‘A police officer who scanned a barcode for carrots worth 7p to purchase a £9.95 box Krispy Kreme doughnuts has been sacked for gross misconduct.’
The Independent, 26th November 2020
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The Court of Appeal has recently delivered an interesting and potentially very significant judgment in the case of Officer W80. The case concerned the use of force by a police officer and whether misconduct proceedings could subsequently be instituted against him on the basis of his honestly held but mistaken belief.’
2 Hare Court, 5th November 2020
Source: www.2harecourt.com
‘Prosecutors are to be asked to consider whether to bring new charges in the Stephen Lawrence case against senior police officers in the first botched murder investigation, it has been announced.’
The Guardian, 3rd November 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Court of Appeal has delivered a judgment in R (Officer W80) v Director General of the Independent Officer for Police Conduct [2020] EWCA Civ 1301 regarding the applicable conduct standard and provisions governing police in cases of use of force.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 28th October 2020
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘A dementia patient was restrained by security guards 18 times so he could be forcibly treated, as experts warn the case is “shocking and extreme”.’
Daily Telegraph, 14th October 2020
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Fewer than one in 200 complaints made against the division of the Metropolitan police responsible for public order policing over the last decade have been upheld, figures obtained by the Guardian suggest.’
The Guardian, 15th October 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘An officer who killed a man during a foiled attempt to free two prisoners can face misconduct proceedings, the Court of Appeal has ruled.’
BBC News, 10th October 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The police’s inappropriate use of restraints on a mentally ill man contributed to his death, an inquest jury has found.’
The Guardian, 9th October 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The trial of two former police officers and a police solicitor accused of altering police statements after the Hillsborough disaster has been delayed.’
BBC News, 8th October 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Five police officers are under disciplinary investigation after they stopped and handcuffed the British athlete Bianca Williams and her partner, the police watchdog has announced.’
The Guardian, 8th October 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The former owners of a private hospital where hip surgeon Derek McMinn carried out thousands of operations on patients was only told about concerns he was hoarding bones and tissue without proper permission last week – a year after an internal investigation suggested they should be told. Nuffield Health, which runs more than 30 hospitals, told The Independent it was unaware of any issues related to Prof McMinn until reports of his alleged behaviour last week.’
The Independent, 6th October 2020
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A solicitor who used £100,000 from a client’s estate to pay debts to HM Revenue & Customs and an indemnity insurer before closing his firm has been struck off.’
Legal Futures, 16th September 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A jury at Aylesbury Crown Court found her guilty of two sex offence charges relating to the topless pictures and a video, but they have not yet reached verdicts on three more serious charges of causing or inciting a child aged under 16 to engage in a sexual act.’
Daily Telegraph, 15th September 2020
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘On 12th December 2018, the Diocese of Oxford announced the establishment of an Independent Case Review of the diocesan safeguarding response to allegations of spiritual abuse in the case of the Revd Tim Davis. On 11 September 2020, the Diocese of Oxford published the Review’s findings, a summary of which is reproduced below.’
Law & Religion UK, 11th September 2020
Source: www.lawandreligionuk.com
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