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An IPCC report confirms that a Surrey police firearms licencing officer has been sacked for failings in relation to the return of shotguns to John Lowe, one of which was subsequently used to kill Christine and Lucy Lee in February 2014. Another member of staff...

The Supreme Court has heard an appeal over a case allowing survivors of crimes such as sexual assault, to sue the police if they do not carry out an effective investigation. Read more about the case here.

The High Court is to hear a Judicial Review challenge of HMP Woodhill and Secretary of State for Justice (SSJ) on 7 April 2017.

10am, Monday 14 March 2016 Milton Keynes Coroner’s Court, Civic Offices, 1 Saxon Gate East, Central Milton Keynes MK9 3EJ Before Senior Coroner Tom Osbourne 44 year old Ian Brown, from Northampton, was found hanging in his cell in HMP Woodhill on 19 July 2015....

Coroner makes critical recommendations for SERCO, Metropolitan Police Service and the Forensic Medical Examiner in her report to prevent future deaths, following the inquest into the death of Sivaraj Tharmalingam at Thames Magistrates Court. The Inquest into the death of Mr Tharmalingham, that concluded on...

Hearing in the Supreme Court will decide whether the police owe an actionable legal duty to investigative the crimes of ‘black cab rapist’, John Worboys.

The Coroner today ruled that the Inquest into the death of Elliott Johnson will inquire into the circumstances in which Elliott lost his job. These included the incident of 12 August and Elliott’s complaint about it to the Conservative Party Headquarters. Elliott’s complaint was that...

The Coroner has said he wishes to hear a tape mentioned by Donal Blaney. Mr Johnson has said he did too as he had not heard it. Donal Blaney now tells us that he believes the Coroner was referring to a tape made of a...

Summary: This is a link to the key 8 paragraphs of the Coroner’s ruling. Explanation of the ruling The Coroner found that the circumstances of Elliott becoming redundant are to be investigated. . The Coroner has recognised the link between the redundancy letter and an...

10am, Monday 22 February 2016 St Pancras Coroner’s Court, Camley Street, London N1C 4PP Before Senior Coroner Mary Hassell Mr Sivaraj Tharmalingham died on 18th April 2015 at Thames Magistrates Court having been found unconscious on the floor of his cell, he was 50 years...

MoJ figures published for 2016 show there were 119 self-inflicted deaths in prison, the highest number in a calendar year.

Following David Cary’s successful case against the Met, the Mayor of London has confirmed that he will secure the development of equality measures