Our #Spotlight this week shines on Megan Finnis, Solicitor in our Civil Liberties team.
Megan represents clients challenging unlawful treatment by state agencies, combining determination, expertise and compassion to help secure justice and accountability.
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‘Major reports into racism in British policing highlight a consistent, systemic, and structural issue stretching back decades and underscore a devastating trend of over-policing of particularly Black communities… Despite this evidence, we are witnessing a broader global backlash against DEI.’
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The information commissioner has launched an investigation into a controversial camera-based system for monitoring patients in their bedrooms, used by 40% of NHS mental health trusts, over data protection concerns www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
John Edwards, the UK's information commissioner - who is responsible for regulating AI in the UK and also oversees data protection regulation and the freedom of information law - has resigned following a workplace investigation
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Daryl McLune, a black teenager who was wrongly arrested for the attempted murder of his mother minutes after she had tried to kill herself and held for 23 hours, has won a race discrimination claim against the Metropolitan police www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Pet ferrets kept as therapy animals at HMYOI Wetherby, the UK’s largest children’s prison, have been co-opted by managers to kill rats, resulting in a bloody incident and concerns over child and animal welfare www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
A Border Force officer at Heathrow airport who previously served in the Metropolitan police and a Hong Kong trade official based in London have been jailed for spying for China www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
The Bunnies of Justice are at the @ucpinquiry.bsky.social today to support Helen Steel as she gives evidence about her #spycops abuser John Dines.
You can watch here (w/ 15 min delay): www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnIq...
📢📢Important new blog post by 'Lisa' in response to comments made by Sir John Mitting at the end of yesterday's evidence from Helen Steel at @ucpinquiry.bsky.social about the supposed 'genuine feelings' of #spycops.
policespiesoutoflives.org.uk/genuine-feel...
Exclusive: Oxevision system used by 40% of NHS mental health trusts being scrutinised by information commissioner over privacy concerns
www.theguardian.com
Edwards has been the boss of the data watchdog since January 2022, and said he had made inappropriate attempts at humour.
Peter Wai and Bill Yuen sentenced to 10 and eight years in first convictions under National Security Act
www.theguardian.com
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On Friday 19th June 2026, at the end of an emotional day for Helen Steel who was giving evidence to the Public Inquiry into Undercover Policing about being deceived into intimate sexual relationship w...
In the wake of recent attacks on diversity, equity and inclusion, and suggestions of two-tier policing, this blog by Darrell Ennis-Gayle and Bríd Doherty, both on the HJA DEI Committee, explores the facts based on empirical evidence and statistical data www.hja.net/expert-comme...
Police Spies Out Of Lives
Police Spies Out Of Lives
A detailed examination of public commentary following the murder of Henry Nowak, addressing misinformation about DEI, clarifying the evidence on policing, and reaffirming the importance of equality an...
