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The Nottingham Inquiry reconvened yesterday to hear closing submissions about the evidence it took over the spring and at some point after it concludes, we’re all going to have to address a number if issues – if we haven’t already.  Chief amongst them is the deference the police show to mental health “experts” regarding issues […]

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If you follow the narratives about police contact deaths (PCDs), you won’t get very far before you see there is a lot of discussion about the need for accountability – whatever that might mean. This posts is a reflection on all this, because it obviously does mean different things to different people.  Before we get […]

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Fancy a little trip in to some “French” caselaw? – of course, you do! – it’s actually European, human rights case law which just happens to be a French case but why quibble?! I was pleased to be nudged towards this case by the estimable Inspector Jon Owen QPM after a short discussion about suicide […]

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So far, it seems most of the things which could go wrong in Nottingham, did go wrong but we’re yet to see the public inquiry final report, which is due next spring.  We heard evidence on policing and mental health as well from the CPS and mental health services, including the expert psychiatric witnesses who provided […]

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Lesley Higginson was 72 years old when she died at her home in January 2026.  The publication today of a Preventing Future Deaths report means this is the 24th PFD notice which links to the Right Care, Right Person programme and it is sufficiently similar to certain others we’ve seen.  Yet still we are exposing […]

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