14th January 2020
A barrister who is also a trade union official was unlawfully arrested yesterday on a picket line during an industrial dispute over the role of outsourcing at St. George’s University in London. The independent trade union, United Voices of the World (UVW), which organised the industrial action, has said that the arrest marks a potential…
20th December 2019
A jury inquest into the death of a 29-year-old woman from Berkshire has criticised the actions of staff at Prospect Park Hospital in Reading and their response to her collapse on the ward. Lauren O’Brien suffered a cardiorespiratory arrest, whilst at Prospect Park Hospital. During the 8-day inquest into her death, the Assistant Coroner, Ian…
29th November 2019
A jury inquest into the death of a 24-year-old woman from Kent has today concluded that she died from suicide which was contributed to by neglect on behalf of Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust, whose care Callie was under in the run up to her death. The jury also found that…
27th November 2019
Hodge Jones & Allen (HJA) has confirmed that many of its Extinction Rebellion clients have today received confirmation that the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is dropping charges against them. The firm says it is delighted that the CPS has finally recognised the futility of their position in relation to the prosecutions of those arrested under…
1st August 2019
The Prison Service has apologised to the family of a man who took his own life while he was on suicide watch. Haydn Burton, 42, a Fathers for Justice Campaigner, was found hanged in his cell at Winchester Prison despite being on hourly suicide watch as part of the ACCT’ (Assessment, Care in Custody and…
