Cooper: the last word on the PAT’s standard of review?
After reading our case update on Stewart & Green, one of our readers contacted the editor and brought an important, but unreported, judgment to our attention. […]
After reading our case update on Stewart & Green, one of our readers contacted the editor and brought an important, but unreported, judgment to our attention. […]
The Azelle Rodney Inquiry is a public inquiry into the death of Mr Rodney, who was shot by a police officer during a “hard stop” on 30 April 2005. A public inquiry chaired by Sir Christopher Holland was set up because of the need to consider “secret evidence”, which could not be disclosed to a Coroner […]
Members of the Serjeants’ Inn Police Team write a monthly Legal Update for Police Professional. By agreement with the editors, the UK Police Law Blog will bring you our Team’s Police Professional articles one month after they appear in print. In this article, published on 13 September 2012, John Beggs QC and James Berry analyse the […]
The Government is considering proposals to open police misconduct hearings to the public. Presently the usual rule is that police misconduct hearings are held in private, pursuant to regulation 32 of the Police (Conduct) Regulations 2008. […]
The IPCC has launched a consultation on the way it investigates deaths during and after contact with police. The IPCC is consulting on a number of issues including how the IPCC investigates: deaths in police custody; deaths during or following police contact; road traffic fatalities; fatal shootings; apparent suicides following police contact; and other deaths following […]