Mon Sep 18 2023
Necessity to arrest
Emelia Bezant-Gahan analyses the developing case law around ‘necessity to arrest’ – which has a high evidential burden and is highly fact-sensitive.
Emelia Bezant-Gahan
Solicitor
Weightmans
Necessity to arrest
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Thu Sep 14 2023
Are we facing a new wave of new police ‘protection’ claims?
The Woodcock judgment is one of the most significant developments in common law for public bodies in decades when it comes to the assumed ‘duty of care’ on law enforcement, write Andrew Steel and Emelia Bezant-Gahan.
Thu Oct 20 2022
A case law review of data retention in policing
Emelia Bezant-Gahan reviews when police infringement of Article 8 ECHR rights is deemed ‘proportionate’
Tue Jun 07 2022
Beware HRA discretion?: Rafiq v Thurrock Borough Council [2022] EWHC 584 (QB)
Emelia Bezant-Gahan and Tom Lambourne examine the dangers of relying on the court’s discretion to extend limitation under s7(5) of the Human Rights Act 1998