header-logo header-logo

Casting police as criminals? Pt 3

04 April 2019 / David Wolchover , Anthony Heaton-Armstrong
Issue: 7835 / Categories: Features , Criminal
printer mail-detail

In the wake of the home secretary’s approval of revised rules on conferring by police officers in writing up their post-event accounts, David Wolchover & Anthony Heaton-Armstrong conclude their series on the issues at the heart of the debate

  • The legalities involved in refusing to co-operate.
  • From controversy to non-issue: the impact of the pervasive use of body worn cameras.
  • The newly approved guidelines.

Last time, in Part 2 of this three-part series, we considered the recommendations of the Metropolitan Police Metropolitan Evidence Project Implementation Committee (EPIC) and highlighted the lack of uniformity in practice as well as earlier proposals for an outright ban on conferring (also see 'Part 1NLJ, 21 February 2019, p12). We also referenced the research by Professors Lorraine Hope and Fiona Gabbert into the impact of post incident conferring—the final report of which was delivered to the Metropolitan Police Service in February 2010

For no reason which has ever been offered release of the Hope-Gabbert study was long postponed and not released

If you are not a subscriber, subscribe now to read this content
If you are already a subscriber sign in
...or Register for two weeks' free access to subscriber content

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Birketts—trainee cohort

Birketts—trainee cohort

Firm welcomes new cohort of 29 trainee solicitors for 2025

Keoghs—four appointments

Keoghs—four appointments

Four partner hires expand legal expertise in Scotland and Northern Ireland

Brabners—Ben Lamb

Brabners—Ben Lamb

Real estate team in Yorkshire welcomes new partner

NEWS
Robert Taylor of 360 Law Services warns in this week's NLJ that adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) risks entrenching disadvantage for SME law firms, unless tools are tailored to their needs
The Court of Protection has ruled in Macpherson v Sunderland City Council that capacity must be presumed unless clearly rebutted. In this week's NLJ, Sam Karim KC and Sophie Hurst of Kings Chambers dissect the judgment and set out practical guidance for advisers faced with issues relating to retrospective capacity and/or assessments without an examination
Delays and dysfunction continue to mount in the county court, as revealed in a scathing Justice Committee report and under discussion this week by NLJ columnist Professor Dominic Regan of City Law School. Bulk claims—especially from private parking firms—are overwhelming the system, with 8,000 cases filed weekly
Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve charts the turbulent progress of the Employment Rights Bill through the House of Lords, in this week's NLJ
From oligarchs to cosmetic clinics, strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) target journalists, activists and ordinary citizens with intimidating legal tactics. Writing in NLJ this week, Sadie Whittam of Lancaster University explores the weaponisation of litigation to silence critics
back-to-top-scroll