Daniel Morrison v Independent Police Complaints Commission & Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis & Secretary of State for the Home Department – [2009] EWHC 2589 (Admin)

November 9, 2009 | No Comments

The investigation of a complaint of police ill treatment by the same police force complained of did not breach the European Convention on Human Rights 1950 art.3 as the availability of an appeal of the investigation to the Independent Police Complaints Commission and the possibility of criminal proceedings against the relevant officers ensured that such an investigation was sufficiently independent.

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Art. 03 Prohibition of Torture, Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure, Police Law

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