The Brief: Online banter and private conversations

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The Brief: Online banter and 'private' conversations

A barrister reviews the implications of a highly significant ruling on police misconduct law in relation to online behaviour and messaging apps.

Date - 23rd January 2020
By - Kevin Baumber

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Never has a judgment by the Scottish Court of Session been of such interest to police misconduct law in England and Wales as that given last summer in BC and others v. Chief Constable Police Service of Scotland [2019] CSOH 48, easier to refer to as...

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