiefs’ flagship plan to stamp out racism in Britain’s forces.’
The Independent, 15th July 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A former police officer has been found not guilty of assault while arresting a man in Newport.’
BBC News, 27th June 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Despite concerns having been voiced internationally about the validity and reliability of mobile phone evidence, there remain large gaps in our understanding of how police acquire and process mobile phone data, and the risks associated with this work. This paper fills some of these gaps by drawing upon qualitative data gathered during an ethnographic study of the role of forensic sciences and technologies in British homicide investigations. Specifically, we draw upon case papers, interviews, and observations to illuminate, from the perspective of police and prosecution actors, some of the opportunities, tensions, and risks encountered in accessing and processing mobile phone data during these inquiries. Our findings reveal several risks associated with current practice alongside broader complexities related to legislation, privatisation, and accreditation. We consider how these intertwined risks and challenges may undermine the reliability of mobile phone evidence and jeopardise criminal justice.’
Policing and Society, 25th June 2024
Source: www.tandfonline.com
‘Failures by the police and prison and probation services contributed to the death of Zara Aleena, who was murdered as she walked home from a night out in east London, an inquest jury has found.’
The Guardian, 26th June 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘In Clarke v Chief Constable of Derbyshire Constabulary [2024] EWCA Civ 676, the Court of Appeal had to consider whether the employment tribunal has jurisdiction under the Equality Act 2010 to determine whether the payment of a disablement gratuity to a former police officer gives rise to unlawful discrimination, which turned on whether the gratuity constituted an “occupational pension scheme” within the meaning of s.1 of the Pension Schemes Act 1993.’
Pensions Barrister, 20th June 2024
Source: www.pensionsbarrister.com
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