Hudgell Solicitors has today received the High Court judgment following a Judicial Review into the outcome of a Jury Inquest, which concluded in October 2021, in relation to the fatal shooting of Hull man Lewis Skelton by a Humberside Police officer in November 2016. The Inquest Jury unanimously concluded that it was more likely than […]
The firearms officer who fired the lethal shots which killed 31-year-old Lewis Skelton, of Hull, in November 2016, has been granted permission for a Judicial Review of an inquest held last year, at which a Jury concluded that Mr Skelton had been unlawfully killed. The challenge will be heard by the Divisional Court in Leeds […]
Humberside Police has settled legal cases with the loved ones of a woman who died of hypothermia in a Hull cemetery after PCSOs searched for less than 10 minutes and didn’t even step foot outside of their car to look for her. The force was called to provide assistance to 56-year-old Jacqueline Parsons by a […]
Waking up in strange surroundings in the early hours of the morning undressed on a sofa, unable to remember the events of the previous night out and with a fear she had been drugged and raped, a mother-of-three turned to Greater Manchester Police (GMP) for help. She was distraught and in need of support and […]
A Sussex Police officer has been found guilty of gross misconduct at a disciplinary panel today over his failure to properly investigate Shana Grice’s complaints that she was being stalked by the man who would later murder her. PC Mills, who has now resigned, was accused of failing to adequately investigate a complaint made by […]
The inquest into the death of a man who died after being shot by police officers is being delayed as clarity is awaited over laws relating to a possible change in the standard of proof required for juries to reach certain findings. Lewis Skelton, 31, of Hull, died in November 2016 after ‘two live rounds’ […]
Lessons must be learned from the case of Newham Council and its breach of Data Protection laws when sharing a police intelligence list with other agencies. The council shared details of 203 individuals on the list – which ended up finding their way onto the social media site Snapchat – without protecting key personal details. […]
As specialist lawyers who represent a large number of people in challenging the actions and investigations of police forces and officers, I know many find the process very difficult and one which is often unnecessarily and frustratingly slow. In many cases the families we represent have lost loved ones in deaths which have for some […]
Hudgell Solicitors is investigating how a London Metropolitan Police Force list of suspected gangs – which has already been heavily criticised for failing to distinguish innocent people from suspects – was shared over social media. The firm is acting on behalf of a 28-year-old man who says he and his family have been left fearing […]
It is entirely right that the Metropolitan Police has been hit by the toughest sanction short of a criminal prosecution by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) as innocent people were included on a ‘poorly managed’ list of suspects and gang members. The database – called the Gangs Matrix – was shared with other agencies but […]
A police force has come under criticism from the family of a distressed woman who was accidentally hit and killed by a police van responding to a 999 call to find her. Helen Loveday, 52, died after being hit by a police van which was travelling around 60mph along an unlit road. This was despite […]
As a victim of abuse or any sexual crime those who come forward or are involved in any form of police investigation are protected by anonymity. It is protection provided by the law which is crucial in giving people the confidence to come forward and speak about what has happened to them, be it a […]