England & Wales

I was reading of the tragic death of a six year old at a New Forest camp site this weekend. Now when the ambulance arrived on scene, the paramedics reported that she was fitting and not breathing, then she went into a cardiac arrest. I was just wondering why the parents would have been arrested on suspicion of murder? they have since been released without charge and a post-mortem examination had shown that the girl's death was not suspicious and the police were treating it as a "tragic incident". What I'm trying to put across is, given two parents had watched their six year old child die before their eyes, was the arrest of suspicion of murder appropriate, or could h…

I understand that civil enforcement officers are to acquire a witness statement in order to enforce a parking ticket on a vehicle that made off before the ticket could be issued or given to the driver. Am I obliged to assist a ceo by providing him with said stetment if they request one from me.

HI. i am in need of some sound advice so can continue on the right path. After handing in our notice to quite our landlord has become the appitimy of hell. we gave notice of our intension to quit the property on the 3rd of next month. shortly after we had a letter hand delivered through our letter box demanding we quit on the 10th and that he was intending to do a house inspection on that day also. he was advised by us that the law states four weeks notice must be given to quit and that it was inconviniant for him to attend that day. he also said he wishes to show people round the property while we were still in resadence. again we said this was inconviniat and that fro…

A few months ago we hired a childminder to look after my Son on several occasions, however it has since come to light that she had no public indemnity insurance to cover her work. It is a legal requirement that all childminders registered with Ofsted carry insurance to protect the children in their care in the event of accidents etc. Ofsted have since investigated the childminder, found that she had no insurance, and published the details of their findings on the Ofsted website. However publishing their findings, and requiring that the childminder immediately renew their insurance, is the extent of Ofsted's powers in this matter. The most severe action they can take is …

hello there....a few months ago my friend was driving my mums and when he saw police he stopped the car and got into the back passanger seat and when police were questioning him he admitted it was him. a few weeks ago he went bangladesh and he owed me some money. because of that we argued and were not friends anymore. now he got a letter from the police saying that he 8 points on his liciense and now he told me that he is going to lie and take me to court saying that i threatened him to tell the police that he was driving. a few months ago i was a 20 yr old lad with no job and no money. but now with all the hardship and effort i hold down a 6 days job earning good money a…

The Mental Capacity Act 2005 legislated for situations where people may need to take decisions on behalf of those who lack mental capacity to make those decisions for themselves. The most common application of this legislation for police officers is when they are faced with someone who is injured, or who is self-harming (for example having taken an overdose), and who is refusing to be treated by suitably qualified medical/mental health professionals. The MCA causes a lot of confusion for some police officers. In most cases, police officers should defer to paramedics, doctors or other medical professionals since they have more training on the MCA and it is primarily leg…

I can't face phoning or going into my local station to ask this question and that is why I am posting here. *Please forgive me if it is not appropriate*. My mental heath team have told me I should phone the police before making attempts to end my life. I have rung the mental health team when in crisis to no avail (this is what they tell me to do - phone police) and I haven't and things have happened. I don't have a problem with my local force and they have been supportive of me for various of my issues (which I'm not going to bore you with), but to be honest I feel like I'm being pushed to do something that is totally not appropriate. Does anyone here know if they are ri…

Do breaches of insurance policy actually invalidate the insurance for the purpose of the RTA, and does this give us the power to seize. Driver A, has a SDP policy on his vehicle. Decides to help his friend out by delivering pizzas in the car through the night. He is stopped on his way to deliver another pizza. He only has SDP cover. Can we seize? (P.S I have an answer in my head, just want confirmation!)

At first glance I thought it was a Police Car, but soon realised it was a security firm's. I'm surprised the Police approved this, especially given that it appears to have police battenburg markings, a clear lightbar and what at first sight looked like a police crest, only difference being SIA in the centre of it! Thoughts?

Hey everyone! Just something that I've been wondering about for a few days now, if there are any Met STT who can answer this I'd greatly appreciate it. What offences (if any) are committed when someone bunks their fare on a bus? I've been going home on a few occasions and seen revenue inspectors backed up by what I assume to be plainclothes police who 'advise' people who try to push past them not too. Are there some bus specific bye-laws or something? Many thanks!

Hi I am new to this forum, can some please tell me - If you are found not guilty of a crime, what actually shows on your police clearance letter. Does it say "found not Guilty of" or does it say "no convictions". Many Thanks

I was riding behind a car the other day whereby the driver had his offside wing mirror folded in. I'm sure most people would agree that it's an unacceptable way of driving. Does having your offside wing mirror folded in constitute as any particular offence? Driving without due care and attention? If one were to loose either one wing mirror or both in a very minor accident, would that then render the car unroadworthy and therefore needing either the mirror to be re-attached or for the car to be towed away?

This is about my brother. I am extremely worried that he will do something very silly if things are not resolved. Bit of background. He split with his wife approx 2 years ago. She is extremely bitter about everything. They have one daughter who he has not seen since the split. He's been to CAFCASS, court etc to try to gain access to the child but has ended up with nothing. Wife is a solicitor, she turned up at the last court meeting with another solicitor and a barrister - thats how determined she is to keep him away from his daughter. Brother and the ex still live in the same village as each other, he lives with our mother, she in the marital home. About 3 miles apar…

A relative was fined for disorderly behaviour and paid a £60-00 fine. He did not receive a caution and I wonder if this constitutes a criminal conviction? Will he have to register this on any CRB check and will he have to declare this on any application form for employment? Thank you in advance. V

As I sit in my room playing on my iPad I get the smell of cannabis coming through my window... This has been happening for 6 months + and I have reported it four times to be told they can't do anything about my complaint as its logged as intel and there is nothing they can do on one piece of intel. So my delightful neighbours are getting away with smoking their illegal substances 3-6 times a day. I was told they would have some officers walk past the house in question as if they're going to walk past the exact time they have chosen to take the substance and can smell something they smoke in their back garden at the front of the house... This is ridiculous to me I know th…