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December 14, 2018

A member of a group under police surveillance who had entered into a sexual relationship with an undercover police officer was unable to establish that her lack of knowledge as to the officer’s true identity vitiated her consent to sexual relations within the meaning of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 s.74. There was no justification for extending the common law position as contended for by the claimant, namely that the matter to which the deception related had to be sufficiently serious in objective terms as to be capable of being regarded as relevant to a woman’s decision-making and that, subjectively, the deception went to a matter which the woman regarded as critical or fundamental to her decision-making.

CONSENT CRIMINAL LAW CRIMINAL PROCEDURE DECISIONS TO PROSECUTE MISCONDUCT IN PUBLIC OFFICE POLICE POLICE OFFICERS PROCURING INTERCOURSE RAPE

September 27, 2018

A claimant failed to show that disclosure on enhanced criminal record certificates of an allegation of sexual assault of which he had been acquitted was disproportionate and inaccurate.

CHILDREN DISCLOSURE ECHR 1950 art.8 ENHANCED CRIMINAL RECORD CERTIFICATES HUMAN RIGHTS POLICE PROPORTIONALITY RIGHT TO RESPECT FOR PRIVATE AND FAMILY LIFE SEXUAL ASSAULT

December 22, 2017

At a fact-finding hearing relating to the death and possible sexual assault of a child, the court highlighted difficulties with the approach to police disclosure outlined in the 2013 Protocol and Good Practice Model and made detailed suggestions for new procedural guidelines, subject to formal review by the President of the Family Division.

BURDEN OF PROOF CHILDREN CIVIL EVIDENCE CRIMINAL EVIDENCE DEATH DISCLOSURE FORENSIC EVIDENCE GUIDELINES POLICE SEXUAL ASSAULT

December 18, 2014

The practice of police officers visiting the homes of registered sex offenders for the purpose of monitoring their behaviour under arrangements made pursuant to the Criminal Justice Act 2003 s.325 did not constitute an unlawful interference with the offenders’ rights under the ECHR art.8.

art.8(2) CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT 2003 s.325 ENTRY AND SEARCH EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS 1950 art.8 HUMAN RIGHTS LAWFULNESS OF HOME VISITS BY POLICE MONITORING NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS PENOLOGY AND CRIMINOLOGY POLICE POWERS OF ENTRY RIGHT TO RESPECT FOR PRIVATE AND FAMILY LIFE s.325(8) s.80(2) s.91A s.96B SEX OFFENDERS SEXUAL OFFENCES ACT 2003 Pt 2

November 17, 2014

A doctor’s rights under ECHR art.8 would not be breached by the police disclosing information which had been unlawfully obtained during their investigation into a patient’s allegation of sexual assault against him to the General Medical Council for the purposes of its inquiry into the doctor’s fitness to practise.

art.8(2) DISCLOSURE ECHR 1950 art.8(1) EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS 1950 art.8 FITNESS TO PRACTISE GENERAL MEDICAL COUNCIL HEALTH HUMAN RIGHTS INTERVIEW RECORDS LEGITIMATE AIM MEDICAL ACT 1983 s.35A POLICE POLICE INQUIRIES PRIVATE DOCUMENTS PROFESSIONS PROPORTIONALITY RIGHT TO RESPECT FOR PRIVATE AND FAMILY LIFE s.1(1)(a) s.3(5) s.35A(4) s.35A(6) s.35C(2) SEXUAL ASSAULT

August 8, 2014

Magistrates had erred in dismissing the appeal of a convicted sex offender against a decision of a detective, acting on behalf of the chief constable, not to end the offender’s notification requirements.

CARLTONA PRINCIPLE CHIEF CONSTABLES CRIMINAL PROCEDURE DELEGATED POWERS DELEGATION DELEGATION OF CHIEF CONSTABLE’S DUTY NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS POLICE Pt 3 REVIEW OF NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS UNDER SEXUAL OFFENCES ACT 2003 S.91B s.1(3)(b) s.104(1) s.109(3) s.14 s.2 s.2(1) s.2(3) s.2(4) s.3 s.8 s.80(1) s.81(1) s.81(3)(c) s.83 s.83(5) s.83(5)(h) s.85 s.85(1) s.86 s.87 s.88A s.91 s.91A s.91A(1) s.91A(2) s.91A(4) s.91A(5) s.91B s.91B(1) s.91B(11)(b) s.91B(2) s.91B(2)(b) s.91B(4) s.91B(8)(b) s.91B(9) s.91C s.91C(1) s.91C(2) s.91C(3)(a) s.91C(4) s.91D s.91D(1) s.91D(1)(b) s.91D(1)(c) s.91D(2) s.91D(2)(a) s.91E s.91E(1) s.91E(2) s.91E(4) s.91F s.96B s.96B(1)(a) s.97(5) Sch.3 Sch.5 SEX OFFENDERS SEX OFFENDERS ACT 1997 s.1 SEXUAL OFFENCES ACT 2003 Pt 2 STATUTORY POWERS

July 23, 2014

Where the failure by police to conduct an effective investigation into allegations of rape had been held to amount to breaches of the Human Rights Act 1998 and the ECHR art.3, the victims of the rapes were entitled to a financial remedy for harm caused by the police failings on top of sums received in civil claims for the harm caused by the rapes. The court examined the statutory framework, relevant legal principles, previous authorities, and the existence of alternative remedies, and awarded sums of £22,250 and £19,000 respectively.

APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES Art.4(1) ASSESSMENT OF DAMAGES DUE TO VICTIMS DAMAGES DUTY TO UNDERTAKE EFFECTIVE INVESTIGATION EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS 1950 art.3 FAILURE TO PROPERLY INVESTIGATE ALLEGATIONS OF RAPE HUMAN RIGHTS HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 1998 s.8 MEASURE OF DAMAGES POLICE POLICE OFFICERS RAPE REMEDIES s.6 s.6(1) s.7 s.8(3)(a) s.81 s.83 s.84

May 8, 2014

The inclusion of certain information on an individual’s enhanced criminal record certificate about an unsubstantiated allegation of sexual assault constituted a disproportionate interference with his rights under the European Convention on Human Rights 1950 art.8 where that information had an arguably unreliable basis and effectively ended the individual’s prospects of obtaining work in the caring community.

AMOUNTING TO DISPROPORTIONATE INTERFERENCE WITH RIGHTS UNDER THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS ART.8 DISCLOSURE ECHR 1950 ENHANCED CRIMINAL RECORD CERTIFICATES EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS 1950 art.8 FAIRNESS HUMAN RIGHTS POLICE RIGHT TO RESPECT FOR PRIVATE AND FAMILY LIFE UNSUBSTANTIATED ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT ON CERTIFICATE

March 28, 2014

The court expressed concerns about the professional response to the death of a 13-month-old child who had died suddenly and in unexplained circumstances whilst in her parents’ care. In particular, it criticised the police failure to undertake any real investigation until nine months after the child’s death and the local authority’s failure to take legal advice and start proceedings for a similar period. Those failures affected the court’s ability to make findings of fact about the cause of the death during care proceedings.

ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE BABIES CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE CORONERS CORONERS’ POWERS AND DUTIES CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS DEATH FAMILY LAW LOCAL AUTHORITIES’ POWERS AND DUTIES LOCAL GOVERNMENT NON-ACCIDENTAL INJURY POLICE

July 13, 2012

An employer was justified, on grounds of reputational risk and a breakdown of trust and confidence, in dismissing an employee after the police had disclosed that the employee posed a risk to children, where it had discharged its duty to make a reasonable investigation.

art.8 CHILD SEX OFFENCES DISCLOSURE EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS ACT 1996 s.98(4) EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS 1950 art.6 MUTUAL TRUST AND CONFIDENCE POLICE POLICE DISCLOSURE THAT EMPLOYEE POSED RISK TO CHILDREN POLICE POWERS AND DUTIES REPUTATION REPUTATIONAL RISK IN ABSENCE OF PROVEN MISCONDUCT s.9(8) s.98(1) s.98(1)(b) s.98(1)(d) s.98(2) s.98(2)(b) SHOWING SUBSTANTIAL REASON FOR DISMISSAL SUMMARY DISMISSAL UNFAIR DISMISSAL WRONGFUL DISMISSAL

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"HISTORIC" OFFENCES ABUSE OF POSITION OF TRUST ADMISSIBILITY AGGRAVATING FEATURES ASSAULT BY PENETRATION ATTEMPTS BAD CHARACTER BUGGERY CAUSING CHILDREN TO ENGAGE IN SEXUAL ACTIVITY CHILDREN CHILD SEX OFFENCES CONSENT CREDIBILITY CRIMINAL EVIDENCE CRIMINAL LAW CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CROSS-EXAMINATION DANGEROUSNESS DELAY EXTENDED SENTENCES FRESH EVIDENCE GUILTY PLEAS HUMAN RIGHTS IMPRISONMENT FOR PUBLIC PROTECTION INCONSISTENT VERDICTS INDECENT ASSAULT INDECENT PHOTOGRAPHS OF CHILDREN JURY DIRECTIONS MINIMUM TERM PREVIOUS CONVICTIONS RAPE RAPE OF CHILD UNDER 13 RIGHT TO RESPECT FOR PRIVATE AND FAMILY LIFE SENTENCE LENGTH SENTENCING SENTENCING GUIDELINES SEXUAL ACTIVITY WITH CHILDREN SEXUAL ASSAULT SEXUAL ASSAULT OF CHILD UNDER 13 SEXUAL OFFENCES SEXUAL OFFENCES PREVENTION ORDERS SUMMING UP TOTALITY OF SENTENCE UNDUE LENIENCY YOUNG OFFENDERS