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The Chief Constable of Northamptonshire Police has agreed to pay a young man with learning difficulties, Gareth Williamson, £20,000 in damages and at least £50,000 in costs in recognition of a serious failure by the police to properly investigate a robbery committed on Mr Williamson in Rushden, Northants on 15 April 2007. Read more about Police pay £70,000 to victim of crime in disability discrimination claim
A high court judge has this week approved an out of court settlement in which the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Sir Paul Stephenson, has admitted that his officers assaulted and false imprisoned five protestors during a lawful protest outside an Embassy in London on 30 October 2006. The protestors issued a claim against the Metropolitan Police at the High Court in 2007 and the Commissioner took the unusual step of formally admitting legal liability in the face of overwhelming evidence that his officers had abused their position. Read more about Met Police Pay Protestors £85,000
Tony Murphy is acting for a number of protestors in challenges to the policing of the G20 protests and is pursuing both claims for assault and challenges to the lawfulness of the policing itself. Tony spoke to The Observer and The Guardian about these issues . Read more about G20 Protests