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Does the police lying and causing a loss constitute fraud?
There is a Guardian Consumer story about someone given incorrect information by the police that resulted in a loss:
In March, they called me because a 90-year-old man I try to help was not answering ...
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Does Policing By Consent Have Force of Law
The UK has the principle of "policing by consent".
This has become particularly relevant recently as The Metropolitan Police have become embroiled in multiple corruption scandals.
So my ...
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What is the legal justification for education staff and/or accompanying police forcing entry to dwellings in the case of truancy?
There is a news article about the crackdown on non-attendance at school. It includes the statement:
Parents have told us about very strict schools actually forcing entry to their homes. Schools are ...
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What is your legal situation and rights if restrained by the police but a legal arrest is not made?
From gov.uk:
If you’re arrested the police must:
identify themselves as the police
tell you that you’re being arrested
tell you what crime they think you’ve committed
explain why it’s necessary to ...
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If the police tell you not to drink does that have any legal force?
It is reported in the news that during an arrest of suspected protestors a police officer instructed one person that they could not drink their coffee with a reason that it may be poisoned. This ...
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When may handcuffs not be used when arresting someone?
This is a trope that occasionally comes up in various fora that handcuffs (and indeed any degree of force) when arresting someone should only be used if there is clear reason to think that it’s ...
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Is hiding your face enough evidence for police to suspect a crime and require you to expose it?
Apparently in the UK it is an offence to refuse to remove a face covering if asked by police who believe a crime may be committed. What is the threshold for this belief, and how does the crime have ...
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What is the threshold for "key national infrastructure"?
On Monday 30th October for the first time police used section 7 of the Public Order Act 2023, which bans any act “which interferes with the use or operation of any key national infrastructure in ...
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In crimes prosecuted by local authorities, do they take the place off the police or the CPS?
For example, illegal eviction may be prosecuted by local authorities. In this case, does that mean that they refer the cases after charging to the CPS rather than the relevant police forces? Or that ...
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Is it legal for the police to take you away from home and abandon you without means of getting to safety?
It is reported that police arrested a man at his home in the middle of the night, drove him three miles away and "dearrested" him nine minutes later. He was left with no money, phone and ...
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Is it generally legally allowed for UK police to lie to people in the regular course of discharging their policing duties?
Generally speaking can one count on the words coming out of a British police officer in uniforms mouth as truthful? Under what circumstances is it permitted not to be? Is there any special ...
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Why do Pride flags fly over British police stations, prisons and other government buildings?
Insofar as this question may have a legal answer, by what provisions or instruments are they flown or allowed to be flown? Who would have the power to decide what flags are flown over such ...
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Under which law is the police allowed to hold one's passport and phone after being in detention for 21 hrs?
Is the UK police allowed to hold one's passport and phone for further "investigation" after he had been in detention for 21 hours?
Further the police told him that he is not allowed to leave ...
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Still be questioned without a solicitor?
In the United Kingdom, England and Wales jurisdiction, when someone is arrested they are read a caution.
If at that moment, the person declines to give a statement, and then asks for a solicitor, can ...
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Under what law were the Republic protestors initially detained?
The detention of the Republic protestors at the coronation is reported so:
At around 6am on the morning of the coronation, Smith and his colleagues brought down the amplifiers and megaphones from ...
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