An inquest concluded at the beginning of the week after the tragic death of Michael Holland in Sussex at the end of 2021.  There is quite a long narrative to the events which led to Mr Holland’s death and I would encourage those who want the full detail to read the press release from Inquest, […]

Yesterday, the Health Affairs Committee took evidence about the Right Care, Right Person initiative and one Chief Constable claimed there were “frustrations” for the police caused by the fact that “A&E is not a designated Place of Safety” (ie, for the purposes of s135/136 MHA).  This is an interesting claim, because in 2017, the Royal […]

It’s been said of the criminal justice system that it’s not really a system at all – the police, the Crown Prosecution Service, His Majesty’s Courts Service, the Prison Service and the Probation Service: they are all independent organisations whose collective efforts amount to a something of process through which people pass, handed from one […]