"Two former Metropolitan Police officers have been handed their jobs back and will receive back-pay after winning an appeal against their dismissal following their stop and search of two athletes." www.bbc.com/news/article...
Jonathan Clapham and Sam Franks win an appeal against their dismissal from the Met last year.
"As a Designated Family Judge in Liverpool, I see time and time again, children and young people wrapped up in the pernicious activities of organised criminals, who seek to exploit children for their own selfish financial gain"
"that demand far exceeds supply, and so the costs for the Local Authorities are rising and rising, with the unsurprising consequence that they have overspent in terms of their provision by £2.5 million"
"The clear impression that D left me with was that this is a situation where local authorities are essentially being left to the mercy of the private sector, where market forces appear to be ruling the day, where the dearth of provision that there is for children like A means
Local Authority v A [2024] EWHC 2476 (Fam) Deprivation of liberty declaration for Child A - a vulnerable young person involved in organised crime and drug supply - with special educational needs, who is at risk of physical and sexual harm. www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/u...
R v Plummer and Holland Sentencing Remarks Just Stop Oil activists sentenced for criminal damage in National Gallery, having thrown Heinz soup on van Gogh's Sunflowers, damaging frame. Plummer sentenced to 27 months' imprisonment. Holland to 20 months'. www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/u...
I recently had a look at what has happened to arrest volumes in England and Wales. I've now looked at arrest rates, using force-level Home Office data by offence group for 2022/23 - here as a boxplot. Offence groupings are ranked by E&W arrest rate (L<R).
R v Huw Edwards Sentencing Remarks Former BBC presenter Huw Edwards sentenced for making indecent images of children contrary to section 6 of Protection of Children Act. Given sentence of 6 months' imprisonment suspended for 2 years. www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/u...
R v Smith and Others [2024] EWCA Crim 1040 Appeals against convictions re public nuisance offence - appellants had taken part in JSO protest at Silverstone. Appeals dismissed. www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/u...
Tesco Stores Ltd v Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers and others [2024] UKSC 28 Appeal by USDAW allowed - Tesco not permitted to terminate contracts in order to rehire to deprive employees of retained pay right. www.supremecourt.uk/cases/docs/u...
