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If you are stopped by the police and searched, the officers are required by law to follow a particular set of rules and observe your rights. If they fail to do so, the search is unlawful, and you could be entitled to compensation. Becoming aware of your police stop and search rights can potentially protect...
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A Merseyside police officer was left no choice but to resign after he accidentally recorded himself shouting racist abuse at his TV during a news segment featuring a black person. The disgraced former officer sent the incriminating voice note to a fellow police officer who he was texting with at the time over WhatsApp. The...
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At HNK Solicitors, we have a highly specialised and committed team dedicated to pursuing civil actions against the police. We have handled hundreds of claims against the police and successfully helped innocent victims reach settlements in a variety of cases, including unlawful arrests, illegal stop and searches and misconduct incidents. In June 2019, a client...
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10 Downing Street in London, home of the British governments prime minister.
Public officials, such as government ministers and police officers, are legally obliged to use their position of authority for good. If instead, they opt to abuse their position of power and cause harm or loss to a third party, they can be found guilty of misfeasance in public office. Naturally, it can be very intimidating to...
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Police monitor a vigil organised for Sarah Everard in Clapham Common.
Inadequate vetting has allowed thousands of potentially dangerous officers to serve in police forces across England and Wales, a watchdog has found. People with criminal records — including serious crime, strong family links to organised crime, and substantial, undischarged debt, were hired as police officers. Furthermore, staff were allowed to transfer between forces despite a...
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Former Met police officer Bradley Francis was jailed earlier this month after stealing £1500 from a station safe. Francis received a ten-month sentence for taking the money and was ordered to pay £1500 in compensation. He took the cash from Stoke Newington’s police station in East London back in April in order to pay off credit card...
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Updated 15th August 2023: New information added around a second data breach by Suffolk and Norfolk Police forces. Suffolk police force has suffered two data breaches in under a year, affecting the personal data of victims and witnesses. The first Suffolk Police data breach occurred in November 2022, when it was discovered that Suffolk Police...
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Meta, Facebook’s parent company, has agreed to settle for an undisclosed sum in a data breach lawsuit, which saw the company accused of illegally sharing user data with the disgraced analysis firm Cambridge Analytica. The Californian class action lawsuit was brought against the company by a group of Facebook users who believe it violated consumer privacy...
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Image of a police officer in a neon jacket standing on a street
The Guardian recently reported the shocking case where a Metropolitan police officer was accused of more than a dozen offences, including four counts of sexual activity with a girl aged 13 to 15. PC Hussain Chehab, a serving Metropolitan police officer, was charged last week, the force has said. The offences were said to take...
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Meta, Instagram’s parent company, has been handed a €405 million fine (£349 million) by the European data privacy regulator for violating General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The sum is the largest fine the Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) has levelled against Meta. It’s the third fine Meta has faced from the European Data Protection Commission – WhatsApp received a...
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