News: Professional Discipline

Metropolitan Police Officer receives suspended sentence for 7 offences of Misconduct in a Public Office

A Metropolitan Police Officer has received a 12 month suspended sentence for repeatedly logging into the Police National...

7th December 2023

Judicial review application brought by Des O’Connor’s daughter dismissed

Ailsa Williamson represented the Detective Inspector who received a Final Written Warning in 2020 after discipline...

20th November 2023

Allegations against Civil Nuclear Constabulary Officer dismissed

All allegations against a Civil Nuclear Constabulary Officer are to be dismissed due to repeated breaches of the Police...

2nd October 2023

Patrick Gibbs KC and Nicholas Yeo receive nominations for Chambers UK Bar Awards

Patrick Gibbs KC and Nicholas Yeo have been nominated for professional awards by Chambers & Partners for the UK Bar...

12th September 2023

Test case on pre-attestation conduct

The Court of Appeal of Northern Ireland heard argument in the case of Gareth Watson’s Judicial Review addressing the...

19th July 2023

Metropolitan Police officer who left man paralysed found not guilty of GBH

A Metropolitan Police officer who left a man paralysed when he tasered him as he ran away, has been cleared of causing...

12th May 2023

Horseracing trainer and senior staff member fined after a plea agreement at British Horseracing Authority disciplinary proceedings

On 17th April 2023, a well known trainer and senior staff member at his yard were found to have committed bullying and safety...

18th April 2023

‘Investigatory Powers Tribunal finds IOPC to have acted unlawfully and delivers important ruling on what amounts to an ‘interception’

In a judgment published on 30 December 2022, the Investigatory Powers Tribunal found that the IOPC acted unlawfully in...

3rd January 2023

Yassar Yaqub inquest determines that he was lawfully killed

After a six week inquest, a jury has determined that Yassar Yaqub was lawfully killed, and the decision-making of the...

3rd November 2022

Misconduct Hearing into Senior Gwent Police Officers Concludes

Two Senior Police officers were dismissed without notice following a gross misconduct hearing held on various dates between...

7th September 2022