Daniel Berke and Aaron Rathmell discuss the principles which should be applied to investigations to avoid breaches of Article 2, the right to life – following the decision of Strasbourg in Tershana v Albania where failure adequately to investigate an acid attack against a woman amounted to a breach of the procedural obligation under Art 2.

Lawyers Daniel Berke and Aaron Rathmell discuss Y v Bulgaria where the European Court of Human Rights set out the minimum requirements for criminal investigations where a person has been subjected to ill-treatment contrary to Article 3.

 If concerns are raised that a person might be vulnerable to radicalisation, how long can a police force hold data about that person? Daniel Berke and barrister Rachael Gourley discuss the decision of The High Court in a recent case which held that the police’s continued retention of data of a sixteen-year-old was contrary to the Data Protection Act 2018 and Article 8. 

Daniel Berke and Dijen Basu QC discuss the case of an arrested person who sought to establish “the liberty of inebriated English subjects to be allowed to lie undisturbed overnight in their own vomit soaked clothing” by claiming the officer breached PACE and her right to privacy.

If a professional person facing disciplinary proceedings disputes the misconduct allegations and continues to do so even after a finding of gross misconduct, can the misconduct hearing conclude that the individual lacks insight and remorse – and impose a higher disciplinary sanction?  Deborah Britstone and Alexander dos Santos discuss a recent GMC case that considered this issue.

Dijen Basu QC and Daniel Berke meet again to discuss the use of automated facial recognition technology by the police. AFR is capable of scanning 50 face per second from a crowd but raises serious issues under Article 8 of the HRA, the right to privacy, following an appeal in the case of R (Bridges) v Chief Constable of South Wales Police & Information Commissioner.

Daniel Berke is joined by barrister Hannah Hinton to discuss the Modern Slavery Act with Debi Lloyd of Justice and Care, an international program that helps rescue victims of slavery and human trafficking

Deborah Britstone and George Thomas discuss a recent case arising out of the police response to someone tweeting his personal opinions about the transgender debate.

Over the last year or so there have been a number of cases reported in the media where police officers have faced misconduct proceedings because of messages sent on WhatsApp and other messaging apps.  In this podcast, Deborah Britstone and James Berry, Serjeants Inn Chambers discuss the implications of these cases for officers who are involved in WhatsApp groups with their colleagues.

In this podcast, Deborah Britstone and Hannah Hinton, barrister from Serjeants Inn Chambers discuss Slavery and Trafficking Prevention and Risk Orders including how and why these Orders are used, the application process and the types of provisions that can be imposed.