In R (Chief Constable West Yorkshire Police) v IPCC & Armstrong [2013] EWHC 2698 the Divisional Court found that an IPCC report, which concluded that a police officer had behaved unlawfully, had gone beyond the statutory ambit for IPCC reports, was unlawful, and so was quashed.
Cubells: challenge to IPCC’s rejection of a complaint appeal fails
In R (Cubells) v IPCC [2012] EWCA Civ 1292, the Court of Appeal heard an appeal from Simon J’s refusal of a renewed application for permission to claim judicial review of the IPCC’s decision to reject Mr Cubells’ appeal against Greater Manchester Police’s (GMP’s) determination of his complaint.
IPCC launches major consultation on the way it investigates deaths during and after contact with police
The IPCC has launched a consultation on the way it investigates deaths during and after contact with police. The IPCC is consulting on a number of issues including how the IPCC investigates:
- deaths in police custody;
- deaths during or following police contact;
- road traffic fatalities;
- fatal shootings;
- apparent suicides following police contact; and
- other deaths following police contact.